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Old Mon Oct 24, 2011, 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by The_Rookie View Post
As a newer official entering his 2nd season and doing lots of rec ball and fall leagues to get court time, I noticed that I get lots of feedback that is inconsistent with prior feedback from other officials. One will say do it this way then another will say nah..do it that way. Talking about mechanics.

This has caused confusion for me. Simple is the new genuis

Comments on how you provide feedback.
I am sure working with officials in those games you are not always going to get officials that either have the same experience level or work the higher levels all the time. That being said you will get all kinds of information. What you need to do is go to camps, trainings or meetings to get what is proper and use that as the guide. Not everyone has your best interest at heart or knows all the proper mechanics or advice to give. This is not uncommon which is why you cannot take everyone's advice as gospel. What you do need to do is educate yourself on what is supposed to be done and then when someone tells you what to do you can verify that information.

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