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Tn,
I try to help out the side guys with substitutions - especially since the BJ has to take the long walk past the benches on a change of posession anyway.
Depending on what the situation is, get ready to tighten up on short yardage.
Depending on how nervous the punt receiver looks I'll either ask to see his fair catch signal before the whistle or casually remind him that it needs to be nice and clear should he choose to. I haven't seen a FC in the last two years so it helps me stay sharp in case they try to surprise me.
Keep your bean bag handy. Open field tackles seem to yield fumbles 30 yards down field more than in close line play for some reason.
The hardest thing I had to learn is that they don't need me to come racing in unless the ball needs to be relayed. Learning to stay back and soak up what's going on is more art than science and, as somebody said, the Back Judge is a strong dead-ball officiator. I try to count to 3 after the ball is blown dead before I start to move up unless its my spot or something is about to erupt.
Anyway, take from this what you will.
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