Good advice, except now his game is finished! lol

Where are ya, OP? Updates...!

He's probably just getting done........ ;)

He'll be back with all the gory details I'm sure!

It gets better, doesn't it?
 

I got to my VG game the other night and between when I last looked at Arbiter and I got to the game there was a change and I moved into the R. Hey, it happens....... It wans't my first V game though.

UPDATE: The R turned out to be a guy with 40 years plus experience and took control of the game from the minute we stepped on the court and he counseled me thru the game and was very verbal.

Here is what I experience my first ever time on da floor:

1) Watch the Ball way too Much!
2) Need to get deeper off the base line and not right on top of it for a much better angle.
3) Multiple times messed up on throw in by not being on the outside of the player..2nd half I corrected this by telling player please hold your spot and then I could position myself correctly
4) Kicked an over and back call
5) I was way too slow with the pace of putting the ball back in play..waiting for partner to get set. He told me to pick up the pace at half time and I did!
6) We had a book problem..player not listed..the R assessed the T.


Good Stuff:

1) Commuincated well on throw in spots
2) Paid attention to who the shooter was and who foul was on
3) started and stopped the clock with proper mechanic
4) Solid Free Throw Admin
5) Coaches did not yell at us
6) Survived the game with no major problems :)

Thanks Guys for all your Kind Words!

ONE LAST ITEM: My Flexbelt unhooked and fell down my leg onto the floor in the middle of the game..YIKES!

During your first V Game?
 

Classic!

Originally Posted by The_Rookie
ONE LAST ITEM: My Flexbelt unhooked and fell down my leg onto the floor in the middle of the game..YIKES!

10 years from now this will be really funny when you are telling your friends about your first high school game.

Billy did, but you caught me by surprise.

I shortened mine. Almost had a situation like that once. And others have had worse things on the floor.

Funny how this is deemed to be important in some areas. At our games, we self-select the R mainly based on "who did it last game."

The R has always been selected with our assignment systems in VT & here in FL. I think that is because the software requires a designation in part. But, the assignor also makes those decisions. I have been R some of the time, but on what would be perceived as less stressful matchups. Which is fine by me. It gives me an opportunity to learn.

We have a regular crew, just like we do in football. The three of us work together a majority of the time. I am the crew chief, so I'm always listed on Arbiter as the R. When our crew works, we rotate the R position each night. I'm comfortable doing that because we have a veteran crew and I know we're on the same page.

When one of my two partners closes out, and we have a fill-in, I work the R. I don't want someone I'm not as familiar with making a decision as the referee that could get us in hot water. If I'm the one the assignor is going to call the next morning, then I'm calling the shots.

Or rock-paper-scissors.

Seriously, though, what shots do you call? You toss the ball (or designate the tosser) and have defined areas of responsibility as the referee, but the R's responsibilities don't include telling the rest of the crew how to work the game.

If we whack a coach, the R will traditionally file the "loss of coaching box" report with the state, but even there as long as it gets done it doesn't matter who files the report. Of course, we don't have a central assignor and we've only ever had one conference assignor who tried designating the R (he also refused to hire crews, which is the area norm), but he only lasted 2 years in the position.

Or say something like, "I don't feel like running the extra 42 feet, I'll be the R tonight."