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1st: I ref USAV and work with kids way more than adults. I would say less than 20% don't pay attention - which I will give further instruction to and ask that they help me. I also ask them to make a call on every down ball and make eye contact with them.
2nd: I ref'd 4 high school matches tonight. 7 line judges were adults, 2 were good, 2 were fence posts, 3 were ok and one was a young girl. She was better than 5 of the adults.
3rd: Refs (high school) as line judges. mostly they are newer officials (little experience), mostly little or no experience as a line judge (it is a skill and experience is important) and they are all over the map because they don't know where to look or what signal to make. At least in my state, refs who only call lines post season or during training or a special request have less experience than adults who call all home games and may have several seasons experience but who have less experience than players (that play USAV) who call lines January to June.
Bottom line, in any age group there are good and bad line judges. I do have to overrule more adults than kids. Usually, they err in favor of the opposing team. Go figure.
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