Camp reports

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by mick

stripes,
Dan_ref had a good camp.
mick

Yes I did. I recently attended a 3 person college camp. I
work most of my games 2 man, and I want to publicly
thank Tony (BktBallRef) for answering some really dumb
questions for me about the system. With his help I was
able to go in with a lot of confidence, and we all know
that confidence is a big part of the package. I met some
old friends, made some new ones and made some good contacts.
Here's what I learned:

1. Hustle. For example, never let a made free throw hit
the floor if the ball remains dead.

2. If you are doing mens mechanics make sure you have
no women's mechanics in your game, and vice versa. I
was doing men's and was told to take a step off the
sideline at C because "you're looking like a women's
official".

3. Missed rotations followed by a fast break happen.
L to new T has got to recognize this and be able to
adjust.

4. Even the smallest thing gets noticed. I tend to
raise my open hand (3 points, stop clock, hand up to chop
in time) with my fingers slightly opened. Got dinged
for that. "Be relaxed, just don't look it" was how Mick
put it.