Opening Games?
 

When does everyone start their season? I have my first two games this Friday. We open with a Christian High School tournament. I am getting excited already because our assciation has a lot of games this season and some new schools. Does everyone get nervous a couple of days before the season starts? I have done my rules test, reviewed our state manual, and studied the case book. I need to still spend some time working mechanics and getting my counts down (so that my 10 second count is actually 10 seconds) but I still have this fear I will do something crazy on Friday night. However, I can't wait to get out on the court again!

November 13th.

No.

:)

I go Friday as well - local NCCAA mens 8:00 (it's the 4th game of the day so I am expecting to actually tip it a little closer to 9.

You gotta like that "christian" ball.....you cant even think something bad or its a foul!

Pretty cool - a D1 guy is the crew chief that night and a good friend of mine is a U2 so should be a good time.

My high school season kicks off the day aft Turkey day.

First CC game on Nov 18.

First HS game right before Thanksgiving.

My high school coach used to tell us, "if you aren't nervous you aren't ready.":)

I don't get nervous before officiating but I do get excited.

Tonight!!! Holy crap. . . :eek:

(And yes, I'm nervous.)

Saturday @ 2pm for a JUCO game. I am ready!

My first game is on Friday.

Worked scrimmages the last two nights to see how the back would hold out...feel great this morning.

First real game on my schedule at the moment is Nov. 7...private schools boys varsity.

So far, all but two of my games are varsity...it pays to work hard in the "off season"

I don't get nervous before a game...but I do get excited.

I worked some JUCO jamborees a couple of weeks ago (both men's and women's) but I finally go for real Saturday at 5:30. I'm ready to go, but a little nervous as it's my first time out using women's mechanics. I'm not really concerned with calling the game, I just don't want to look like a high school official because of my mechanics.

Basketball begins 11/6. Our local system (7/8th graders) has a girls season from early Nov. to the Christmas break, while the boys wrestle. Then after the first of the year, the boys have ended their wrestling season and play basketball. I'll ref three nights the first week, and then nothing for about 2 weeks, then it really cranks up fast.

22 errors in the case book this year we were told in IAABO class

Did they provide a list? reasons?

I have my very first JUCO game on Saturday...hey it's just a game right...no reason to be nervous (as my stomach does flip-flops...)

First HS game is Dec. 1.

I would say that BillyMac & CCB3 were too busy looking for rules that had been dropped :D

I'm in the same boat. Saturday is my first time at the JUCO level. I already have a little nervous energy looking forward to it. I'm sure I'll be fine as soon as I get out there and make my first call. For me as soon as I start to see plays, it just becomes a game and I kind of forget that it's something new (at least that's how it worked in my other "first" games). Have a great one!

NAIA game on nov 7 and 9th can't wait!

High school here in kentucky starts the day after thanksgiving.. will have many scrimmages in the next couple weeks though!

November 25th, Soph girls game. First Varsity is a girl/boy double on December 8th. I don't really get nervous, but I do get pumped up for the first few games of the season.

In the great state of Mississippi every time out is a girls/boys doubleheader. Yippee, hooray! Can't you tell I'm really excited about that? At least I don't have to rotate! :)

I still don't understand how you guys don't rotate. Ernie was trying to explain it to me. Is this something they do in MS. or is this just a local association rule?

dec 5th, a little, but then again I have 33 days to build up that fear..

Ohio
 

First scrimmage is 11/11.

Girls season starts Friday after Turkey Day.
Boys starts a week later.

T and L are table side. C is across from the table. If the ball goes out of bounds or there is a violation on C's side, C is temporary T. You don't have to understand why, I don't have to understand why. You don't have to like it, I don't like it.

I have already basically been told, "You are new, shut up and color." Oh, the joys of moving! They don't know me too well though! ;)

My witty Sweathog reference got deleted? I'm hurt. It can't be worse than hamsters and elderberries in the other thread. :) Go ahead, Bob. I know. You have to delete posts that just complain about deleted posts. . . LOL

My sugar post got deleted too!

JUCO last night (11/1)
HS 11/22

In the past few years, my first few high school games have been the ones to "break me" into a new season.

However as I've had some adult league stuff, I've sort of gotten some runs in and feel good. My first game in the HS season is 11/25. I actually do a double header of sort: Boys Freshman in the late afternoon followed by a girls varsity at a different gym later in the evening.

Should be fun!

Just relaxing after my first career women's JUCO game. It went well. I was a bit whistle happy early on, but I settled and we had a great second half. I had one ugly call in the first half, a home post player was guarding another girl down low. She initally had great postion, but as the ball came, she kind of wrapped up the offensive player and restricted her movement. As I'm blowing the whistle, the offensive player makes a good strong move and catches the defender right in the mouth with an elbow. Just one of those ugly, unfortunate plays. Coach chewed on one of my partners, was smart enough to compose himself during the first free throw, and came and talked to me about what I called. He didn't like it, but we came to terms and moved on. Later the same coach tried to tell me a player could not go catch their own airball if it doesn't hit the rim for 2 possessions. I explained the rule, one of my partners I found out later explained it as well, but he was convinced it was a violation. All in all it was a pretty decent first time at that level. My partners seemed OK with my performance. Hopefully I'll get a few more of those games in the future.

Officially, I started October 5th. But, it's off and on until November 13th.

Nope.

My gosh....in Connecticut we just had our interpretation meeting. Our first games are the first week in December....and frankly, its football season and I can only do one set of rules at a time...otherwise Turkey Day Football might have a lot of traveling calls but few falsestarts.

I've been doing Jr High for a couple of weeks. Don't get nervous before those. HS starts in a couple of weeks for me. New to the area so no V games but lots of JV this year. Have to get to be known by more ADs the first year. For HS I'm not sure if it's being nervous or just feeling the anticipation of the game... but I do know that a little bit of "nerves" will keep you on your toes more and remind you to stay in the game and stay focused to do your best. If you are so cool and collected that you are aloof or indifferent you ususally have a very good game.

We start in early December, but scrimmages start right after thanksgiving!!!! I have been doing college scrimmages for the last couple of weeks, so the butterflies as long gone!:)

Same for me.

Thursday, November 9th. 5 1/2 hour drive by myself to officiate a Men's NAIA game. Then again November 22nd (this time with a road partner).

Our practice season (not that any local teams seem to care when they're allowed to start) starts November 13, and games start 3 weeks after that. Scrimmages are allowed (again, not that anyone seems to care) by the 20th.