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Old Tue Jun 26, 2001, 10:59am
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Originally posted by stripes
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Dan, I think you were not well served. As a fairly new official you have a long way to go before you start to worry about looking good as an NCAA guy.


I disagree with this. I am a believer in going to the NCAA camps as soon as possible. Why learn from anyone, but the best? It is not about "looking like" an NCAA official, it is about learning from their experiences and not making makes because they correct them before the mistakes are too deeply ingrained into what you do.

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Next summer attend a camp that is High School minded.


Once again, I disagree. While you are learning how to ref, go to the best source of information. Absolutely learn and practice the NF mechanics--that is very important, but you will always get better instruction from better instructors. Go to the college camps, you will not regret it. I know I haven't.


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My advice: keep raising that hand until your *NCAA* supervisor tells you he'll fire you if you don't stop.


Good advice.
You'll notice I didn't say to *not* attend college camps.
What I did say is that he was ill-served at this particular
camp. I said that because the people running it should have
realized that he works HS & is there to improve on that.
I agree with you that it's never too early to attend any
camp, as long as you go to learn & improve. You're not
improving if they make you use mechanics that are not
appropriate to your level.
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