How much do you give a

[NWRef]

"NEW" Ref ???

Worked the first game of the season last night with a first year official. Got there a little early to make sure we had plenty of time for a pregame. It wasn't too long into the pregame I could see that "Deer in the headlights" look on his face. I backed off the info and told him to keep it simple, make sure we kept eye contact as much as possible between action, keep moving to get good angles, get his hand up and have fun. What do you guys tell a new partner?

[Edited by NWRef on Nov 4th, 2003 at 03:10 PM]