Preview for Saturday, February 25, 2006
The upcoming game is between the 3rd (15-5) and 10th (9-11) ranked teams in a men's semi-professional league. The visiting team owns the better record and was particularly successful on the road, winning 7 out of 9. On the other side, the home team is significantly stronger when they play at home than when playing in away games (6-4 compared to 3-7). That said, I can't make any predictions regarding the outcome of that game.I don't know much about either one of the teams. Both teams seem to be well coached. From my experience in the past I recall the home fans to be a pain in the neck. Especially in a close game this could be entertaining ...
For the refereeing part I can say that I will work with a veteran partner who has more than 10 years of experience on that level and is very consistent. We know each other fairly well from games we had together in the past and it has always been a good team performance. Therefore I am pretty optimistic that we will enjoy the game and the 3 hours in the car prior to and after the game :-)
Points of emphasis for this game:
- Stay concentrated and calm regardless of the circumstances (distractions from fans).
- Feeling for the game (adjust to their skill level, advantage/disadvantage) - Take a split second to watch a play unfold before calling a foul or letting it go.
- Good communication with partner and scorers table.
- Even better communication with players and coaches - Be nice, but firm. No bull****.
- Remember three stages in managing conflict - Try to get them back on the same page. Give the stop signal. T
posted by BBallRef @ 2/24/2006 01:43:00 AM
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