Do you start calling tighter?

[stripes]

Originally posted by eroe39
MOfficial, I believe you have to adjust for certain types of games. You cannot referee every game the same way at every point in the game. If a game is going smooth and sailing along and you have a borderline off ball foul or handcheck you can pass. However, if the game is getting rough and out of hand then you need to call borderline calls, especially of the off ball variety and rebounding fouls even if there is no advantage/disadvantage. These type of calls are good to reel the players back in and then hopefully they will adjust and the game will get cleaner, but sometimes you just have to keep blowing and have that "**** em" attitude.

Eli is right. Sometimes the game will allow you to pass, but oftentimes it won't. If the players don't respond, you have to keep calling the same way. I always tell my partners that "a team's style will not dictate how we call the game."

Had a V game last year with 80 fouls called and 91 FTs shot. It was ugly, but the kids didn't want to play so we called it accordingly. I felt terrible about the game because it was so ugly. My feelings changed when I worked with the same guy again and he told me that the local paper's article about the game included an interview with the coaches and their feeling were that we had called a lot of fouls, but that was how the game was played and we had to call them.

Sometimes you just have to call a lot.

[Edited by stripes on Aug 1st, 2002 at 10:36 AM]