Cold environment preparations

[stir22]

Originally Posted by chseagle

I know tournaments happen in venues where the court is placed on top of an ice rink, & figured the veterans could lend their expertise & experience on how to properly be prepared for such situations.

This could also be for gyms/venues where it is colder than normal.

What do you do to prepare yourself physically/mentally when officiating a game in a cool/cold environment?

I throw my crampons into the bag just in case they forget to remove the ice.

/all black, of course.

[ref3808]

It impacts my pregame because I usually say something obvious to my partner such as "cold in here" and he will usually reply with something clever like "yup".