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Originally Posted by JoeTheRef
I didn't know it was a rule.  Somebody must've taught me well. I am definitely going to try and find it tonight when I get home.
I seriously didn't know that was in the book. With that said, I got a 97, 96 & 100 on my NFHS closed book test over the last 3 seasons and an 88 on my first NCAA test this year. I say this because my biggest fear is that I'm going to kick a rule to the point that it determines the outcome of a game. Do you guys often have this in the back of your mind? Also, when somebody asks me a rules question, sometimes I give them the answer right off the top of my head, but there is some doubt, but when I go back and look up my answer, I've usually given the correct answer. It's the doubting that concerns me. When does that time come when you just know that you know the darn rules without doubt, sort of like Nevada and Jurassic? And I say that with all due respect. |
Joe:
Just a few things.
1) I am confused. If you didn't know there was such a rule, how could you have been well taught?
2) If you are constantly worrying about making a mistake while you are officiating, then maybe you need to step back and re-evaluate whether sports officiating is the avocation for you.
3) How do old geezers like Jurassic (sorry JR about the old geezer remark, but we are old geezers,
) and me, and young guys like NevadaRef, and other esteemed members of this board know what we know? STUDY!! STUDY!! STUDY!! It also means not just learning the lastest rulings, it means studying the history of the rules and studying past rulings and whether they still apply.
Do we kick a call from time-to-time? Sure, we all do. After all, an official has to make hundreds of yes-no decisions per game. Do we get everyone correct? Not each and everyone of them but we all like to think that we come close.
MTD, Sr.