s together we embark on Part XVI, we have reached a suitable vantage point from which to survey the trail behind us. This series' genesis was my experience evaluating officials at a tournament last March. After writing tens of evaluations (not quite dozens, but definitely tens), some common themes emerged. I collated, tallied, analyzed, categorized, and generally spreadsheeted the dickens out of the data. From thence sprang this series.

You've got to put behind in your past

• We began by spitting out our whistle before tossing the jump ball.
• Once underway, we agressively worked the arc.
• We used the foul reporting area,
• raised our arms as we blew the whistle,
• called our own lines,
• watched our own areas,
• filed paperwork at the spot,

Continued...

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