New Ref has a question

[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!!!