The Toughest Calls in Basketball

[budjones05]

Originally Posted by lmeadski

I thoroughly enjoy the time I get to spend with my reffing brothers and sisters, especially when we talk about the toughest calls each of us makes and how we handle the call. I would like to hear the challenges you all have and how you handle them. For me, I regularly look back on travel calls and when to "let one go" and how technically specific I need to be, especially when reffing a jr high, frosh or JV game (where my temptation is to let all but the obvious go to enhance game flow). Also, which calls do you see refs struggling to get right?

The toughest call to make is traveling. In Jr. High, I look to see if it gave the player an advanage. Once we get to high school, I nail them. They will learn sooner or later