Survey Q - Toughest Call and why?

[Jimgolf]

"Over the back"

[ChuckElias]

1. BI/GT, as I said in a thread last week.
2. Traveling.
3. Block/Charge.

[Dan_ref]

1. BI/GT.
2. Traveling.
3. 16 or 20 oz Guinness after the game

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

1. BI/GT, as I said in a thread last week.
2. Traveling.
3. Block/Charge.

Chuck did the typing for me.

[Snake~eyes]

BI/GT and Travelling are by far the hardest calls.

[Texas Aggie]

I don't think defensive goaltending is that tough, personally. BI is unquestionably a nightmare.

More and more the tough calls are loose ball plays in terms of held balls and/or fouls in getting to the ball or trying to get a hold of it (i.e. reaching around).

[kiwiref]

but the hardest call for me personally is when I have to empty the gym because of idiots who are not there because of the game. Admitedly this does not happen very often, which is probably what makes it a hard decision. But usually the landing of an object on the floor is a reliable indicator that I have to act.
Following this, I would agree with all who already mentioned BI and goaltending.

[REFVA]

I agree with most all the answers, but what I really have a difficult time with is when a team that is out matched and out played and the coach tells me or my partners that we missed that one. I have a difficult time, where I feel bad for the team, but I feel like shutting the coach up and tell him to coach and not ref. Maybe if you focused on the game and not the ref's you would be in a better situation.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

More and more the tough calls are loose ball plays in terms of held balls and/or fouls in getting to the ball or trying to get a hold of it (i.e. reaching around).

These situations aren't too hard for me b/c there is almost always a foul committed if the "scramble" for the ball lasts more than 4 or 5 seconds. Just find it. Third guy into the mix usually lands on somebody. One of the players invariably grabs the wrist of the other one instead of getting the ball. There is almost always something (or more than one something) to call in a loose ball scramble. I just try to grab something quickly.

[Raymond]

Being the junior member on a crew in a game where the "prominent" coach has been whining, complaining, and questioning directed only towards me and deciding how/when it needs to be addressed.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

These situations aren't too hard for me b/c there is almost always a foul committed if the "scramble" for the ball lasts more than 4 or 5 seconds. Just find it. Third guy into the mix usually lands on somebody. One of the players invariably grabs the wrist of the other one instead of getting the ball. There is almost always something (or more than one something) to call in a loose ball scramble. I just try to grab something quickly.

[set very large font] 4 OR 5 SECONDS?!?!? [end very large font]

sheez, in JV girls ball someone has a broken arm by then! If you don't call it in the first second and a half, you have no hope of convincing anyone that you saw what happened.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Chuck did the typing for me.

No need for spell check or grammar check then.