Any Truth To This Notion?

[26 Year Gap]

Stop doing wreckball?

[BktBallRef]

Fewer games?

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Stop doing wreckball?

Ha! I haven't done wreck ball since college intramurals. Not that I don't want to, but I haven't found the right people to get hooked up with for rec ball.

[JRutledge]

It is probably a combination of a lot of things.

• People are beginning to know you better.
• Experience you are gaining to avoid situations.
• Better games means better teams and better players and coaches.
• Better partners.
• Dumb luck.

Probably 10 other things that I could mention that could be a factor as well.

I know I had more Ts this year than I have had in a long time, so many things are not in your hands as much as we think they are.

Peace

[Chris Whitten]

I've observed that the very best in our association give few TFs. It appears to me the more you study the rules, the more confidence you have when speaking to a coach who wants to talk about your call. You can confidently explain the call, many times using Rules Book terminology. A coach may hear a key word or two in your explanation that solidifies you as rules knowledgeable, giving him added confidence in you. Rather than getting further agitated to the point of earning a TF, he may settle in to coaching his team and leaving the calls to a solid official.

[jeschmit]

In my opinion, technical fouls call themselves. I think that there is too much emphasis put on how many T's an official has called in a season. I have never kept track, and I never will. It's just another foul in the game, and we should treat it as so.

That being said, I have called more this year than I have in the past. I'm not sure on the numbers, but I know it's more than the past few years I've worked. Like JRut said, there are several factors that go into why or why not you are calling T's as your season progresses. I don't mind that I've called more this year because they've all called themselves for me.

[Welpe]

I T'd up about the same amount of players as I have my previous couple of seasons but my coach technicals were way down with only one. I figure it's a combination of working in a different area, getting better at managing a game and not sucking as much.

[Rich]

I had a week or two this season where it felt like everyone was asking to get whacked. I obliged them or my partner(s) did.

I have no idea how many I called this season. More than 3 and fewer than 10.

[refiator]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is probably a combination of a lot of things.

• People are beginning to know you better.
• Experience you are gaining to avoid situations.
• Better games means better teams and better players and coaches.
• Better partners.
• Dumb luck.

Probably 10 other things that I could mention that could be a factor as well.

That's a good list....And speaks volumes!
I had 3 T's this season....all in post-season in the last 2 weeks, and all against coaches for acting like idiots. You can't always avoid those