Discussing a call with your partner

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by rt1111

Im calling a 3 man spring league game. one of my partners is...getting up in age. hes easily 65 and it shows. hes almost never in position he is slow to signal and the fans and coaches are starting to get aggravated. we were shooting free throws. and Im the C. the second shot goes up and misses. me the T and everyone else in the gym sees it go out out on red. the L(everyones favorite official)calls it red ball. Im not defending anything I did or saying its something I normaly do, but everyone in the Gym knew it was white ball including my other partner. TOOT a little NBA hand slap and point in whites direction. did I botch this, should I have walked over and discussed it with him, is there a hybrid. anything to help me get beetter would by appreciated. no matter how you feel about it iff you have something in the officials manual that would be appreciated too.

Let me ask you a question, do you like your partners overruling your calls on the court? Ok, since you don't like it, why did you on this play? While working with someone that is almost never in position and has bad mechanics is a challenge, it doesn't give you the right to go tooting and changing calls. Around here, if you are not asked for help, but you have info, quickly walk to the calling official, let him/her know what you have and let them toot and change the call. If you are asked for help, then by all means toot and make the call.

However, if you really want to do it right, check with the local people that are working the level that you aspire or better yet, the person assigning those games (if applicable). They'll teach you the correct way to handle this situation and then include it in every one of your pre-game discussions.