New Ref has a question

[SamIAm]

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!!!

A quick glance at the bench should solve this issue until you get some experience. Teams should go to the basket opposite there bench in the first half, and with their bench in the 2nd half. Understand, this advice will only work if you can remember in which half you are, which is nbot so simple if it is your 3rd or 4th youth game of the day.

Also slow down. BTW - What level are you officiating.