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Originally posted by rainmaker
In general, I would agree that rec leagues could be a bad thing. However, if you could find a HS official that would be willing to work with you in some rec games, you'd be miles ahead when you start your formal training in November. I'd contact the association again, and see if the contact person could recommend someone who does well during the season, and also works during the summer. If you work some, and then watch quite a bit too as the Traveller recommends, you can learn tons and be really ready to hit the ground running when the season starts in the fall.
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Geez, I sure am in an agreeable mood tonight. But what Rainmaker says rings true and I also remember when I first started out working a few games gratis with an experienced official who was also a good friend of mine. I picked up tons of useful information from those games like NEVER take your whistle out of your mouth while you are on that floor, remember who the foul shooter is when a timeout is called, quickly count the number of players on the floor before you hand the ball OOB (more than 5 is a T and you look stupid). The lsit is endless.