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Old Tue Jan 03, 2006, 12:17pm
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Originally posted by tarheelcoach
I just got into officiating after coaching for years (I still coach as well), and during our pre-season games the vet I was working with was still following old rules instead of the new ones. I know because I've coached at that level before, and because I spent the day before studying the new rules.
But I went along with him because he was the lead official, I was told to 'learn from him'.

What's the best way to approach your partner when you know he is wrong?
As others have pointed out, it takes different kinds of approaches for different kinds of people. One thing I will add as a way of encouragement for the newer officials is my advice that you NOT officiate a contest by applying improper rules. None of us is perfect, so be humble about your rules knowledge, but when you *know* a rule, apply *that* rule to the contest you are officiating.

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Also, a similar question - During a game I was coaching this situation came up and started thinking like an official and wasn't sure how I would handle it -
One of my players drove to the lane and slammed into the defender (an obvious charge I'll admit!) The lead called nothing, but after a moment, the trail blew his whistle and called the charge. Should the trail have made this call even though technically it wasn't his area?
The call was right. That's the job of the officiating team. What is there to "handle" here?
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