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My perspective is as both a ref and a fan watching my daughter play AAU. There is a huge discrepancy in work ethic I see out there. The issue partly stems from the assignor. At one of the venues I work AAU, the assignor sent out a pre-AAU season email explaining exactly what he expected from his refs. Two man games.... He expects his refs to switch on all shooting fouls. He expects his refs to run from endline to hash mark at a minimum. Most reporting is done from where the foul occurred unless it is a shooting foul and switching is occurring. All other venues I have either watched or participated require much less than this. Also, this assignor assigns a max of 4 games. I believe there is no way you can hustle for more than 4 boys AAU games unless you are still in college and in great shape or just fooling yourself. After 4 games you should be completely soaked in sweat and exhausted if you are hustling.
Now from a parent/fan perspective, it often grates at me to see refs walk from endline to ALMOST midcourt and call only half court basketball. I have actually seen two refs each just call one half the court and in some venues this is not unusual and these guys never go faster than a slow walk. I guess it is up to the individual but I hope I am never so hard up that I turn into one of those guys.
NOTE -- my post is based strictly on two person games.
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