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Originally Posted by Grail
Can't speak for anyone else, but summer is the best time to hone my skills, and to show my improvement to the coaches/assignors.
I have the chance to work a summer league for one of the Varisity coaches in the area. He schedules the games and the officials. Hopefully a good summer will lead him to call the assignor for the area and put in a good word for me. You can bet I'll be trying to follow all of the NFHS mechanics. Anything that can get me a leg up sounds like a pretty good idea.
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Grail,
What you have said applies to many, many officials. Just like in other aspects of life, life is not fair. What a newer official has to do and what a long time established veteran has to do is another story all together. We are all not held to the same standards. I think what many here have tried to convey is not everyone is trying to “work on things” as it relates to mechanics. I am just getting to the point where most of the coaches know who I am or if they do not know, they quickly find out. I have even had some very tense moments during the summer and then they see me working their game in the regular season. I have worked with guys that know everyone whether they are an AD, fan, coaches and players. No one is worried if those guys held their arm up perfectly or used a full hand to call an out of bounds call.
Peace