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Old Sun Jan 22, 2012, 01:59pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Go Figure ...

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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
How can you effectively teach the game if you don't have a thorough rules knowledge, let alone being able to effectively communicate with officials?
Which is exactly why I, as a middle school coach, took the classes offered by the local official's board over thirty years ago. I didn't even plan to take the test, I just wanted to learn the rules. I ended up taking, and passing, the test, and discovered that I could make same extra cash (teachers weren't paid much back then) officiating games. I stopped coaching after over twenty-five years (if asked today, I would only coach a team of orphans). I'm still officiating, and plan to keep doing it as long as I'm healthy.
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