Players adjust!
I have had the pleasure of officiating five games in the last two weeks which have used the new NCAA "Points of Emphasis." The first game was a nightmare....about 90 fouls!! Most of the fouls were garden variety according to the clinician who instructied us the morning of the game. By the way, all coaches, AD's and refs have a copy of these points of emphasis.
As it turns out, one coach locally asked for our NCAA refs to put on a clinic so his players would have the same knowledge as the refs insofar as what is called and what it looks like and WHY?? This team has transformed with the new knowledge and the most recent game of theirs I reffed had 38 fouls. These are great athletes and they will play according to what is called and what they can get away with. It will take a bit of time for them to catch on and then skill and finess take over. I wonder if this is working in the NHL??
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