Personality?

[Back In The Saddle]

In the past week I have had two different officials give me differing advice (no surprise, eh?). One partner suggested that I needed to work on things like having my arm straight up on fouls/violations. His general message was that if I want to go varsity, I need to focus on perfecting my mechanics.

So I fixed the arm thing, and a week later another official tells me that my partner and I looked too "robotic" and didn't exhibit any personality on the floor. He specifically mentioned that it looked liked I practiced everything in front of the mirror (which I do).

Funny enough, the first guy came here from Kansas and the second guy from Oregon. Perhaps their advice reflects a regional bias they brought with them. Neither of them is a varsity official.

I think the question is worth exploring. How much personality can we/should we display out there?