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I'll throw in a couple of thoughts:
About the technicals -- I've called one varsity head coach technical this season and it was in my first game. This was after my partner had talked with him considerably the first half and he still persisted in having a temper tantrum on a routine foul call -- a tantrum complete with stomping his feet and all. Whack.
But when I was younger and just starting out, I didn't know how to TALK with coaches. I would report the fouls quickly, avoid eye contact, and hurry out of there scared out of my wits.
When coaches feel you aren't listening, you will get escalating behavior and end up calling more technicals. My belief -- YMMV.
These days I encourage coaches to use my first name and talk to me -- I'll even talk during a live ball if I'm close and it's a quick back-and-forth. I also recognize that it's the nature of the game for a coach to work the officials to a certain extent -- not maliciously, but in a way that only the most rabbit-eared of the bunch couldn't ignore (or even smile about).
On traveling: I'm a stickler about pivot feet and getting the travels that need to be called. The two I can think of are (1) The incorrectly done jump stop (alighting from one foot and then landing on two but not simultaneously, for example), and (2) The lifting of the pivot foot before the ball is directed towards the floor on a dribble, especially to start a move towards the basket. Both provide an incredible advantage to the ball carrier and those are the ones that need to be called.
I disagree with Tee about the "looks like a travel" comment. I've worked with a lot of inexperienced officials this season, and some of the travels they called forced me to concentrate on not making a face. Traveling cannot occur without control, during a dribble, during a high dribble, on an interrupted dribble, while fumbling a ball through the lane, while possessing the ball legally on the floor, while passing or starting a dribble from the floor, or when a defender ties up a shot attempt and the shooter returns to the floor with the ball.
Rich
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