As we speek, I am getting ready for my 3 games tonight. I have done several games before and was nervious and tonight I am nervious also. Do any of you get nervious before games even after you have done some before?

I still get nervous for games after some time without refing, like now, with basketball just starting up. Also, before big games, I still get nervous. For every game I'm a little nervous before, but it's not as bad as when I first started. I find that once the ball goes up on the jump, I'm not nervous anymore.

brandan89,
Nervous may not be the word I would choose, but if I am not excited about going out onto the floor, then I am not as ready as I could be.
mick

Heck, I was nervous before my last camp game this summer.

I wouldn't say I get nervous I just kind of have the butterflies, it goes away after my first whistle. :)

I'm not sure I'd call it nervous, sometimes anxious, sometimes excited. It goes away as the ball goes up. If I'm lucky enough to get a pre-game with my partner, that usually gives me something to focus on and keeps the anxiety at bay.

Good Game.. Basically all I did was walk up and down the court, and say dont run blue walk with the ball. If Red was coming down with the ball I would say stay in the piant blue, get out of the pait red. Stuff like that, no fouls,tell them to dribble the ball. Had a good time. There was this man giving me 10 kinds of hell, but the president said if he does it tommrow kick his a** out. Got 5 games tommrow or maybee 7 hey, 10.00 a game. Thanks

I do right up until tip off. Then I get to work. No time to think about being nervous.

"It's not that you want to get rid of the butterflies, you just want them to fly in formation."

No it's not mine I don't remember the author/speaker.

No, not really.
 

I get excited about working games, but not nervous anymore. Officiating becomes like riding a bike after awhile. That comes with experience and confidence.

Peace

I only get nervous when I see an evaluator in the stands ;)

This is why I was nervous before my last game at camp ;)

I only get nervous when I see the fans carrying weapons. :)

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I only get nervous when both sides have guns, its not a problem when one team's fans have guns.

That must've been why that soccer ref in Africa had a gun on him. :D

Thanks for that, garote.
Cute. :)