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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by JRutledge
That sounds great but to become a good official you have to know when to make calls and know when not to make calls. Just blowing your whistle every time something is close is not what is going to advance a newer official. As a matter of fact it might get that official held back. I would agree that in the short term the official might get away with calling every little thing, but officiating is also a competition. The officials that know how to call the game (using advantage/disadvantage) will be the officials that get the opportunities to move to the higher level a lot quicker.
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Ridiculous.
Many and close to all new officials are overwhelmed as it is, most have trouble even blowing their whistle that first game.
This is a progression, while some may progress faster, 99.9% need to crawl before they walk.
You have them in the 100 yard dash.
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BZ -- I agree with your principle, but I think it's an over-statement to call what Jeff says ridiculous. The fact of the matter, it seems to me, is that most people do go through stages of learning, the first of which is not calling nearly enough, the second is calling way too much, and then they sort of swing back and forth for a year or two, and finally settle down somewhere in the Mushy A/D Middle.
But I think there are a few refs who start from a different angle, and don't progress through the stages in the same order. Jeff may very well be one of them. I've seen a few, and then tend to be the ones who zoom up through the levels and are doing college within three or four years. Which, IIRC, is Jeff. These folks have a natural reffing ability that just needs fine tuning, and they understand A/D almost instinctively, like a muscian with perfect pitch.
Believe me when I say, I'm not one of the latter type!! But I've worked with a lot of beginners, and a lot of those hanging around at the lower levels of ability (like myself), and I think my generalizations of the two types are about on target.
So for Jeff to say that he thinks people can zoom into the 100 yard dash right from the start is a reflection on his own ref-learning path. But it's not ridiculous for him to believe that everyone is like that. After all, he hasn't seen the lower levels much.
Sun Nov 20, 2005, 12:40pm
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