Advice for rookie officials

[blindzebra]

I'd say the most important things are blow your whistle and vocalize what you are calling.

I disagree with this:


"Call the game as you would want it called if you were playing."

Doing that means you just may fall into the reaching/3 seconds/over the back basketball myths trap. I'd much rather see inexperienced officials making mistakes trying to apply the rules correctly, than ingraining the myths.

That aside, welcome.