Escorted out of gym by police tonight

[Back In The Saddle]

Wow, talk about baptism by fire! Your post is a little light on detail, but it sounds like you had a good learning experience, the kind you'll be learning from for a long time to come.

Obviously consistency is important. Changing how you call the game late in the game will usually engender a negative reaction. On the other hand, the phrase "letting the girls just play most of the night" makes me wonder if you were calling the game as tightly as it needed to be called to that point. Just some random wonderment.

Hope game number three goes much better for you.

[artar]

To be a bit more specific on the foul calls - first the "questionable call" that I made was against the defender in the 3rd quarter who bumped/ blocked the girl with the ball with her hip as she was driving the baseline towards the basket. It was a light bump but still a bump that blocked the offensive player and it happened right in front of me so immediately blew the whistle.

This is when the coach became furious at me and was immediately ejected from the game for leaving his coaching box because he received a warning about that earlier from the other ref.

I did question the call in my mind afterward thinking here I am just letting the players make harder contact under the boards then on the foul that I called.
Reason being it is very hard to call a foul in the paint when the players are so bundled up, I knew there was contact but could not tell who was fouling who - especially when they are all jumping together for a rebound.

I was told to only make calls that I was certain about.

[ref3808]

What you describe (and you describe it in very certain terms as I read it) sounds like a foul. If you are saying that there was more contact underneath the basket and in the lane than other areas of the court then I believe that's the case with 99.9% of the games I've seen at most any level) Sounds to me as though you saw it and you called it.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by artar

This is when the coach became furious at me and was immediately ejected from the game for leaving his coaching box because he received a warning about that earlier from the other ref.

Ok, this struck me as I was reading the thread. Why was the coach ejected for this?