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Forum: Basketball Wed Feb 06, 2019, 12:46pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,872
Posted By JWP
If you do junior high games, you often find...

If you do junior high games, you often find yourselves in quirky gyms. I use the pregame meeting to cover anything weird with the court, such as auxiliary baskets that are hanging on the edges of the...
Forum: Basketball Wed Dec 09, 2015, 04:04pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,007
Posted By JWP
Check with other refs

Check with other officials and find out if the league administrators have your back. If they don't, do yourself a favor and pass.

I worked a wreck league where a player physically assaulted an...
Forum: Basketball Wed Dec 09, 2015, 03:48pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,913
Posted By JWP
Be confident

I always tell rookies to look confident, and be confident.

Take the court standing tall and with a smile.

Once you blow the whistle to make a call, make the call 100 percent. Don't oversell...
Forum: Basketball Mon Dec 07, 2015, 01:20pm
Replies: 33
Views: 2,570
Posted By JWP
I try to check if the official book, the visiting...

I try to check if the official book, the visiting book, and the scoreboard all matches at the end of the quarters and at halftime. If there has been a lot of fouls during the first half, I will also...
Forum: Basketball Fri Nov 13, 2015, 10:58am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,337
Posted By JWP
No ... don't do it

Middle school game, two very lower level teams. Kid gets the ball in the key and throws up a prayer of a shot that goes in. The 30 to 40 fans in the stands go wild. Kid is grinning ear to ear. I'm...
Forum: Basketball Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:27am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,201
Posted By JWP
penalty box

A few years back, my son was playing in a junior high summer tournament in Oregon. One of his teammates was a known hot head who was getting close to boiling. When he got too physical on a play, the...
Forum: Basketball Tue May 12, 2015, 08:36am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,463
Posted By JWP
Reach!

Last season, I had one coach who was constantly complaining the about the other team "reaching." I told him "no contact, no foul." Two possessions later, my partner calls it, even reporting it to the...
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 26, 2014, 06:56pm
Replies: 70
Views: 7,504
Posted By JWP
My two cents

Not sure I would have called the I.F., but I can see why it was called. Put together the P.O.E. along with the kinda hug, and in my mind, the case for the I.F. can be made.

As a guy who also does...
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 07:51pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,847
Posted By JWP
Pen hit Ref

My son's JV coach was mad at his team's center a few years back for not blocking out on a rebound. Coach turned and fired his marker at the stands. It promptly bounced back and hit the Official in...
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 05, 2014, 08:21pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,773
Posted By JWP
Speaking of idiot fans ... Few years back,...

Speaking of idiot fans ...

Few years back, I am doing a junior high tournament game. Team in front is doing a high weave, the team behind comes out to force the issue. In the stands, a woman is...
Forum: Basketball Mon Feb 10, 2014, 05:17pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,069
Posted By JWP
Just like the commercial

I had one of those special moments that usually seem only to happen at the middle school level.

My partner and I are doing eighth grade B-C level game. The play is pretty sloppy, but the kids are...
Forum: Basketball Tue Nov 12, 2013, 03:20pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,271
Posted By JWP
One thing that can really help, especially for...

One thing that can really help, especially for younger, quiet refs, is to look like you are having fun on the court. Don't be a clown, of course, but don't be afraid to converse with the scorer, and...
Forum: Basketball Tue Mar 12, 2013, 03:20pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,031
Posted By JWP
Just last year

Eighth grade boys game between two rival schools. I am with a partner who was literally working her first (and possibly last) game. She has called a couple of out of bounds, but other than that, her...
Forum: Basketball Thu Nov 15, 2012, 04:55pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,466
Posted By JWP
Starting count on inbounds

I've had an issue regarding when to start the count on an inbound after a made basket, and I am getting some conflicting advice from other refs. I did a quick glance at the rule book, but couldn't...
Forum: Basketball Mon Oct 29, 2012, 01:50pm
Replies: 19
Views: 7,593
Posted By JWP
Brain freeze

Sometimes, the old computer upstairs just malfunctions. Last season, during an eighth-grade boys game, my very experienced, usually right-on partner called a five-second closely guarded call in the...
Forum: Basketball Fri Jul 06, 2012, 03:31pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,394
Posted By JWP
Nothing new, unfortunately

Growing up in the early 1970s, our youth baseball program was fairly low key. No coaches, just team captains, with three high school players serving as advisers and umpires.

I remember having a...
Forum: Basketball Tue Jun 12, 2012, 02:02pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,930
Posted By JWP
Defender was late

When I first saw it, I thought block. In super slow-mo, I still have block, and an appreciation of what a good call it was.
Forum: Basketball Tue Jun 05, 2012, 03:14pm
Replies: 42
Views: 3,168
Posted By JWP
Discussing a call with your partner

I saw this discussed briefly the other day, and just wanted some other thoughts on the subject.

I'm lead (and in a small gym with only a couple of feet between end line and wall). Shot goes up,...
Forum: Basketball Thu May 17, 2012, 01:20pm
Replies: 29
Views: 2,248
Posted By JWP
File charges

Any time an official is physically assaulted, charges should be filed. Even if it did not result in injury, criminal charges should be filed at once.

If you don't call law enforcement, that sends...
Forum: Basketball Thu May 03, 2012, 08:43am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,183
Posted By JWP
baserunner

Did the shortstop establish legal guarding position? If so, I have a player control foul. (Unless, of course, the shortstop flops, in which case, it is a technical.)
Forum: Basketball Tue Apr 17, 2012, 06:29pm
Replies: 137
Views: 9,776
Posted By JWP
flopping

Please excuse my lack of specifics and the generalization.

The play I have in mind is when the defensive player gets in position - usually in the key -- but the offensive player avoids contact on...
Forum: Basketball Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:16pm
Replies: 137
Views: 9,776
Posted By JWP
Flopping

Van Gundy, I believe, is right regarding flopping, but wrong on this particular example.

I am seeing way too many youth and junior high coaches teaching "the flop" as part of their defensive...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 16, 2012, 02:09pm
Replies: 68
Views: 6,920
Posted By JWP
Inexperienced coaches

If the individual or group that is organizing the event have their poop in a pile, things should go pretty smoothly, odd jerk-coach not withstanding.

If the event is disorganized, expect to have...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 09, 2012, 09:10am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,978
Posted By JWP
I used to work as a sports editor at a small...

I used to work as a sports editor at a small newspaper that had a minor league baseball team. Over the years, I got to meet Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn (far more interested in our paper's very...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 09, 2012, 08:56am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,226
Posted By JWP
Fines

More and more after-season tournaments are handing out fines for techicals. I did one this weekend -- everything from 3-4 grade to college level --that said if a player or a coach received a...
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