Hammered!!

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by rngrck

Worked with varsity officials for the first time the other nite and didn't go well. These guys intimated the heck out of me and never felt comfortable and as a result, had my worst outing in my brief 3 week career. I'm still working on my mechanics and they had very little patience with me and unfortunately let it affect my performance. All I wanted to do was run out of the gym and hide. Funny thing though, after the games, I got some compliments from the players which made me somewhat feel better.
Any of you rookies experienced this?

While I'm not a rookie, I do feel your pain...sounds like you got stuck with a couple of guys with that proverbial 2x4 where the sun don't shine. Advice: forget about it and move on to your next game. If you get in to a similiar situation again, have the courage to walk up to your partner(s) during a time-out and tell them "I'm really struggling with my rotations and mechanics tonight. Could you help me out some?" and then see how it goes from there...most people (most, not all unfortunately) will be glad to help you out with those things and give you little reminders and hints as you go along. If not, call your game anyway and worry about mechanics and things like that later. Get the calls right.