Adjusting to co-official's style

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by bard
I'm surprised that one topic doesn't seem to have been emphasized on this thread---pregame!

I'm still working lower levels, so I haven't had many opportunities for extensive pregame talks with my partners, but the talks I've had have helped with consistency. At the lower levels, I like to go easy on travels but call fouls tight. It helps a lot to go over this with my P before the game starts.

However, as Rut pointed out, once I'm on the floor, I'm trying very hard to not focus on my P's calls. I'm concentrating on my game and trying to do my best. I've got to trust my P to do his/her best.

Pregame does help us get on the same page and focus in on
what we're about to do. But IMO you're making a mistake
by not paying attention to what your partner is calling
and not calling. There's nothing wrong with getting
together during timeouts and going over things like how
the game is progressing, how well we're sticking to our
game plan discussed in pregame or even how we should adjust
from our plan, go over calls/no calls that were not so
routine, where trouble might be brewing, general court
coverage, etc etc. Kinda hard to do this if you're not
paying attention to your partner.