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Old Sat Jan 16, 2010, 10:53pm
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Originally Posted by zebraman View Post
Whenever that happens to me, I just concentrate on "self-talk" and going to my referee fundamentals.

I just keep giving myself reminders like this:

"patient whistle" "who are my off-ball matchups right now?" "what are my partners officiating right now?" "square up to the defender" "widen out as T as the ball heads to C" "be ready for the curl play" "raise my awareness on dead balls" etc.
Ditto for me. I would imagine it happens occasionally to everyone, after all we are human. Some nights it's just a little tougher to focus than others and I have to make more of a concerted effort to get into the flow of the game.
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