Lesson Learned

[SCBroncos]

Every game we learn something new and yesterday was no exception for me.

I was working a boys varsity game and early in the first quarter my partner stopped the game and warned a player on Team A for taunting.

Later in the second quarter, a player on team A (it happened to be a different player, but it doesn't really matter) addressed an opponent after a dunk and I decided to stop the game and tell the kid to cool it. I really thought nothing of it other than preventive officiating.

As soon as I called the player over, the coach from Team B went crazy because we didn't issue a technical foul after already issuing one warning. While my play was probably not significant enough to issue a 'T', once a warning was already given, the coach sort of had me.

My lesson learned is to add this to my pre-game. Once we warn a player, let's make sure the next time they do something, we give them the 'T' - but make sure they EARN it (no cheap stuff).