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Originally posted by Junker
I guess the best way to stay out of trouble is call things consistantly and be sure about your calls. One of my personal points of emphasis going into camp and going into next season is to concentrate on being sure of what I call and laying off some of the ticky tack stuff.
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I think the ultimate goal is to be able to see the game over-all and work toward a smooth fit between the players and you. You call things a little tight in the beginning, and hope the players back off a little. If they don't, you keep calling, and that's consistency. If they do back off, you can bet that near the end when the heat's on, you may have to crack down just a little to let them know you're paying attention. But all of this is talking about the 2% and 3% differences. That's the trick to learn when you're new. You're learning it even earlier than most, I suspect. From what I can gather, people tend to start off not calling enough, then the pendulum swings back to calling way too much, and then they back off a little too much, and sort of lurch back and forth until they learn how to adjust at the beginning of a game and then fit in. The issue isn't the solid fouls, it's the sort of borderline stuff, which may or may not be worth calling, depending on the game at hand. I'm not there myself, yet, but I can see it just ahead. What I learned first were the sentences, "Coach, I had to call that, it affected the shot." "Coach, I haven't called that all game, because he hasn't done that all game." "Coach, it's hard for us to be consistent when the game is so ratty." "Don't worry, coach, I'll get the ones that are necessary." Even if you don't need them to say to the coach, you say them to yourself. If they are true, you're doing something right. If they are rationalizations, you have a hint of what you need to work on next time.