Refing 1st games on Saturday! HELP!

[Kris3333]

The games went well. I was a little shy with the whistle, probably because I read in one of these message posts that new officials tend to be "whistle-happy". I didn't want to be that. But after the 2nd game, and into the 3rd, I started to gain some confidence and felt pretty good.

I think part of the difficulty that I'm having also, is that I've been watching high school Varsity games because my daughter plays, so it's kind of hard to step back to this level and not call everything. The fact that it's just a running clock, takes away alot of the ref control too. I was reading those rule books like the bible too, and really didn't need alot of it for this level. I think maybe I over-prepared, if there is such a thing?

It was definately entertaining though! Lots of little guys and gals running up the court trying their damndest to get that ball up into that hoop! There were a couple superstars on each team, so we started pinging them for more calls just to keep the teams even and help them learn a bit too. No one likes a runaway score! My daughters have been on both sides of that coin, and it's no fun either way!

Anyway, it was a blast. Next Saturday I have 4 back-to-back games. I was BEAT after three today. I came home and pigged out, then slept for two hours, and then pigged out again! And here I was hoping to lose weight by running up and down the court. Not the way I'm eating afterwards!

Thanks for everyone's advice. It all helped alot!

Kris