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Like you I started officiating a little later (I was 27 when I first became licensed). I'm trying to move up the ladder as quickly as possible and work hard at becoming a better official (which is why I'm on this board. A great thing to do is get to know good crews and watch them. Saturday afternoon I had a freshman double header. A 3 man crew (with some bigger names in the state) came in for a JV-Varsity double header. I didn't finish in time for the JV game, but between the games I went up and introduced myself, and asked if they would mind if I rode along in the dressing room between games (to hear their pregame) and at halftime. They were more than happy to have me. I picked up a few things from them, got involved in discussions about plays in the first half, and made some good contacts that I hope will help me in the future. At the end of the night, they asked for my email and we're going to try to do a ride along where I'll go work the JV game and they'll switch in and out and then I'll watch the varsity game. They were also good about giving me some names of people to contact to get some more varsity contacts. I've also had good luck with camps.
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