Ever go a long time without calling a foul?

[grunewar]

7th grade girls game the other night. 1st period ends and I go to the table to see if everything is in order.

Home book, with 25 yrs experience, looks at me and says, "Look at the scoreboard, I've never seen anything like it." I take a gander. It read all zeros except for 1 foul and the period (1). He then said to me, "That's six minutes of my life I'll never get back."

Fast game with alot of activity, but few violations/fouls. (Neither team scored until 3 minutes gone in the 2nd quarter!)

Amazingly, the second half was pretty good and both teams woke up!

I didn't feel obligated to blow my whistle either. But, that was one weird first half!

[Nevadaref]

I also had a GV game about seven years ago in which only one foul was called during the entire game. I should have passed on it too.

Plus I was the referee for a U17G soccer game this summer in which one of my assistants signalled for the only foul of the match with less than two minutes remaining. He was absolutely correct and couldn't ignore it.

I've never had a clean slate in either sport.

[Judtech]

Two Years ago. AAA varsity girls game. Didn't blow my whistle for a TO OB Foul or Violation until 2:43 left in the 4th. I kept asking my partners if I was missing anything!! Oddly both teams were in the double bonus, but they agreed that all of the action was never near me. Just one of those odd things. Later in the year Karma got me back in game with 60 foul game. We all threw the whistle we were using that nite away!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Judtech

60 foul game!

Ouch.