Admit Mistakes

[CountTheBasket]

Originally Posted by bainsey

"If it happened the way you say it, Coach, then I guessed I missed it."

Be an adult, and own it. You'll be more respected in the long run.

I agree with this phrasing alot. I find it happens most often when I call/don't call a foul on a rebound and they want to clarify the "over the back." I like to say if for example I call the push and they're arguing, "Coach, I had your player creating contact and pushing from behind, but if he/she did go straight up and just reach over and get the ball then I shouldn't have had anything, that's just not the way I saw it."

I think it shows the coach that I do in fact know what the rule is, and we just have a difference on judgement.

Also, I will base admitting missing some minor things on the immediate repercussions. One example which comes to mind is I missed a blatant walk on white, cannot give you a reason why I didn't blow the whistle but a few seconds later they lost the ball out of bounds to blue anyway. Running down the floor I gave the blue coach a look that said what he already knew, missed that one!