Pre-game habits, rituals, etc.

[fullor30]

Red Bull and three Aleves.

[truerookie]

I usually arrive early.

Get dressed except my shoes.

Look over pregame notes.

Look over notes in my journal.

Pre-game with partner(s)

Stretch

Tell a joke and smile just before we enter the court

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by truerookie

Tell a joke and smile just before we enter the court

Like "how many assistant coaches does it take to change a light bulb?"

[truerookie]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Like "how many assistant coaches does it take to change a light bulb?"

One better, what is brown and sticky?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by truerookie

I usually arrive early.

Get dressed except my shoes.

Look over pregame notes.

Look over notes in my journal.

Pre-game with partner(s)

Stretch

Tell a joke and smile just before we enter the court

Uhm, why do you ref without shoes? Is this a regional thing?

[truerookie]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Uhm, why do you ref without shoes? Is this a regional thing?

yes, I just wear black socks.

[Back In The Saddle]

Let me guess...you learned this at camp from a D1 referee? Did he offer to take you snipe hunting as well?

[JRutledge]

If I am the Referee, I have a way I bounce and spin the basketball (towards me) and I must slap the ball twice after each spin. I go with the left arm first, then the right arm. I really have not any rhyme or reason for this. Just something that has become a habit and I do it every time.

Peace

[Back In The Saddle]

Hmmm, my rituals are not quite as colorful, but they begin the night before. I always pack my bag the same way every time, and the clothes are put in so that I can take them out in the order I put them on. On the way to the game site I either listen to my Art McDonald pre-game CD or the sound track to A Knight's Tale, just depends on whether I feel a greater need to get focused or get pumped up. At the site I dress, always in the same order. I briefly consider what an idiot I am for not stretching. And then I turn to my partner and start our pregame by say, "All right, Chief. How are we gonna do this tonight?"