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In my area before you move up to Varsity games you're expected to be the vet , at lower levels,for a couple of seasons. Last year was my first as "the vet" and here are some of the things I learned.
1. I would have to be the one dealing with coaches.
2. I had to let partners live and die with their calls.
3. i had to get comfortable with making the borderline calls that you were
talking about.
4. If games were going on tilt I needed to take charge or the games were going to go sideways.
5. I also realized the assignors and other people of influence realized what the deal was and gave me wide berth to do what I had to do.
All in all I did pretty well. Did I make mistakes, of course but I learned for the most part I could handle being "the vet". This year I will be getting a very limited amount of Varsity games and will continue to be the Vet for another year. I really enjoyed the games where I got to work with another "vet."
Things flowed, minimal problems and great ratings.......
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