How to develop game situation awareness?

[mick]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
...how many fouls, possession arrow, time outs, time on the clock, who is in foul trouble, etc.

What do good officals do to keep on top of all of these things?

Back,
We can practice all those things and work very hard to stay attentive to them specifically, and it is very good to do so.

However, I think game awareness is a one of the precipitates of having mastered everything else in the game.

We work so hard trying to know all the rules and case applications and exceptions. We work so hard on people skills and administration and mechanics.

Eventually, those things become automatic reflex reactions, and it is at that point, when we are able to free our minds, that we expand our game and be more aware.

So, yeah, like you said, ...time and experience.

mick