Season Goals

[doubleringer]

I'm giving a test today to my math students today so I have a little more computer time than normal. I'm jsut curious what everyone has set for goals this season? Here's what I'm thinking of;

1. Professionalism. I don't have much of a problem with this at the varsity and college levels, but at times I don't feel I treat sub-varsity coaches with as much respect and professionalism as they deserve. I sometimes do the same with coaches at smaller schools. I think that may hurt my reputation over time.

2. Posture. As the season wears on I get tired and slouch a bit when I'm on the floor.

3. Getting to the table. Again, this is something that regresses as the season wears on. I need to jog to the table to report fouls rather than walk.

4. Slow down at the table. At times, I get in a hurry reporting fouls.

That's my list for now. Once I have my pre-season meeting with my high school crew I'm sure it will change a bit. The pre-season list includes dropping a few pounds. I'm not over weight, but I know my knees like me a lot better at 185#s rather than the 195#s I'm carrying around the football field.


So, what kinds of things are the rest of you thinking about?

The main areas I'll be focusing on this season will be my 3 Ps:

1. Presense
2. Positioning
3. Patient whistle

After attending some great camps & seeing excellent officials from across the country, I definitely need to get those parts of my game up.

[JS 20]

1. I really really need to slow down on my charge mechanic. I feel I'm strong on all other mechanics but that one. I see a PC and my eyes light up and I jump out of my shoes.

2. Handle the coaches better. I feel you can always improve on this.

3. I feel I'm strong on the floor, and I often work with weaker partners who have more years of experience than me, and I think I do a poor job of speaking up when I see them do something incorrect or we disagree on a call. I ran into this a few times last year w/ my partners calling travels in my PCA and I didn't say anything. I want to be a better partner and speak up when necessary w/ more experienced officials. I feel like if I speak up and say hey I think you/we could have done this better, they'll say hey I have 10 years of experience, you have 4, go fly a kite.

4. I really want to dig into the rules regarding the scorebook. I don't think I'm as prepared as I could be for scorebook issues that could occur before and during the game.

5. The most frequent thing I heard at my camps was to slow down at the table so I'll be concentrating a lot on that as well.

[bob jenkins]

My primary goal is to have JR's head explode. I think I can accomplish that by:

1) Improving my focus on game management
2) Decreasing the number of "game interrupters"
3) Being concerned about the coach's reaction as I make a call / ruling.

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

My primary goal is to have JR's head explode. I think I can accomplish that by:

1) Improving my focus on game management
2) Decreasing the number of "game interrupters"
3) Being concerned about the coach's reaction as I make a call / ruling.

That's good stuff.

[Mark Padgett]

I'm sure my goals are a lot different than anyone else's. My main goal is to train at least four new HS kids to ref in our kids rec league. Last night, there was a school open house and I recruited two of them.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

My primary goal is to have JR's head explode. I think I can accomplish that by:

1) Improving my focus on game management
2) Decreasing the number of "game interrupters"
3) Being concerned about the coach's reaction as I make a call / ruling.

I was recently told to always listen to Bob; so I'm going to set my goals accordingly.

[JRutledge]

1. Get through the season healthy
2. Have fun
3. Get better as a college official

These are not major goals, but things I think about as the season approaches. Talk to me after football is over, these might change a little.

Peace

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I was recently told to always listen to Bob; so I'm going to set my goals accordingly.

Here's another one to work on, along with your crappy sentence structure and sh!tty word selection...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I was recently told to always listen to Bob; so I'm going to set my goals accordingly.

All I would say is you need to make goals based on your ability, not what other people want them to be. I am sure Bob has geared his goals to what he needs to work on. You might have other pressing issues that would not apply to Bob. Just saying.

Peace

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

My primary goal is to have JR's head explode. I think I can accomplish that by:

1) Improving my focus on game management
2) Decreasing the number of "game interrupters"
3) Being concerned about the coach's reaction as I make a call / ruling.

My primary goal is to post as many irrelevant and irritating pictures and gifs as possible until ModeratorMan's head explodes.

It's not my fault. I was diagnosed with BillyMac Syndrome. There is no known cure.