Learn by doing

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Originally Posted by tjones1

Work as many games as possible! You are going to make mistakes but the important thing is that you learn from them.

Read as much as you can. This board is a wonderful resource. I suggest you use it whenever you have a question. There are a lot of great rules minds on this site!

Attend a camp. While at camp, listen and ask questions.

Also, purchase the biggest gear bag you can (you are going to need it - it's true, it's true).
A little humor for my ol' buddy M&M...haven't heard from him in a while...maybe he'll come out of the woodwork too.

Sounds good. The only issue I had, besides that being my very first time, was getting out of the mindset of playing basketball at the local gym. I could see the contact, but I didn't call much the first two games. I was watching, but thinking hell that’s ok. (Which is 100% wrong) The last two games I was calling a lot more fouls/violations.

I even had both coaches agree with me on calls against their teams. But on a scale from 1-100, my ability is around 10-20. I was so nervous the first game, I called backcourt after a 5 count....The coach or other ref did not say anything, but as soon as half time hit I asked the ref and he told me I was wrong on that one.

This was a summer camp with teams from everywhere in southern NM, so the refs I was with, all had like 3-4 games before the ones I was in. I asked one to critique me, and he told me, 'I wish I could, but I am too tired to critique anyone.' Which is understandable, he was standing in for other refs who did not show up.

Ok, I feel that I am now done talking on. Thanks to anyone who read this long post.


Oscar