Moving Up!

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally posted by Robmoz
Patience is always the key but......

you could be proactive in facilitating your growth by trying the following:

• Attend camps sponsored by the assignors in your area
• Submit rating reminder cards to your AD's/V Coaches/JV coaches in an effort to have them gauge your skills
• Introduce yourself to the assignor and offer all of your contact information personally, let hime put a face to the name
• Hook up with some veteran officials (good 'ol boys) that do get the games you would like and invite them to come evaluate you for a reference that can be presented to the AD's or assignors
• Directly ask for any evaluation assignments, offer to work scrimmages, or invite them to some of your games so that they can make an informed decision
• Keep in regular contact with the assignors and let them know your availability and be ready for last minute phone calls (When I first started out I would call multiple assignors every week to check in for any last minute games if I had a free night that week. I may have been a pest but it paid off very quickly as I became the guy they could count on to fill in when needed).
• Join your local association and become active in it or be sure to attend all the meetings/gatherings
• Hire an agent
• Vote Republican
• Send gifts!

I think you're onto something here. If we can get enough sports officials to vote as a block, we could make some real changes in this world! We could pass legislation requiring coaches, parents and sportscasters to pass a rules exam. We could demand "sports officials' lanes" be added to roadways in congested areas. We could bring back the ducking stool and the stocks for mis-behaving coaches!