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Originally posted by rwest
I'm a newbie. Just called my 3rd game, ever, this past Saturday.
I know this has been discussed under a different thread, but I wanted to start a new discussion on it. My performance at my last game is what prompted me to begin this discussion.
During half-time I asked my partner, who's a more senior official than I, if we should tighten it up a little. I thought things were getting a little rough, but was unsure of myself. He said no. I was the Ref that game. My question is, does the Ref have the reponsibility to get his crew to tighten up the game when he/she thinks the game is getting out of hand? If so, how does a rookie go about accomplishing this with a more experienced ref?
Also, I know some have said that you call your game, no matter the style of your partner. However, it seems to me that that can make the game seem one-sided. If the lead is calling it tight and the trail is letting them play, then one team is going to get penalized more than the other. It seems to me that the officials need to be consistent.
One more thing. This was my first 9th grade game. I've done 2 middle school games. There is a big difference in the skill set between the two. Any advice on how to modify your officiating style to match the level of play?
Thanks in advance for your input.
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These are all great questions. Here's my $.02:
- When you think the game is not going the way you want it to try to be more specific. "#32 on white is handchecking on every drive" or "hey, we missed a few obvious illegal screens on blue in that half". If there's too much badness going on to make a list then you might say "hey partner, sloppy on both sides, let's try and clean this thing up in the first few minutes of the second half". Impotant that if you have this discussion then you go out there & do what you said you would.
- In 2 man if you're not calling the same game then the guy who's not blowing needs to lower his trigger a bit, the guy who is blowing needs to raise his trigger a bit, hopefuly you'll both get on about the same page. Doesn't always happen though. At this point in your development I would not worry too much about this.