Pre-Game meetings, captain meetings NFHS

[swkansasref33]

okay, now anyone with a structured pregame conference with your partners?

[ref2coach]

Originally Posted by swkansasref33

okay, now anyone with a structured pregame conference with your partners?

That stuff in the manual, do it. Put your whistle in you pocket before you pee, see you on the floor at 15.

[VaTerp]

My pre-games are relatively short. My two main points are always communication and consistency. Cliff notes version:

Let's communicate as much as possible. Quick eye contact on dead balls, make sure we are all on the same page, slow down and talk to at least one partner if something funny happens, if you warn a coach/player let us know, etc.

Consistency means that we all have our own judgment and way of calling the game but it shouldn't take us long to figure out what the game needs and how we want to call it as a crew. Let me live and die with marginal contact in my area but if you have to get something then do it.

Cover basics like Trail and C taking plays to the basket, L usually has best look at secondary defender, no prelims on double whistles for block/charge, rotate until the end, and a few other things.

Let's have fun.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by swkansasref33

okay, now anyone with a structured pregame conference with your partners?

Ask snaqs.

[billyu2]

Originally Posted by swkansasref33

okay, now anyone with a structured pregame conference with your partners?

I use the HORSE pre-game conference:

H: hustle - work hard to get good angles and correct positions
held ball-stay with players, partner will check arrow
AP throw-in: review situations that may occur before throw-in ends
(fouls, violations, kicked ball that may or may not affect
the arrow)
honesty, integrity
home team - always wins (just kidding)

O: obvious- call the obvious, don't miss the obvious!
one and one- communicate at 6, help get shooter
official NFHS mechanics, no NCAA
outside play- handchecking, 5 sec. counts, screens, 3 pt. tries

R: respect the coaches/players, be professional and patient but penalize if
they disrespect us in a way that cannot be ignored.
review-anything unusual that occurs, get together-make sure we get
everything correct (technical fouls, correctable errors, etc.)
rim-if applicable, be alert for GT, BI

S: support each other-work as a team, communicate
seconds- accurate counts, 5 sec. counts 6' not 3', last second shots
subs- let all report, count players
similar plays call similar ways

E: enthusiasm for the game, energetic
errors-wrong OB call, changing a 2 to 3, or 3 to 2, timeframe for CE's.
enjoy the opportunity


Having said all that, go out there and HORSE around!

[refiator]

If I hear one more official tell the girls in the pregame not to hang on the rim, I am going to puke.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by billyu2

I use the HORSE pre-game conference:

H: hustle - work hard to get good angles and correct positions
held ball-stay with players, partner will check arrow
AP throw-in: review situations that may occur before throw-in ends
(fouls, violations, kicked ball that may or may not affect
the arrow)
honesty, integrity
home team - always wins (just kidding)

O: obvious- call the obvious, don't miss the obvious!
one and one- communicate at 6, help get shooter
official NFHS mechanics, no NCAA
outside play- handchecking, 5 sec. counts, screens, 3 pt. tries

R: respect the coaches/players, be professional and patient but penalize if
they disrespect us in a way that cannot be ignored.
review-anything unusual that occurs, get together-make sure we get
everything correct (technical fouls, correctable errors, etc.)
rim-if applicable, be alert for GT, BI

S: support each other-work as a team, communicate
seconds- accurate counts, 5 sec. counts 6' not 3', last second shots
subs- let all report, count players
similar plays call similar ways

E: enthusiasm for the game, energetic
errors-wrong OB call, changing a 2 to 3, or 3 to 2, timeframe for CE's.
enjoy the opportunity


Having said all that, go out there and HORSE around!

Are you trying to replace Snaq's sig?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Are you trying to replace Snaq's sig?

He's referring to his pre-game with his partners, not the captains.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

He's referring to his pre-game with his partners, not the captains.

My mistake. I guess there has been so much discussion on the captains meetings that I got carried away.