I'm in my 6th year of officiating. My friend that got me into this, is two years ahead of me. As I was waiting to move up to varsity, I would go to his pregames whenever he had a varsity game. It was a great learning experience and really helped get me ready for when I moved up. I'd also volunteer to be the ball boy. It was a good way to get the umpires and referees to get to know my name and face. Some still remember me doing that.
I'm in my fourth season officiating varsity ball, and if there's ever a game on a night that I don't have one, I'll still try to make the pregame. Its always a good learning experience because it allows you to watch the officials and even add to stuff that you're already doing. I don't know that you can ever get to the point where you have nothing left to improve on. If you do get to that point, then its time to walk away from the game and see if you can get that good at golf......
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