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1) Join as many local associations as yu have there in the SW district.
2) Find as many summer leagues as you can.
3) Go to the Buckeye Officials Camp in June. I am not a huge proponent of this camp, but I hear many HS assignors evaluate guys there.
4) Realize what sport you are talking about. There are more Basketball and Football officials here that all other sports combined. There is a dreadful shortage in Volleyball, Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, and Wrestling here in OH. There are more varsity contests than officials for these sports. If you want to ref for the fun, keep working. If you just want to move up as fast as you can, it isn't going to happen. Be patient, your "break" is like love, you never know when it is going to happen, because you never know who is in the stands. I get more games by working with assignors or AD's watching me on road games than anywhere else.
5) Find out which schools do not use assignors. Here in the central district not all schools use assignors, or if the conference forces it on them, they still hire non-conference and reserve down games.
[Edited by Brian Watson on Jan 15th, 2002 at 07:49 AM]
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