Game management - communication to head coach

[johnnyrao]

I normally don't say much other than "I'll keep an eye on it" mostly because I am not a quick thinker on how to make a quick response. I was told one time, and I like this technique, of how to respond to a coach who asks a question or makes a statement during a delay situation (time-out, between quarters, etc). One official told me he will ask the coach "Coach, what did you see that I may have seen differently?" He said that when you ask tis many coaches will hesitate and not really be able to answer the question. If they do answer it you then can explain quickly how you saw it differently without an argument many times.

[johnny1784]

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

I normally don't say much other than "I'll keep an eye on it" mostly because I am not a quick thinker on how to make a quick response. I was told one time, and I like this technique, of how to respond to a coach who asks a question or makes a statement during a delay situation (time-out, between quarters, etc). One official told me he will ask the coach "Coach, what did you see that I may have seen differently?" He said that when you ask tis many coaches will hesitate and not really be able to answer the question. If they do answer it you then can explain quickly how you saw it differently without an argument many times.

I like this.