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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
I do know my assigner wants this addressed, and when it gets to the point where it was in my game, he wants the T called. Let's just say there was more discussion in meetings this year about Ts that should have been called but weren't than Ts that were called but shouldn't have been (none).
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Okay, I'm going to let you off the hook. If they want that called in your games, then you should call it. I commend your AAU assigners for wanting this called because these games can get out of control quick, mainly because of the uneducated coaches to coaching.
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Also, AAU ball is not the same as D1 ball. Sportsmanship is more valued (at least around here) and expected to be enforced. I'm not going to tailor my game based on what I think I might call if I was officiating D1; that's ludicrous.
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Actually, if you're lucky enough, AAU ball is very competitive to DI if you get to work some of the bigger kids like 19U and 17U DI National teams. These games are very very good, the coaches are very very good, and the next year, you may see a lot of these players playing DI ball. So don't go putting down AAU too much.
Also, I'm going to give you some advise. Feel free to toss it in the trash after reading it. There should be no difference in the way you work a AAU game or any game for that matter, then the way you would work a college DI game. If you aspire to work DI college, every game you work must be like this. That's why you hear a lot of officials that work these upper level games say they don't want to work the lower level games anymore because it ruins there mechanics. Me and you, we got to work these lower level games to get there. It's important to tailor your game towards the highest level and then work it, work to get there. That way, if you where to be so lucky to get DI, you don't have to change anything major in your game.