How good/bad is your association involved in politics?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by socalreff

I guess it depends on the instructor and the instructee. Video breakdown of games, on floor demos, situation discussions, rules tests, scrimmage work, 3 person training, not to mention summer camps, clinics, and leagues.
Anyone that wants to be can be college ready in 3 years with what and who they have available to them here.

So, your summer camps, summer leagues, and scrimmages count towards the 18 hours? If so, it's no different than anywhere else except maybe the formality of the requirement. If not, it's irrelevant to this particular discussion.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by socalreff

No. They are not part of the 18 hours. I was merely pointing out all the other opportunities there are to improve.
To be qualified to work any high school game the 18 hours of classroom instruction are required

I can see this requirement for the first three or even five years. After that, however, the law of diminishing returns is bound to kick in and you're bound to be wasting the time of a lot of veteran officials.

My point earlier was that you cannot use "knowing the rules" as a basis for an undending annual requirement for 18 hours of classroom instruction.

[TheOracle]

Originally Posted by socalreff

No. They are not part of the 18 hours. I was merely pointing out all the other opportunities there are to improve.
To be qualified to work any high school game the 18 hours of classroom instruction are required

It is great you have those resources available to you in SoCal. Watching videos that illustrate the correct application of the rules is awesome. I spend as much time as possible watching these. EOfficials has the great NCAA set available online. I also have noticed that the best officials at the 2 camps I work at each summer spend the most time in our break room watching the films of the NCAA and NBA examples of rule application. You can find people willing to help and develop officials anywhere. Glad you have found a good spot for you in SoCal, and that you are doing the Vegas camp this summer. Great things to do!

Remember, it is wasteful for veteran officials to spend 18 hours of clasroom training, but it is OK to spend 100's of hours on the Internet being jealous of the "LOCAA" folks and fighting about irrelevant nuances. I always thought basketball was basketball, whether it is 3rd grade or NCAA. We need Obama to weigh in here!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by TheOracle

Remember, it is wasteful for veteran officials to spend 18 hours of clasroom training, but it is OK to spend 100's of hours on the Internet being jealous of the "LOCAA" folks and fighting about irrelevant nuances. I always thought basketball was basketball, whether it is 3rd grade or NCAA. We need Obama to weigh in here!

The day I claim my discussions with you make me a better official is the day your quote above becomes relevant.

Until then....

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The day I claim my discussions with you make me a better official is the day your quote above becomes relevant.

Until then....

LOL