To REC or not to REC

[Mike Burns]

Now that the HS season is over (for me anyway), what is your opinion on doing rec league games? I've done a couple already. Let me tell you about my experiences.

The first game I worked with a young guy who had only done 2 or 3 games (Rec games). I feel like we called a strong game, but I'm not ready to "carry" someone like that yet. The second game I worked with an official who is the co-assigner for this particular league. He called a "T" on a player going out of bounds,coming back in and being the first to touch the live ball [(Rule 7.1.1) See, I do read your posts BktBallRef]. He called an over and back when A1 had the BALL and ONE foot in the FC and then went BC. BTW I was T and he called it from L. When I called my first foul and went to the reporting area to signal to the table. He said, "We don't do that here. This is just rec-ball. We don't worry about mechanics or switching on fouls or any of that stuff".

WHAT THE...?!?!

Is this what I should expect, or have I just had a couple of bad experiences?

My thinking was that Rec-ball or summer league play would be a good place for me to work on my "game", but other than just being in more game situations, I really don't see how this is going to help me get any better if I'm not working on mechanics as well.

As always, I appreciate your imput.

[Edited by Mike Burns on Feb 14th, 2001 at 09:46 PM]