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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:17am
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Had an ahhhh haaa moment tonight in boys JV....

STOP RUSHING...When I am Rushing instead of throttiling back, something can get messed up.

With the intentsity of games and all the hoopla..easy to get too pumped
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:19am
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A couple of maxims from some of the veterans I worked with in my first few seasons:

Hustle, but don't hurry.

Once you blow the whistle, you've got all the time in the world. The game can't start again until you're ready for it to start.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 10:23am
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Had an ahhhh haaa moment tonight in boys JV....

STOP RUSHING...When I am Rushing instead of throttiling back, something can get messed up.

With the intentsity of games and all the hoopla..easy to get too pumped
True for any sport you officiate.
Year 5 starts for me next week, and I'd have to say it wasn't until last season that I honestly felt I wasn't rushing.
That said, it's still a part of my game that I try to work on all the time.
I live close to a D1 school in a mid-major conference. I have a mini season ticket plan that gets me to five games a year. Having the opportunity to see in live action how officials at that level take their time was a big help.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:54pm
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Piece of advice I received as a new official:

Slow Down!

When you think you are at about the right pace, slow down from there....
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:05pm
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Once you blow the whistle, you've got all the time in the world. The game can't start again until you're ready for it to start.
Unless your partner is a doofus who isn't making eye contact and puts the ball in play before you are ready.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:20pm
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Piece of advice I received as a new official:

Slow Down!

When you think you are at about the right pace, slow down from there....
same here. i'm kind of manic by nature, and EVERYONE in my pool was telling me to slow down. Fifth year now, and asked for some input from a long time guy in our pool...he said..."slow down." Interestingly, I make it one of the "three" things to work on every game. I cannot imagine what I must have looked like those first couple of years.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:24pm
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same here. i'm kind of manic by nature, and EVERYONE in my pool was telling me to slow down. Fifth year now, and asked for some input from a long time guy in our pool...he said..."slow down." Interestingly, I make it one of the "three" things to work on every game. I cannot imagine what I must have looked like those first couple of years.
Me either! But, I'm thankful veteran officials took the time and gave me feedback to get better and I had the will to want to be better.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:42pm
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This is odd but the striped shirt for the scorer has helped me slow down my reporting. It has made it much easier to stop, find my striped shirt, make sure he/she is looking me and then slowly state the color and number so they can understand.

It has always been a little disconcerting to look at the table and see six people staring back at me and me not having any idea which one is the official book. I invariably ended up looking the timer in the eyes and reporting.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 05:18pm
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I'm thankful veteran officials took the time and gave me feedback to get better and I had the will to want to be better.
Agreed! While I still have much to learn, I am thankful to those who showed an interest in me and invested their time. I hope I can pay it back in spades!
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I invariably ended up looking the timer in the eyes and reporting.
If there's a hot, single woman at the table, that's where I'm looking, even if she's only there to sharpen pencils in case one of the scorekeepers breaks a pencil point. I believe that that's Mark Padgett's "Sixth Rule Of Officiating". For some reason, he seldom get past the "First Rule", which is why we seldom hear about his other "Rules".
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:54pm
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:21pm
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Unless your partner is a doofus who isn't making eye contact and puts the ball in play before you are ready.
Yeah, sorry about that.
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Old Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:23pm
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This is odd but the striped shirt for the scorer has helped me slow down my reporting. It has made it much easier to stop, find my striped shirt, make sure he/she is looking me and then slowly state the color and number so they can understand.

It has always been a little disconcerting to look at the table and see six people staring back at me and me not having any idea which one is the official book. I invariably ended up looking the timer in the eyes and reporting.
That's why you ask before the game.
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Can't remember where it came from, but...
Pregame tidbit passed along by someone that has stuck with us:
"Let's us not get caught up in their rat race."
Bad grammar, but good point.
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Yeah, sorry about that.
LOL ... I've been that doofus before, a time or two ... but that was many, many moons ago. Learned my lesson.
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