Calling Like Your Partner

[ranjo]

Do any of you find yourself changing your normal style of calling to match your partner(s)?

Last night I worked with an experienced older official who calls only JV and Middle School ball. He had a tendency to let the teams play more physically than I am comfortably with. I found myself ignoring a lot of contact in order to match his style and make the officating consistant on both ends. I have experienced this same thing with inexperienced officials who haven't yet learned the types of minor contact that creates an advantage-disadvantage situation.

Yes, we did switch on just about every foul, but it just doesn't seem as "professional" when one official calls it tight and one calls it loose.

I'm sure I am not the only one who has had this experience. What do any of you do in this situation?

1. Call your normal game and make your partner look good/bad.

2. Match his style to make both of you look good/bad.



INSANITY - Continuing to do what you always do and expecting different results.