Crowd Control

[mick]

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Originally posted by Martin on 02-29-2000 11:27 AM
First, I would like to say that I am a second year offical, and I am learning alot about the game just by reading the disscussion board and following the advice of my fellow officals. I was working a 7th grade CYO contest,when I made a shooting foul call, when I realized after the fact, that there was no foul. I was caught out of position on the play and anticipated the contact. Needless to say, the crowd went nuts,obviously seeing no contact. At that point, the players mother stood up, to protest tha call by shouting curses my way. Now, I was never when to let insults affect me,but officiating ia a catholic basketball league, with young kids participating, I felt she stept way over the line. Any advice on how to handle this situation.

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Martin, don't feel like the Lone Ranger.
After you have blown that whistle that you wished you had swallowed (Sounds like my brand. That's another reason I use the Fox Mini)and finding no place to hide...
You can immediately call an inadvertant whistle and just apologize (which is what I usually do), ... or...
You can bend over and pick something imaginary off the floor in the interest of player safety, maybe it was your contact lens , which I am trying to put into my game.
mick