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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Tough day at the office, huh, Juules? For you, or your partner? 
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Me. All me.
It was a train wreck, where the ball escaped and dribbled out of bounds. Defender didn't really have position (and one foot was oob -- fwiw!!), dribbler didn't really hit him much, and I thought it was a flop, then dribbler tripped over fallen defender. These kids were 5th grade, so they couldn't control the ball after all that, but who touched it last?? I had the perfect angle, and was in great position. Just couldn't decide what to do.
I literally whistled, hesitated, then signalled the dribbler's team to get the ball back. And got it back in play as fast as I could!!
Partner was LHAO!! Which didn't help.
Fortunately, both coaches were upset, for a moment, but the call didn't really affect the game in any way. In effect, it just turned into a "do-over".
Thinking back over it, I'm not sure what I could have done differently. I might have gotten away with a block, but I don't know... it just didn't feel like it. Oh, well.