Teen-age Officials

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I knew how to do nothing, I just blew my whistle all the time, which caused for a lot of problems. I was always trying to explain to the coaches why I called this and that. I read my rulebook cover to cover(except for the score keepers responsibilities) and after seeing tons of plays do you get better and better at calling a game. ABA director of officiating Tom ( I can't think of his last name right now) said there is a difference between a referee and a whistle-blower, a referee can distinguish at different levels of play what is and is not foul in regards to what players at different levels can play through, and a whistle-blower is just what his name describes.

As far as how I comprehend my rulebook. As far as that goes get a mentor, preferably two, to have two different point of views or philosophies of what that rule means or how they interpret it, you then can choose or even mix the two if possible into the philosophy that you will eventually gain and have.