First game, first questions

[mick]

Originally posted by Dan_ref

POE (again!) is rough play in the post. The hold's a foul.
The bump's a foul. TWEEET! Double foul, go with the arrow. Some folks will say to try & talk them out of it, some folks will say not to. I think this year I'm gonna not
be a talker (I'll let you know how it goes!)

How old are these kids?

Dan,
I agree with your talk/call non-consensus.

I look at the tone of the contact early in the game.
When the contact is *way off ball* (the ball is high or on the other side of the post players) and the defender is grabbing/touching/pushing the post player without the ball I am inclined to talk.

Usually, the talking does no good, yet I make an attempt to let 'em know they have my attention. I like to let them know that I won't tolerate certain stuff. Since all of us officials judge things differently, I like to mention the parameters then, as opposed to the captain's meeting where I go over no rules.

From that point, I call.

mick