Tue Nov 18, 2008, 01:35pm
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: MB, Canada
Posts: 796
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cdaref
"95% of basketball is easy and you already know it--blocks, charges, travels, out of bounds. You know those calls, just call what you see. Leave the other 5% to your partner. You just do three things tonite: 1. blow your whistle and blow it hard when you see something, 2. get your hand up, and 3. make eye contact with your partner before you put the ball in play."
He did a fine job and I told him so. Building confidence in the newbie is the most important thing I think we can do.
As a general matter, I think newbies get a ton of stuff thrown at them and it helps for that first game to just slow them down, focus them on the very basics and reassure them that their partners are there to help them.
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This is the best advice I have seen for first year officials. Obviously the more they get on the floor the more they will be responsible for, but the KISS principle seems to be the best policy.
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