First Game

[stripes2255]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I had my first game this evening (JV girls).



I was a bit disappointed my partner didn't show until 18 minutes before tip-off as I would have liked to have had a pre-game. (I didn't think an on-floor pre-game would look right.) And there were times when he wouldn't switch as I expected and times when he switched when I didn't think he would. In those cases, I just adjusted my position accordingly. I thought this was odd since he told me at the half how he has officiated for 9 years and has a varsity schedule this year aside from this game. He was quick to leave after the game, but I opted to watch the first half of the varsity game.

We talked about this situation at our meeting last night. There are those unfortunate times when you or your partner can't make it to a game until close to the 15 minute on court time(work, traffic, etc). We agreed that having a 4 minute pre-game at mid-court is probably better than no pre-game at all. This may have alleviated some issues you dealt with and just made calling the game more comfortable for you.

It's not perfect, but maybe covering some main issues while stretching and watching the warmups can be beneficial.