Rules to Ref by...

[BigDave]

got this from a favorite website of mine. enjoy.

1) Always look like you are in control of your emotions. Never get too high or too low.
2) SELL the tough ones
3) Treat coaches and players with respect
4) Treat the table personnel with respect.
5) Realize that for that night you have ONE friend out there (TWO, if you're lucky) and he ain't on the bench.
6) Never underestimate communications with your partner.
7) Get the early "walks"
8) Get the early "charges"
9) Count "neatly"
10) Look like you enjoy being there even though you'd rather be watching Higgins on TV with a cold beer instead of in the gym you're in.
11) Always ref in cruise control
12) Correct EVERY clock mistake no matter how trivial it may seem at that moment.
13) Let'em know you're hustling BUT not in a hurry.
14) Get a good dead ball flow. Tell the players where you're going to inbound or to line up a foul shot.
15) Stay with the shooter!!!!
16) Don't leave the "jump ball pileup" too quickly to locate the arrow.
17) Watch players when they cross to go to benches during timeouts.
18) Get every timeout right.
19) When your partner calls a foul, position the ensuing throw-in so that he is away from the coaches' side.
20) Have fun...