Calling Like Your Partner

[JRutledge]

Do not call the game just to mirror your partner. This will get you in trouble as well as your partner. You have to call your game and your game only. You start trying to call a game just to mirror you partner, you might find yourself just as wrong as your partner. Instead of one bad official, there will be two bad officials on the floor (or the way they will look at it). Call the game with advantage/disadvantage in mind and leave the "tight" and "loose" terminology behind. "Tight" and "loose" is not really subscribed by the rulebook, but advantage/disadvantage is.

Now what you might do, if your partner is calling handchecking, you might be aware that certain defenders are handchecking. But it does not mean that you call it. Or if your partner is calling some fouls on screens, you might be aware of what is going on off-ball, but do not just call something because your partner is calling it. You might be calling things that are not there.

Peace