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Originally Posted by packersowner
IAABO and other state orgs hand out nice laminated cards to its officials that has very good and comprehensive pre-game checklist. Every clinic, meeting and training I attend, everyone talks about having a checklist or doing a complete pre-game. So I have personally tried to be more thorough in the pre-game. I know there was a recent thread on this, but I'd like some thoughts for those who work varsity and college level games. How many are actually doing a pre-game? I realize at the sub-varsity level, pre-game might be slightly more informal (although it probably shouldn't be).
Now my rant which is really the backstory to questioning the pre-game.....90% of the pre-game conferences that are held by the R for that night involve a dissertation on PCA. I am tired of having that night's R, give me his/her theory on what should and shouldn't be called by which official relative to the PCA. I would rather spend my time hitting on a variety of topics that may come up that get us all on the same page. I personally believe that if we are working within our PCA and secondarily helping out to get the game called correctly and consistently, check your PCA ego at the door. When I walk on the court thinking to myself, my R is going to chew my *** tonight because I called something 2 feet out of my PCA, it sets the wrong tone.
Now with that said - how many are actually using a fairly comprehensive checklist for the pre-game?
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A discussion on how you're going to handle situations where PCAs overlap is important. How are you going to handle collisions in the middle of the lane, for example?
Where I am, the R isn't the boss of the game or of the officials. More than likely, I'm the R because it's my turn to be the R or because we decided so in the locker room before the game. It may be different where you are.