Advice

[crosscountry55]

You have more experience then me, so I won't pretend to know it all.

1. Surprised he under-officiated. Most varsity newbies tend to over-officiate rather than the opposite. But I guess everyone responds to stress differently.

2. Probably would have started reaching sooner than the 3rd quarter. Sometimes you just have to do this when you're partner is clearly out of his/her league. More whistles than less is probably the best of a bad situation here. You can do a lot of good through dead ball officiating...but only when the ball is dead.

3. Don't call him that night, but the next time you have a beer with your assignor, I suppose it wouldn't hurt if the subject of your mystery partner just happened to come up.

I agree with crosscounty55, you should have started calling everything much sooner. Calling everything might cause your P to wake up and call some fouls. On the other hand it might not, but he's already not blowing his whistle so it can't hurt.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I agree with crosscounty55, you should have started calling everything much sooner. Calling everything might cause your P to wake up and call some fouls. On the other hand it might not, but he's already not blowing his whistle so it can't hurt.

Agree....when you've got a partner who is just not there, you must assume the whole court is yours. Otherwise, the game can go sideways and one person will not be enough to bring that back.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

1. Surprised he under-officiated. Most varsity newbies tend to over-officiate rather than the opposite. But I guess everyone responds to stress differently.

The progressions steps start over at each level.

1. Afraid to blow the whistle.
2. Calling everything you see
3. Ovecompensating on A/D, letting too much go.
4. Settling in to a good balance.

They may move faster as you get to higher levels, but I think they're all there for most of us.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

. . . Don't call him that night, but the next time you have a beer with your assignor, I suppose it wouldn't hurt if the subject of your mystery partner just happened to come up.

Hmmmmmm. That sincere feedback needs to be communicated long before the next beer. If your assigner is unaware of the limited proficiency of this official, which sometimes happens, he needs to know sooner rather than later. In time for him to adjust his schedule if he needs to so as not to burden another official and team with his inexperience.

[Refk]

I appreciate the feedback and have already contacted my assignor and discussed with him.

Thanks again