things that strike this rookie as odd...

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

I guess I can more easily understand the first though certainly can't find a fed rule to support. The second one I'm not buying into at all.

Me, I'm going exactly the opposite. I agree with the second, but not the first. I'm going to ask the coach once, maybe even twice if the players are still on the floor, "Full or 30, Coach?" Then if I get no answer, it's a full.

On the second one, I'm definitely going to try to nudge the kid out of the lane before I blow the whistle. I'd rather not call 3-seconds, if I can avoid it. If I can get the kid to avoid the violation, that's what I'll try to do. If he ignores me or is just brain-dead, then I have to call it after a while. But the whistle is definitely not my first tool in this situation.

[JRutledge]

All I can say is you cannot do everything an official that has been working longer than you does. All a senior official means is they have been working longer than you. It does not mean they are very knowledgeable or that what they do, everyone else does.
You should always ask yourself, "Why is he/she here?" If you are a rookie and they are a "senior official," why are they here working with you? Now that answer can be a lot of things, but it might be they cannot work anywhere else.

Peace

[amcginthy]

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On the second one, I'm definitely going to try to nudge the kid out of the lane before I blow the whistle. I'd rather not call 3-seconds, if I can avoid it. If I can get the kid to avoid the violation, that's what I'll try to do. If he ignores me or is just brain-dead, then I have to call it after a while. But the whistle is definitely not my first tool in this situation.[/QUOTE]

HS Ball.... I don't know about this one.. I can see maybe early in the game... if a player is in the lane and is attempting to get out... then you say "hey, watch the 3 seconds"... but someone camped in the lane...

hey, I'm a coach, and I know that I appreciate when I see something that wasn't called and I knew the ref saw it - especially if they point it out to the player - makes them think about it more... my concern with this is...consistency... this I think you will find is what coaches get the most frustrated about... now, you will have to give the other team the same benefit to be consistent...

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by amcginthy

now, you will have to give the other team the same benefit to be consistent...

That goes without saying. I'm not trying to nail one team's 3-second violations but not the other team's. I'm hoping to avoid the violations altogether.