Creating a Pregame

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

... we should try to have consistent 2-3 minute spurts that match the game. For example, if the teams are playing good defense and are moving the ball well, we should have an especially patient whistle ... In the next three minute spurt we may have to buckle down and take care of problem players and escalate our intensity and communication to keep the game in check ... match the attitude and flow of the game. A crew is at its best when the ... officials are officiating in the same, game-appropriate and time-appropriate style.

From my pregame: Be consistent with each other, and with what has already happened in the game. Let’s try to remember what we’ve called earlier in the game, and what we haven’t called.

Also, here in my little corner of Connecticut, we have an unofficial, unapproved, signal to communicate with each other that we need to tighten up the game little: extend fist with clockwise/counterclockwise motion, i.e., "let's tighten things up".