What did you learn this season?

[#olderthanilook]

Got a ton of practice "officiating the defense" which lead to:

"Feet up" officiating

and

Watching the try for goal all the way through until the shooter returns to the floor and becomes a non shooter.

Additionally - (even) stronger preliminary/telling the story twice - once at the scene and once in the reporting area.

The game slowed down a lot for me and, as a result, my confidence and call accuracy soared. Nor did I lose any numbers.

[Rich]

I learned to try to have some fun this season. I also learned that an occasional night off is a blessing, not a curse. I also did 8 fewer dates than I did last season.

I'm nearing the end of my season (49 down, 1 to go) and for the first time in years I wish it would go another month or two.

Next season I'm cutting back to about 35 dates unless I get picked up somewhere unexpected during the offseason.

[Terrapins Fan]

Game management. I called 3 "T"s in the HS games. Down from 20 T's 3 years ago. I was more patient. More confident in my calls.

I communicated better with the coaches. I also got much better assignments this year. Games were with better teams, better players, better officials. It was a good year.

I had more fun doing the games, before the game, during the game and after.

It has been a great year. I am thankful. Can't wait for next season.

The last 2 years, I wondered if I was coming back or not. Glad I did.

I worked 68 games this year, 1 to go.

[Rufus]

Two things:

Relax - When able to do this and let the game happen rather than stressing out over concentrating on one area or another things went much better.
Coaches - Talk less and don't initiate conversations. Most of my game management issues could've been prevented by adhering to these two things.

Season ended for me a couple of weeks ago.

[HokiePaul]

I learned to use the correct hand when signaling. After reffing rec leagues I was used to doing everything with my right hand. One thing that was pointed out to me immediatly when I joined an association that does HS games was that I need to be able to use either hands to signal depending on the direction so that I'm not turning away from the play or court.

By the end of the season, it was starting to come natural, but it was definatly awkward at first.