"Sarcasm is lost in print." (Jon Cryer) ...
 

The lack of a blue font fooled me.

I got the sarcasm too and laughed a little. ;)

Peace

I agree wholeheartedly and go out of my way to avoid making these type of comments! Now, Having said that, how much were you going to pay?

Blue font type for all.....:)

(Now that is/was funny and I sure hope somebody takes time out to laugh at my joke)

Just looking at court positioning:

Wouldn't hurt to close down a bit further when working the T. You had a double whistle that started in your primary in the "free throw admin" video and ended up giving the L opposite of lane the call. If you were closed down, your call certainly would have looked much stronger.

Same video... You become cemented in at the L. I can tell you are making a distinct effort to show that you aren't ball watching because when you finally do open up to accept a play, it is very abrupt... you looked like a robot.

"Holding mechanic" video... No need to give preliminary signals with each call. After the whistle, simply designate to your partner whether you're shooting 2, 1 and 1, or a spot foul with possession. Great confidence in whistle though.

In all of your videos you close down nicely from the T once a shot has been taken. It's a good habit to have to get you to commit to the play and watch rebounding action. I don't see big problem with the running form. Get a few more videos when you can and try to keep the angle so that the whole play is in view. It will help define your true positioning as it relates to the ball and where play is happening in relation to your coverage on the floor. Keep up the good work!

I was going to donate my Final Four game check! (YMCA Men's B League) of course! ;)

I agree with the comment about the flag patch. It does seem like you stand flat. Get rid of the preliminary signal every time. In my association if we tell partner two shots we don't go up so high.. You are in your pockets a lot. Are you not using a lanyard? In my association, that's a no no.

I'd rather someone prelim too much than get in the habit of letting partners possibly guess on what was called. While I know that's not what you mean, it's the result of telling newer officials to stop using them so much. Imo, it's one of the last things you should work on.

I'd rather be obnoxiously sure we never have a correctly error.

Preliminary signals are also a "when in Rome" thing... my association's clinician (who, it must be noted, is also an observer with the high school league and one of the guys who helps determine who gets state tournament assignments) wants us to do preliminary signals on EVERY foul call.

So, that's what I try to do, although I must admit that I'm not perfect at it.