Handling a Situation, looking for advice

[UmpJM]

jkumpire,

I myself am fairly new to calling college games, and am so far only doing "lower level" games - DIII JV & JUCO.

There may be an element of paranoia on my part, but my perception is that the college coaches are more prone to "test" someone they haven't seen.

So, they come out on some trivial play that you got right, but was "kinda' close". They want to see if you get flustered. They want to see if they can get you to go to your partner when there's no reason to. That way they'll be better prepared to challenge you should an IMPORTANT close play occur subsequently.

Just be confident and concise.

Were it to happen a second time in a game, I'd be inclined to ask the coach what he was doing.

JM