3 Man Officiating!

[GregR072]

I officiated in Washington the past several years in the southeast part of the state, where we were doing 3 man. Now due to the nature of our assocation and the leagues we catered to, one three man crew was assigned to two varsity games- the boys and girls played back to back. Which was pretty much the only way to do 3 man in our association.

Our assocation required us to register for both boys and girls if we wanted varsity games. We also had to decide if we wanted to be evaluated for either boys or girls, for the purpose of assigning playoffs. (In Washington you are required to pay dues for both boys basketball and girls basketball to the state, for those that may not know.)

Our pay did drop, and yes the quality of officiating dropped in the second game especially towards the end. Which were two of the biggest complaints I had.

Not to mention there were problems adjusting from the variations between the boys games and the girls games in washington.


We also did not receive any on court training, so there were often rotation problems- which looked horrible. Moral of the story- work as many scrimmages, have some clnics. If we would have been more prepared it would have been a much smoother transition. I'll be curious to hear how it goes on the home front.