dealing with coaches

[zeedonk]

yeah, I considered whacking the coach there, but decided to try to talk to him first. I thought a T might have turned the whole game ugly.

Next time, you betcha.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

yeah, I considered whacking the coach there, but decided to try to talk to him first. I thought a T might have turned the whole game ugly.

Next time, you betcha.

Fair enough.

[doubleringer]

I'm jumping in late, as usual around here, but great discussion. Communication with coaches is an ongoing learning process. Last week we had a student section come on the floor in a very tight game. The clock did say 0, but we had a time out and were putting 1.9 back up. The visiting coach argued with me that I had to assess the T. My answer to him was, "If the same thing happened on your floor, with your student section, would you want us to call it then?" This ended the conversation and I was satisfyied with it. On the way home I was replaying the situation and a better answer would have been, "The clock said 0, the students thought the game was over." My point is that communication is a learning process.

Take suggestions from here. Try them out in games. See what works for you. On thing I'm working hard on these days is to keep my answers to the rules and use the "language" of the rules book. I rode along with a D1 women's crew last Sunday and what impressed me most about their pregame was that everything discussed was talked about in the specific language used in the rules book. I like this because I think over time it would train me to use the language of the rules during the game as well. My project this week is to rewrite my pregame list and make sure it is rules specific. Learning to officiate well is a journey.....

[BillyMac]

If you choose to talk to the head coach, start off every sentence with, "Coach, by rule ..."

Also, there are coaches that have never read a rule book, and think that there are hundreds of rules, not just ten, so when questioned about a call, you may be able to get away with, "Coach, that was an easy call. Rule four". He'll be impressed that you've been able to memorize hundreds of rules by number, which may shut him up. Seriously, this has worked for me, but only with ignorant coaches, which are the worst kind.

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

I'm jumping in late, as usual around here, but great discussion. Communication with coaches is an ongoing learning process. Last week we had a student section come on the floor in a very tight game. The clock did say 0, but we had a time out and were putting 1.9 back up. The visiting coach argued with me that I had to assess the T. My answer to him was, "If the same thing happened on your floor, with your student section, would you want us to call it then?" This ended the conversation and I was satisfyied with it. On the way home I was replaying the situation and a better answer would have been, "The clock said 0, the students thought the game was over." My point is that communication is a learning process.

Take suggestions from here. Try them out in games. See what works for you. On thing I'm working hard on these days is to keep my answers to the rules and use the "language" of the rules book. I rode along with a D1 women's crew last Sunday and what impressed me most about their pregame was that everything discussed was talked about in the specific language used in the rules book. I like this because I think over time it would train me to use the language of the rules during the game as well. My project this week is to rewrite my pregame list and make sure it is rules specific. Learning to officiate well is a journey.....

DANG!!! maybe the best post i have ever read... ever! That is great stuff.