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I once coached a middle school team in a conference of private schools. The level of play was better than rec, but still below that of the local public schools.
I had one game that season where I had the misfortune of watching both teams attempt a total of 88 foul shots (50 by my team). I believe I had 4 (maybe 5) players foul out, and I know the other team was somewhere in that range. They also had their head coach ejected fairly early in the 3rd quarter. It was by far the longest game I ever coached. |
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That crossed my mind midway through the 3rd quarter.
![]() It was a strange night. I had few complaints about the officiating in any game before or after that one, and I will say the two that night were consistent. They did seem to throw the concept of advantage/disadvantage out before the game started. |
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My thought at seeing this comment was why should anyone care where/when you're booked for the next game? Aren't we supposed to call what we see - without being influenced by anything else? ![]() |
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Generally speaking your observation is correct. However; as you advance in your understanding of officiating you will begin to develop personal preferences, officiating philosophies and so on.... My interpretation of comments that appear persnickety are most often just that.... officials airing their displeasure about significant difference in officiating philosophies or more frustratingly working with someone who extremely lacks rules knowledge, mechanics, and game management skills. Now if you don't mind, I will go back to my reclusive corner and dig into my rule book. ![]()
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Thanks for the insight. I have to remind myself that online forums do not afford the luxury of hearing a poster's tone, background or experiences. I will try to remember not to read too much into any particular post.
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Remember the first three rules of basketball officiating: Stay true to your line; officiate your primary area; and trust your partner.
Having said, when an official has off-ball coverage in his primary area there will be times when he will have to expand primary area to cover off-ball action (this concept is very important in two-man games but not as important in three-man games), but it should not be at the expense of missing something right in front of him. My advice, is to let the game come to you. Don't go looking for boogers as we say in baseball. I have had two-man games where I had 10 of the first 12 fouls; it seemed like I was doing everything and my partner did not exist. It happens, and then I have had games where it seemed like nothing was ever going to happen in my area. MTD, Sr.
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AHEM! 2,3 & 4, maybe. ![]()
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[QUOTE=Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.;573173]Remember the first three rules of basketball officiating: Stay true to your line; officiate your primary area; and trust your partner.
QUOTE] I understand the last two, but typical newbie that I am, don't understand the first one about "stay true to your line"? ![]() |
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dsqrddgd909: Worry about your boundary lines (and the division line if you are the T0 and not your partners; there are only a few rare cases where an official has to blow an out-of-bounds on his partner's line. Nothing is more aggravating than to sound your whistle for an out-of-bounds on your own line and to hear your partner's whistle and calling the out-of-bounds too, especially if he is pointing the opposite direction you are, ![]() MTD, Sr.
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Mark - as it says in another reply above, these are rules two, three and four. As I've stated numerous times, the first rule of officiating is "tuck your whistle in your shirt before you take a leak".
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Mark: I am so hurt that you outed me. Marcia Tomasina DeNucci
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I thought my game on Friday I called too many in a quarter and a half. I called 9 out of 10 fouls all on one team during a quarter and a half period of time. And I probably called 4 on one player. I was not happy about that.
Peace
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Rut: Don't beat yourself up over it. It happens. You and I have been officiating long enough to know that these things even out over the course of a season and a career. I remember one time in a three-person game I blow my whistle twice in the first half, both out-of-bounds calls. It just happens that way. MTD, Sr.
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