Game arrival time

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

In my experience/observation: no Varsity ref hung around the locker room to give ''advice''/'feedback'' to JV Fresh refs after the game was over. Those JV Fresh refs are high-tailing it out of there after their games--getting home and out of the snow--heck man it's dinner time right after games are done. When I do varsity I do not offer such 'advice' and when I do JV Fresh games I do not solicit such 'advice' from the other crew. In fact, I have not seen anyone do --nor would I expect anyone to attempt to do such. What kind of advice feedback is typically given? Is it necessary to do such?

Before I started working primarily varsity games, I always asked for feedback (mainly on positioning/mechanics, occasionally I asked about judgement calls if I think they might've seen the play in question) from any varsity refs that were in the locker room after my game ended. I figured it was always good to get an independent evaluation from a more experienced official, although of course there were some bits of "advice" that were ignored/quickly discarded.

I may or may not have stayed for the varsity game, depending on the relevant factors (time of day, weather conditions, driving time to get home, if my significant other was waiting for me, etc).

Now that I'm primarily working the JV/V doubleheaders, I don't usually have the opportunity to provide any feedback, but if the situation arises where I'm able to do so AND the official in question asks for it, I'm happy to do so. I got help from vets when I was a rookie, I should be willing to do the same for other rookies.