New Ref has a question

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by stir22

hi all, just found/joined the forum yesterday...relatively new ref. 3rd year...i try to do as many games as possible...will take anything, anytime. did my first varsity last friday night, it went well. however, i have a question which i am afraid to ask anybody in my pool, for fear of sounding stupid.

say a team is white, b team is blue...white has ball...shoots...if the rebound is contested, and the ball batted around a couple of times, i will not always remember immediately who was on offense. i get so into the game that i sometimes have to think to myself, "okay, white is at this end this half..."

is this normal? did any of you longtime veterans experience this? i work hard, try to do well, and have gotten positive feeback from my pool. but, well into my third year i feel that i should have a better handle on this.

thanks!!!

Normal nervousness. Often at the beginning of games I forget which way I'm supposed to point on OOB calls and will instead just yell out the color.

Just look at the bench closest to you and that will tell which way you should be going.