Novice's First Official Game

[ChuckElias]

Sometimes that's just the way it is, and sometimes you need a kick in the pants. An example of each.

Two seasons ago, I worked a 2-whistle HS girls game with a good partner. For a stretch of probably 8 or 9 minutes in the second half, every foul I called was against the home team. Every foul my partner called was against the visitors. Guess who got booed for most of the second half? But that's just the way it was. The calls that were in front of me were those calls. Oh well.

First game this season, 3-whistle college game. I called the first 4 fouls of the second half and 6 of the first 8. We finally got a TO and I went to my partner and told him simply, "Man, I've had 6 of these fouls." A little light went on and he said, "Really?" He just hadn't been paying attention. We were a more balanced crew after that.

Only you know which situation it was. Either way, you learn from it, move on and get better.