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Old Fri Jan 29, 2010, 10:00am
vbzebra vbzebra is offline
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Be more self-critical and reflect more on plays you had and your mechanics. Seek out criticism from observers and more experienced partners. I am actually disappointed when I don't receive at least 1 thing I "need to work on" when getting feedback from others.

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2nd year official...

I agree. My favorite feedback session this year was in a boys jv game, where the varsity crew after us included our board's interpreter (who also taught the "new officials" class). He had a notebook and had 2 pages of notes of what we needed to work on waiting for us afterwards in the "postgame". He was honest with the good and the "need to work on" stuff, which I really appreciated. I'd much rather have that instead of "yeah, you looked good". Someone at a camp once told me "whether we're in our first year or our 30th year, they're is always something we can learn".
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