First playoff assignment

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

I just got my first playoff assignment!

Well-deserved congratulations! Excited and nervous is just about right, I would say!

It's a three-person game and I haven't done many of those. Quite a few in the summer but not much this season. Any advice from the vets?

Couple of things.

1) Since you haven't worked a lot of 3-whistle, there will be a natural tendency to think about where you're supposed to be. That's totally understandable, since you haven't worked it enough for positioning and PCA's to be second-nature. Wherever you find yourself on the floor, don't forget to officiate! When I first started, I was so worried about whether I was exactly on the free throw line extended as the C, that I wasn't really focused enough on officiating screens and weak side post plays. It's good to be where you're supposed to be, but it's not as important as calling plays.

2) Over-communicate. It's possible that your partners won't have much more 3-whistle experience than you have. Any chance you get, make sure you're on the same page.

3) As everybody else has said, work your primary area hard and trust your partners to do the same in their areas. We all know that our accuracy goes down when we reach outside our primary. That doesn't mean you ignore an ax-murder, just because it's on the opposite block; but I think you know what I'm trying to say.

Try to have fun! You've been here for a long time and working hard to get better. You deserve it. Have a great game.

[Scuba_ref]

I have anxiously been awaiting my first ever post season assignments. I rated high enough in the association to get both girls and boys games in the post season. So, two days ago I get an email via Arbiter that I have new games...and knowing that the remainder of the regular season has all been assigned I got excited.

Well, I logged into Arbiter and with great trepidation I opened my schedule to see a middle school 7th grade girls C squad game. I came off my high fairly quickly.

ps have since been assigned three post season games so all is well!

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

I have anxiously been awaiting my first ever post season assignments. I rated high enough in the association to get both girls and boys games in the post season. So, two days ago I get an email via Arbiter that I have new games...and knowing that the remainder of the regular season has all been assigned I got excited.

Well, I logged into Arbiter and with great trepidation I opened my schedule to see a middle school 7th grade girls C squad game. I came off my high fairly quickly.

ps have since been assigned three post season games so all is well!

Ha!

And congrats!

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

I have anxiously been awaiting my first ever post season assignments. I rated high enough in the association to get both girls and boys games in the post season. So, two days ago I get an email via Arbiter that I have new games...and knowing that the remainder of the regular season has all been assigned I got excited.

Well, I logged into Arbiter and with great trepidation I opened my schedule to see a middle school 7th grade girls C squad game. I came off my high fairly quickly.

ps have since been assigned three post season games so all is well!

That's funny! When I saw the Arbiter email last night I talked myself into it being some stray junior high makeup game until I got logged in and saw the game!

Thanks everyone for the advice.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

I have anxiously been awaiting my first ever post season assignments. I rated high enough in the association to get both girls and boys games in the post season. So, two days ago I get an email via Arbiter that I have new games...and knowing that the remainder of the regular season has all been assigned I got excited.

Well, I logged into Arbiter and with great trepidation I opened my schedule to see a middle school 7th grade girls C squad game. I came off my high fairly quickly.

Ah, good old trolling assigners. Well played, assigner, well played indeed.

ps have since been assigned three post season games so all is well!

Congrats. I haven't received any post-season assignments (and since this is my first year with much of a varsity schedule, I wasn't expecting any).

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

I found a couple vets doing a men's rec game tonight and I'm jumping in and doing that with them for the last-minute experience.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

I found a couple vets doing a men's rec game tonight and I'm jumping in and doing that with them for the last-minute experience.

I was going to recommend this. Also I would watch some TV games and watch the lead and try to figure out what made him flex across the key.

My first year refereeing I got into HS and Charter HS. Charter HS do 3 man for their playoffs and I got 10 playoff games doing 3 man including the state championship game. It has been an amazing experience.

[Tio]

Congrats! Have fun and enjoy the fruits of a good season.