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I disagree that Football is harder to referee than basketball. I do both and they are different sports. I would not equate them in any way.
Football has a lot more rules, but I think there is as much or more judgement in Basketball. To get the basics down in football is much easier. I can bet that you were not a white hat refereeing varsity football your first year. If so WOW! I would not want a brand new rookie doing a varsity game in football either. You should consider yourself lucky.
You have your positions in football and most of the time guys keep the same position. In basketball there are no "positions" You have to know the game all the way thru.
If it is no fun, give it up. You lose the edge on the court or on the field when it is no longer fun. I know of a few first year officials who are pretty good,(most of them their moms or dads taught them too) but those are the rare exception.
Ref the 8th and 9th graders for a while. You'll learn more about the exceptions to the game because everything happens in those games. In a year and a half I doubt that youve seen all the stuff that can go on!
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Thu Jan 06, 2005, 01:34pm
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