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I don't know how it works in a lot of other places, but in our association we use the youth football to begin the training process ... for officials as well as coaches. No one coaching or officiating knows very much about the rules, philosophy, etc. As long as you officiat you will have to face the fact that in youth football you are going to hear things that will make no sense at all from coaches AND fellow officials. Use those opportunities to teach when possible. As you move up the officiating food chain you will find that the quality of the coaching as well as the officials you work with improves dramatically.
You think you had it bad? We actually had a president of the Pop Warner conference in our area who figured we should #1 put the best officials in the assoc. on his games instead of on HS varsity games and #2 figured we should be the ones to go up into the stands and resolve fight between parents.
Some folks have paid their dues, some are beginning to pay theirs. Which one are you?
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Bob Proctor
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