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Before I became
a registered ref I worked a number of multi-age tournaments (3 v 3, AYBT, etc.). I would have 4/5 graders one game, varsity the next. Talk about change of pace! What helped me was getting clear in my mind BEFORE each game, how we would call it (you can't call traveling as tight on 4/5 graders as you would varsity). This relates to contact, 3 seconds and all the other little areas where youngsters may need a bit more leeway to keep the game a bit more fluid. As for the speed of the game, cut yourself some slack in the first few minutes of the game to adjust. Your instincts should take over and allow you to call a good game. You will get better at adjusting the more you work in a changing game environment.
[Edited by lmeadski on Jan 16th, 2006 at 08:51 AM]
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