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Originally Posted by jdmara
I believe that a lot of officials get into trouble because they guess or anticipate a call (especially contact). Anticipation is a bad thing in officiating,
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Anticipation is a
great thing in officiating basketball, as long you're anticipating the PLAY and not the CALL. You should be anticipating all the time. Anticipate when you might need to rotate; anticipate when the ball might be going to the basket; anticipate the double team in the post. If you are thinking slightly ahead of the actual play, you have a better chance of having the best position to view that play when it actually develops.
You don't want to say to yourself, "This guy's going to get fouled on his jumper", but you do want to say to yourself, "He's going to take a 3 here, I better find his feet and his defender."