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Originally Posted by tjchamp
Three man crew, one seasoned vet(R), and two of us fairly new to varsity. About 2 minutes into the game, I am C with all action in trail's (U1) and lead's (R) primary areas. I'm looking thru my area towards H bench. A1, who is up by U1 throws pass to A2, b2 in the passing lane sticks his leg up so his knee is right next to his hand. I hear a thud which sounds just the ball has hit his knee. I wait about a second for him to make the call, nothing, so I blow mine. Bench goes nuts, crowd goes nuts, and I just want to crawl into a hole.
I was thinking my partner was just nervous like me, and missed the call. Turns out ball actually hit the heal of B2's hand, and not his knee. We talked about it at halftime. R advised us if U1 knew it didn't hit his knee he should have asked me if I was SURE of what I saw, then he could have reversed my call and we would have got it right. Lesson learned. Coach was really mad at the call, but after getting to the coaches side to discuss it later he admitted it did sound like a kick. The rest of the game went really good.
I don't get too nervous for subvarsity games anymore. I'm hoping the nerves go away with more V experience. Do you seasoned vets remember being nervous your first couple years?
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If I were the referee on this crew, my 1st question for you would be why you call a kick in your partner's area? We pregame that we will only call things in a partner's area that are calls that we HAVE TO HAVE FOR THE GOOD OF THE GAME. A kicked ball is not a call like that. A fist, high elbow, violent push, etc. will qualify as a have to have call. Other than that, each official will have to live with what he calls or does not call. If your partner misses a call like that, he will have to explain it, but in my experience, officials are wrong quite often when they call out of their area.
I also pregame that each official needs to do his job, which starts with calling his area. We don't need to help our partners do their job. If one or more of the officials pon the crew is a newer V official, I try to talk about proving that you belong by what you don't call, rather than what you call.
As for the nervousness, I thnk it is normal. Until I gained a certain level of comfort with where I was, I was nervous. Last year I worked a State Semifinal game with an official who was there for the 1st time. He had obiously worked at the V level for a number of years and worked some smal college ball, but this "level" was new to him and he was nervous being there. Just go out and work your game. That is what got you there, keep doing what you do.
Good luck.