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Our chapter has a 'Big Brother' program in which all interested varsity officials are asked in August if they would like to take on a new or 2nd year official and be their answer man, sounding board and advice giver. When I was new, I had one (didn't really see him that much but we would talk occasionally, and now I have a (going into his) 3rd year guy who's doing really well. I try to do games (sub varsity) with him and I'll try to get scheduled on varsity games with him this year as that's the next step for third year guys in our chapter - they work linesman only. We trade e mails on rules and mechanics - keeps me sharper than I would be, and stumps me on some situations that I never would have thought of.
If you don't have guys that make themselves available, its a non-starter. But if you're like most officials I know, they're more than willing to answer any question to help out guys who we all need to be competent by the time they get to varsity.
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