Understood, just ribbin' ya a little.

I did it for a season when I moved to WI. After correcting my WH about 12 times during the season for incorrect enforcements, I decided my skills were better served being a referee.

and thats one of the reasons i love ref'ing.....the camaraderie. also, trying to get the lingo of the forum down. RichMSN posted about correcting his WH...whats a WH?

White hat = referee in football

not proud to admit it... i am in cast now from fractured wrist, two spots, and fractured radial arm from falling in xmas tourney. two man mechanics and stepped back and tripped, fell, got up and had foul on lay-up. finished game and went to e.r. two days later. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS.

wow...no i feel really stupid. i do football also, and was the white hat for a few games last year. either need more coffee or a new brain.

Very dangerous and shows you're a rookie. We have one guy here that keeps doing it, and I am on him everytime about breaking the habit. He's a friend of mine and I keep telling him that he could get seriously hurt!

Not to beat the dying horse, but turning around and running forward while looking back over your shoulder also looks more athletic. Like you belong out there.

I've been warned about possible Achilles damage. Something tells me this fall will be a big motivator for me than that.

Having said that, in soccer, we're expected to backtrack some, especially toward a touchline as the ball approaches us. Come to think of it, backtracking is part of our physical test (shuffle test: 25 yards straight ahead, then to the left, then backwards, then to the right).

So riddle me this: Why is backtracking expected in one sport, but verboten in another?

What kind of surface do you land on in soccer?

Glad I wasn't back pedaling on this one...
 

Several years ago I was running down court as new lead, I am looking back over my shoulder and about 3' inside the sideline. Suddenly I collide with someone and we both go tumbling to the floor. For whatever reason a coach was out on the floor and looking away from the play...

I blow whistle and then spit it out of my mouth on the way down (to protect my teeth :D ) and I realize as I am sitting both cheeks to the hardwood what had just happened. I look up at coach, smile and T him from the ground.

We were both okay and actually had a great laugh about it. Never did find out why he was that far out there but he was very apologetic realizing that someone could have really been hurt. Easiest call I've ever made and only time making a call from a seated position.

Excellent, now that's what I call getting down and dirty!

Funny, guys who back pedal usually wear belts............

And tend to be staring at the ball in the backcourt while there are 6 players running by him in the frontcourt.

Depends. This is Maine. What month are we in?