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Old Sun Dec 13, 2015, 11:01pm
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Hi all,
I run a co-ed youth wreck league for 3rd-6th graders in a small town. Basically intended to teach kids the game in a league setting. We keep score but the emphasis is on learning. As such the high school aged basketball player "officials" act as coaches on the floor who also keep the game fair and safe. So basically when a 3rd grader switches pivot feet two times we blow the whistle and show them what they did/should do and give them the ball back. As the season progresses the rules are more strictly enforced and penalized.

Anyways as I said the players are high school juniors/seniors and I started thinking that actually teaching them something they can use in college to make some cash might be a good idea. They are fairly knowledgeable about the game and maybe teaching them some basics of officiating at the same time so that they may learn a usable skill might be a good idea. I was thinking about starting with proper positioning and rotating plus some other mechanics such as how to report fouls etc. (even though we don't track fouls).

I was just wondering if any of the knowledgeable officials here think that this is something that could transfer into an actual officiating gig or am I just spinning my wheels?

If you think it might not be a terrible idea I'd love some ideas on how best to implement it and what might be a good plan for a beginning ref in this setting.
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