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Originally Posted by Bad Zebra
Our local youth league requires a parent of a player to officiate one low level youth game (usually 7&8 year olds) during the season. It's low pressure and non-competitive at that level so it's not real difficult. It is surprising how many officials we have developed out of the ranks of those parents.
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I'm not cringing at this because it is a good idea in my opinion. In our one local rec league, it's just one certified official and one coach of a team not involved in the game (usually a coach of the game before or after the current game). The philosophy behind this is that coaches will see just how hard it is to officiate a basketball game, with the idea that they would remember that next time they think a referee (especially the coach referee) missed a call in their next game, with the hope they won't dissent as bad as some coaches do in the rec league. Maybe that would be a good idea to get parents involved as well.