Newbie / Wannabe Mini-Rant on Freshman/JV Refs
Disclaimer - Not yet a ref.
I have seen approximately 15 games this HS season at the boys Freshman and girls JV level, Small school Div., Midwest state. I have been a scorer for approximately 10 of those games, roughly 25 different refs total.
I was surprised to frequently see (at least 75% of the games):
1. Poor Mechanics while reporting fouls - far from reporting area, no hand signals, hard to hear.
2. Poor switching (I thought it's supposed to be every foul - many games this has just been ignored)
3. Poor Hustle - play far in front of both leads and Trails
4. Refs shooting baskets at half time (only saw 1 x)
On the commendable side of the ledger, I did see good knowledge of the rules (well at least as far as this newbie knows them) and good consistency between officials and during the game.
Am I being too hard on my future referee brethren and sistren? (I think I just made up a word).
Last edited by dsqrddgd909; Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 03:33pm.
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