"Hey Ref, that's five seconds!"

[Raymond]

All this hypothetical stuff. As a new official, I was worried about the rules and mechanics that were in place and getting them right.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Raymond

All this hypothetical stuff. As a new official, I was worried about the rules and mechanics that were in place and getting them right.

Sure but after three years, including one at the Frosh level of HS (HS!), you had all the answers.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Sure but after three years, including one at the Frosh level of HS (HS!), you had all the answers.

This is typical these days. And with a shortage of officials, we put people at levels they can't work earlier than they're ready for in some cases.

His level of questioning for that level of experience is a bit baffling. Some officials are NEVER good enough to work even a HS varsity schedule. This guy's already working college in his mind.

[IncorrectCall]

Originally Posted by Rich

This is typical these days. And with a shortage of officials, we put people at levels they can't work earlier than they're ready for in some cases.

His level of questioning for that level of experience is a bit baffling. Some officials are NEVER good enough to work even a HS varsity schedule. This guy's already working college in his mind.

It's not baffling. Officials that come from college intramural programs, especially established programs with good leadership, are initially taught at a higher level than Joe Shmoe who wanted to pick up being a referee and started with bitty ball or AAU summers.

It's just a different way of thinking.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by IncorrectCall

It's not baffling. Officials that come from college intramural programs, especially established programs with good leadership, are initially taught at a higher level than Joe Shmoe who wanted to pick up being a referee and started with bitty ball or AAU summers.

It's just a different way of thinking.

At the end of the day, they have to be able to work.

I hire people from college intramural programs to work varsity games. They are some of my best officials. One thing I will say about all of them is that they are as mechanically sound as anyone and they all seem to have the right attitude about officiating.

I do wonder if they have enough experience should things go south, but I guess there's only one way to get that.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Rich

This is typical these days. And with a shortage of officials, we put people at levels they can't work earlier than they're ready for in some cases.

We exacerbated the shortage and corresponding experience gap with the push for three-person. I’ll take that trade-off every day of the week and twice on Sundays. There are copious long-term benefits to this strategy as long as we keep the press on recruiting, retention, and sportsmanship.

Sorry, got off topic again...





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[sdoebler]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

We exacerbated the shortage and corresponding experience gap with the push for three-person. I’ll take that trade-off every day of the week and twice on Sundays. There are copious long-term benefits to this strategy as long as we keep the press on recruiting, retention, and sportsmanship.

Sorry, got off topic again...

Just to piggy back on this a bit, we may have created a larger initial need for officials with three person. However, we have kept the pool of referees larger with a reduction in injuries.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by sdoebler

Just to piggy back on this a bit, we may have created a larger initial need for officials with three person. However, we have kept the pool of referees larger with a reduction in injuries.

Great point. It would be interesting if we could quantify that assumption. This would make an excellent thesis study for some sports science masters student.


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