First Fighting Ejection

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by Toren

First of all, fighting is one of the worst possible outcome in any game. The experience will make you better if you learn from it.

My question, so what was Coach B doing if not helping?

First, I'm definitely learning. It was my first player ejection, first ejection of any kind, so now I know how to deal with the aftermath. I'm glad this happened in a freshman B game on a Tuesday night, rather than a Friday night varsity game.

To answer your question, the whole thing was over pretty quickly. The coach I think wanted to help out, but by the time he came into my field of vision (my back was to the bench as this all played out), the players had been separated by their teammates.

[bas2456]

I want to change the subject within the fighting discussion.

How many of you pregame for a fighting situation? I know it'll be in all of my pregames going forward.

Those of you who work three man varsity games, how do you delegate responsibility if a fight breaks out? Does one of you keep an eye on the benches while the other two watch the players on the court?

I'd like to hear how you all prepare for these situations.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bas2456

I want to change the subject within the fighting discussion.

How many of you pregame for a fighting situation? I know it'll be in all of my pregames going forward.

Those of you who work three man varsity games, how do you delegate responsibility if a fight breaks out? Does one of you keep an eye on the benches while the other two watch the players on the court?

I'd like to hear how you all prepare for these situations.

I do on many occasions. Mostly I talk about how to prevent them and if they happen how we manage them. And since you cannot predict these from happening, you just go over the basics. But when it happens to you (hope that it does not) I always want to get some information from my partners before we decide what to do. When a fight breaks out, you will not have much time to be specific as to who does what. You might be the only one that sees a particular action and most of all you want to make sure you know who comes off the bench.

Peace

[Adam]

The pregame on this is good reminder. The off official needs to get a wide view and see who comes into the fray from outside. Saying numbers and colors might help, but it might also confuse you if you don't have someone taking notes. Some advocate going to the table and having them take notes.
If you have 3, then one can watch the benches, one can watch the non-fighting players, and one can stay in the eye of the hurricane.