Geeze, I sucked so bad at the scrimmage today. This was a 'controlled' scrimmage between two teams and the nearest thing to a real game so far. Full contact, but no kicking game, start all plays at the 30, run 12 plays then switch. We had chains, but no clock.
So, how did I suck? Let's start with walking penalties off in the wrong direction. Three times. The reason - I didn't really listen to the penalties. I heard holding -assumed offensive. It was on defense. Same thing on a PI call.
Then on a holding call behind the line by A, I forgot it was previous spot. I did HS rules. What was worse was I listened to the White Hat who said it was a spot file. It's my job to not let this happen. Damn.
Then, there was a false start on the right guard I didn't call. I froze because the defensive player moved first. I could not determine if he went into the neutral zone or not. This is relevant for the penalty enforcement, but no matter what, the play should not proceed. Way too much thinking going on.
I did make a good holding call where the Right O Guard had the Def Guard by the shoulders with an open hand technique. No problem, until he twisted the defenders shoulders right when the ball carrier ran by him. The perfect hold at the point of attack. I also caught the center with a snap infraction.
Another controlled scrimmage tomorrow. Let's hope I suck again.
