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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by stripes
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You'll notice I didn't say to *not* attend college camps. What I did say is that he was ill-served at this particular camp. I said that because the people running it should have realized that he works HS & is there to improve on that. I agree with you that it's never too early to attend any camp, as long as you go to learn & improve. You're not improving if they make you use mechanics that are not appropriate to your level.
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I disagree with your premise here. Mechanics is not the only thing in officiating. Very important to be sure, but not everything. To say that one is not improving if one uses mechanics not appropriate to one's level is blatantly wrong.
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Off the soapbox...
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Ah, come on. Are you tellng me that a first year guy is
comfortable enough with the rules & NF mechanics
that he should be learning "advanced mechanics"?
I don't believe that & I'm sure that you don't either.
I also disagree strongly with the rest of your post but
life is too short.
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I agree with your post stripes.
I'm sure Dan did learn a lot at this camp outside of the whole raising the arm or not dilemma (only he can answer that though). I too agree mechanics are not as important as overall game management. Don't get me wrong...you need to have excellent mechanics but when you're going to camp there is so much more to take in. If we dwell on mechanics criticisms, we miss all the other stuff.
No coach has ever questioned me on a mechanics slip up!
Jeff.