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Don't let your book gather dust. Almost every scenario that you will run into is documented as part of the cases. When you officiate, or when you observe another officiating, note "situations" that occur during the game and how they are handled. When you have a few minutes sit down with the book and look at the cases. Ask if the situations were handled properly. Were rules followed or not? Ask yourself some "what if" questions that change the situation and think about how it would impact the official's ruling. Again, the cases will guide you.

Listen to what your partners have to say. Some are more comfortable providing advice and guidance than others, but on the whole I've met more good experienced officials willing to share their experience than those who are not and I expect you will find the same to be true. When you believe they are not correct or the advice isn't as valuable don't become argumentative, it simply isn't worth it. Just take the good with the not so good and move on.

Hold yourself to a high, but not impossible to achieve, standard. Don't sweat the mistakes, but learn from them.

Finally, try to be grammatically correct when posting on this board. Our work is graded, usually not on a curve.