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A couple of years ago, I was attending a referee camp and working one of my assignments. I whistle a foul while A1 is in the act of shooting. No problem so far since the foul was obvious. I go to the table and report. As I turn to go to C, the table tells me I just reported A1(the victim)as the guilty party. Still, no problem. It's happened to the best of us. I turn towards the players to get the right number and ... blank (Have you ever had one of those instances where you can no longer see the play in your head?) The players had all mingled together and I had no idea who the offender was. I picked a number that was close to the spot and reported it. Well, the coach starts complaining that there's no way he did it. He was nohwere near the play, etc.
I go to my partner and asked if he had a clue who the offender was. He didn't. I reported another number. That seemed to make everyone happy and we finished the game w/o incident.
Did I mention that this was a referee camp? Hence, I was getting videotaped. I watched the tape later and , guess what, I still didn't get the right offender.
So, I called the foul on 3 different people (30% of those involved in the game) and I still didn't get the call right. That, my friends, is embarrassing
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