NCAA Mechanics Question

[mick]

Originally posted by Tim Roden
Personally, I would prefer having the same mechanics no matter what gym I am in. I only want to be thinking about what I want to call differently, not where I am standing or looking differently or even signaling.

Tim,
I like the differences. It's a challenge, just like the college game is a challenge after doing Fed Hoops.
Going in that 1-1/2 early to get that proper pre-game done and putting those proper mechanics in your head for a change really is quite stimulating to me, and it gets my head in the game well before the game.
Since I only work DIII, or small college, besides Fed, I get both men's and women's from time to time. Working those and high school, I like to get those specific thingys down solidly, so that I look like I belong there, and so that my partners want to work with me again.
However, one of my pet peeves is when a college ref brings his college mechanics to our floor in a high school game.
It seems there must be some a kind of "self-importance" status thing to show you're a college ref doing high school ball. Then the ref will say, "Oh, I just get into the habit." And I tell 'em, "Right. You work sixty high school games and six DII games and you get into the habit!"
It is fun!
mick