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At the Junior High level, I have decided it is not a place for the rookie official. Especially the A games. I think he needs to be calling freshman and JV games. The coaches are much better behaved and the fans are better behaved. That said, I have attended college games and they can be very interesting. Espcially if you have a roudy student section. But for the most part, you don't have respect for a student to begin with so he is harmless to your psychy. That coach on the sideline in a JH game who you were taught at a tender age to respect, is a tougher man to handle. As an official you have got to put that out of your mind and work on getting the "Myths" of the game out of his head.
I worked a JH game last night with another veterans. It was a rough game but it went a whole lot smoother than one with a rookie. Now if I could only get the guy to call from the same rulebook that I use. Another story for another day.
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