Post game conference

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

Wanna hear something that will stun you? I was told by a senior official. I was not allowed in the locker room if is was not a game I was officiating. So do not come back into the locker room at half time of the Varsity game. Take your bag with you when you leave after your game.
If I was allowed in the locker room, they wanted me to learn from listening. A lot of times they never talked about the game they were officiating. Thus a waste of my time. Geeez

I have never seen, nor heard of, any officials being disallowed from the locker room of any game, even if they didn't work that day at that gym.

[Zoochy]

Originally Posted by Adam

I have never seen, nor heard of, any officials being disallowed from the locker room of any game, even if they didn't work that day at that gym.

Trust me. I still have the email to prove it.
I do not see much interaction between JV officials and the Varsity officials. And if there is conversation, then it usually does not pertain to basketball. So I carefully pick and choose if I talk basketball plays/rules with officials that either follow my game or preceed my game. I also try to chat with my partners after each game. i would say about 1/2 will take part in discussion.

[BillyMac]

From an article in our most recent local board's newsletter:

The four officials at a high school game site should work together as a team. Varsity officials should arrive at the game site no later than the beginning of the second period of the junior varsity game. Junior varsity officials should stay and observe the varsity game until at least halftime of the varsity game in order to learn by watching experienced officials. Many varsity officials try to show up for the beginning of the junior varsity game, and many junior varsity officials will often stay to observe the entire varsity game. The overlap will insure that an official is available if one of the officials at the site becomes ill, or injured. The board expects veteran officials to observe and offer constructive appraisals, with specific suggestions, to less experienced officials. The board expects less experienced officials to seek out, and ask for input, from more experienced officials. Partners are expected to offer constructive appraisals to each other. "So? What did you see out there?” is an easy way to start a post-game conversation.