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[Moosie74]

As a rookie last year myself these are some of the things that got me through last year and are part of my goals for this season.

1) Slow down, yes people are waiting for your decision but it's not nearly as long as it feels

2) Give a strong whistle and a signal on a foul, get the arm up but at least givea whistle that sounds like you know you have a call

3) Make a strong decision. Even if you're wrong, be strong on it. The moment you rule an out of bounds call on a close play with blue? You appear to be deciding the call and it sounds like, maybe it's blue, maybe it's white's ball, I really don't know.

If you whistle and firmly announce the team getting the ball you'll get a lot less grumbling.

4) Get in position or at least get in the area where you could make the call

5) My mentor told me this "Call the game but don't call every little thing. Just because you've studied to be able to rule on all the fouls in the book, doesn't mean you have to call every one of them each time out".

Another thing I did last year was make a journal with the top 3 things I did well each game and the 3 things I missed or did wrong. Looking back over it, I fixed the little things and it becomes a better experience.

After my first games last partner evaluation included that I had a lot of work to do but he could tell I wanted it. From a partner later in the year I got, has some work to do but many bright spots in his game, needs to polish a few things and will get better. So keep at it!

My last pieces of advise, smile and have fun