New poster

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Okay, so I'm a new poster. I just ordered my NFHS rule books to begin studying for a spring qualification test so I can get some rec league/AAU games under my belt before next season starts.

I've been lurking for a week or so now and have come to learn certain things about being a part of the board:

1) If you don't know what you're talking about, you're gonna get trampled on, so know your stuff.
2) Jurassic Ref is always right. But when he's not, he still is. Just accept it and move on.
3) If you're not an official, you pretty much don't know what the he11 you're talking about when it comes to the rules and being a ref. (I would mostly agree with this one.)

Anyway, just wanted to say it's good to be here and I've learned a lot so far.

Here's my question:what are your TOP 5 pieces of advice you would give to a new guy starting out?