Game control and communication

[JRutledge]

The fact that you are a first year official, this is something that is going to come wiht time. It is not easy for a very new official to know how to talk to coaches or know when to talk to officials. Honestly you will be 15 years in and still have some issues from time to time, but those issues might be less because you have been through a lot of wars on the court to know what to say. When you are dealing with coaches that have a wide variety of values, focuses, experience levels, successes and attitudes, it is very hard for one size to fit all. Sometimes you just have to know when you are going to be wrong and deal with it when it comes to coaches. It is not totally bad to ignore coaches, but you have to know when to ignore them and when to pay very close attention to when they speak. Because if you just ignore them, they will accuse you of something you did not try to give off as a perception. Just work hard and try to work on something every game. It will come to you more and more you work games.

Peace