Most embrassing moment

[CaRef5]

heres a goodone, i was working a boys varsity game earlier this year, and as the trail i was moving to get an open angle, when i rolled my right angle and fell straight on my butt... the gym was packed with about 400 students which were all on my side of the court, so i quickly got up (to a slightly sprained ankle) finished the half and taped up my ankle at halftime

ps. i was working with my assignor and he just laughed and said he wasnt looking at me he was looking at his area so he didnt see my fall haha

[Oz Referee]

Several spring to mind:

1. Quite a few years ago, referring a senior girls game (20 year olds). My partner calls a foul, walks to the bench to report it. Signals a "push" to his side and plants both hands on the breasts of the player standing next to him thankfully she laughed it off.

2. I was asked to fill in for a ref that did a no show. Didn't have proper pants, so wore my warmup pants, the ones with press studs down the side. On a change of direction, I caught my thumb in the side of them, and ripped my own pants off! I was left standing in a pair of (black) boxer shorts

[OHBBREF]

in twenty-five plus years I have had several.

the two highest profile were:
About 15 years ago Boys Varsity Game - I am the trail, bringing the ball up the floor with A1 and B1, just over the mid-court line A1 hands off to A2 and I am now straight lined by A2 to the defenders. B2 claps his hands and the slap reverberates throughout the gym, ...Tweet ... foul on B2.
I am the only one in the Gym who doesn't know what happened and I go to the table report and rotate and everything, while the entire facility is just laughing away at my expense.
I didn't finid out until half time in the locker room what the deal was! Wow, I learned to move for position on a play quickly.

About five years ago - Girls Varsity Regional final, I am the T working the sideline in the front court - I had stepped down around the 28 foot line to get an angle on a match up with the ball just above that point and when the ball went to the middle I backed up and tripped over my own two feet landed on my bumm and slid OOB. The pass came right back to the match-up in front of me, the ball hit the floor their was a scramble for the ball and it went OOB in front of me, but I had the call no problem perfect mechanics from the kester up while sitting on the floor.

[JugglingReferee]

I've had a few...

Switching from T to L in quick transition, I tripped one foot over the other. Did the sommersault thing right into standing up again. Only the scorekeeper saw it.

Have zigged or zagged around a small kid once or twice in my career.

One game I put the wrong pants into my gear bag. They are too small for me now, but they were the only pair in the bag. The +1 was that they showed my muscular legs. The -1 was that they didn't fit nicely elsewhere.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

About five years ago - Girls Varsity Regional final, I am the T working the sideline in the front court - I had stepped down around the 28 foot line to get an angle on a match up with the ball just above that point and when the ball went to the middle I backed up and tripped over my own two feet landed on my bumm and slid OOB. The pass came right back to the match-up in front of me, the ball hit the floor their was a scramble for the ball and it went OOB in front of me, but I had the call no problem perfect mechanics from the kester up while sitting on the floor.

So you're saying you planned it that way? Now that is game awareness! I wish I had that skill level, I will work on it.

-Josh

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by jdmara

So you're saying you planned it that way? Now that is game awareness! I wish I had that skill level, I will work on it.

-Josh

Okay I left out the part about the RED FACE durring the call
and the black and blue back side after the game.

[Coltdoggs]

Boys 12U game....Administering FTs ...I was the T...I was set in my spot...during the 1st shot, table motioned to ask me something...I walked toward the table to be able to hear them. As we finish up our convo, my P is waiting for me to get set up again and I'm now moving back to my spot but I'm doing the good ol' backpedal...kid on the outside decides he's going to occupy a lane space and his path to the basket intersected my backwards path to my spot and we clipped feet....."Down goes Fraizer!" ...I made a nice butt slide and popped back up real quick hoping nobody would see but...several parents asking me if I was ok was the tell tale sign I'd been made

[DonInKansas]

I posted this a few weeks back, but I am STILL hearing about this from people around town.

JV boys game. My wife, kids, and her sister and her husband are there. I'm on the sideline getting ready to hand the ball to a player for a throw-in. All of a sudden I hear, "Daddy, I can blow my whistle like you blow your whistle!" I turn around and my son (just turned 4) is standing there with this little train that he has that is actually a whistle; sh*t eating grin on his face. All the players are standing there dumbfounded and the crowd busts up laughing. My brother in law retrieves my son and I look at the players and all I can think to say is, "Don't worry, he's my kid." We all get a chuckle and go on with the game.

All I could think after that was "Damn, I'm glad it wasn't during a live ball.........."

[fullor30]

I'm R, on opening tip white gains possesion and point guard pulls ball back in their front court to set play up. Loud tweet as I signal over and back, point to spot and head south, pleased that my first call was a good, sharp, clear cut one.

But wait, I'm looking at volleyball court markings which are 6-7 feet inside division line..........oops.

Fast forward a few years,after National Anthem, partner asks what's on the seat of my pants and hopes it's not what it looks like. Apparently I sat on some chocolate in locker room. Quick visit back to locker room, scrub it off, and now it looks like I wet my pants.

I love this game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

I'm now moving back to my spot but I'm doing the good ol' backpedal...

Hence why we are always told NOT to backpedal - lesson learned the hard way, huh Colt?

Originally Posted by refguy

First was a boys V Tournament doubleheader and I had gotten food poisoning about 3 hours before game time. I was in the bathroom until 2 minutes before tip. Then at halftime until the warning horn, then between games same story, and at halftime of the 2nd game. I carried Immodium with me after that for a while.

I feel for ya here! I seem to get "keyed up" for my bigger games and keep a bottle of Pepto in a drawer at my office, at home in the medicine cabinet, and in my bag just in case I need to take a swig.....or ten! Man, I hope I get over this!

[Scratch85]

GV late in the first quarter. We had a foul in the backcourt and I was the new trail. While my partner reported the foul the player tossed the ball to me. We were going to the other end to administer a 1-1. As players were moving to the other end, my partner finished reporting and turned to look for the ball. I moved into what I thought was an open lane and tossed the ball underhanded to him. Hit a girl (about 15 feet away) square in the back with my errant pass. I felt like I had just kicked my own daughter in the shin. I felt terrible and couldn't apologize enough. As we left the floor for half-time, I heard someone call me by name and holler "Nice Pass"

Oh well, I learned a valuable lesson.

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

Oh well, I learned a valuable lesson.

You will never be the shill at the milk bottle toss for the carnival??

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

You will never be the shill at the milk bottle toss for the carnival??

Thankfully, I wasn't officiating a dart tournament

[jdmara]

I haven't had anything tragic happen but this Saturday I was doing a GV game and about the middle of the 2nd quarter the home team puts a shot up and it get wedged between the rim and the backboard. In a boys game, some boy would show his "superior masculinity" and jump to knock it out but we were lacking that (from the players, not the officials Beat you to the joke) on the court. One of the equipment people threw my partner another ball to dislodge the first one. He tosses it to me and I attempt to knock the ball loose. After three tries, I was unsuccessful at freeing that poor little ball I hit the stupid thing squarely all three times from underneath but it wouldn't pop loose. Of course than one of the players came and launched the ball as hard as she could and it came loose for her on the first try. I was a little embarrassed but, most of all, I learned to let the player do it the first time and stay out of the situation

-Josh

[SWMOzebra]

A year or two ago, boys JH game. Small gym with bleachers on all 4 sides and my association evaluator in the stands. I'm trail transitioning to lead on a fast break.

As I run down the sideline looking over my shoulder at the ball handler and the kid trying to catch him, I temporarily forget that I'm running toward the endline with the cheerleaders. The defender grabs a handful of jersey from behind, so an easy call. Just as I hit my whistle, I also plow into a JH cheerleader and we both end up in the front row on top of some very surprised parents.

The worst part for me was, that in the confusion of getting up and making sure the cheerleader is unhurt, I forgot the # of the player committing the foul. Luckily, my partner had my back!