Begin Officiating at 50?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The fact that he's too young to know any better.

I remember when I was that young and knew everything.

I miss that.

[CaRef5]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I remember when I was that young and knew everything.

I miss that.

yeah, maybe you should ask for youth for christmas

[JRutledge]

You should be able to start at any age as long as you can do the job. And working a kid’s game is very different than working a varsity game. I do not see many 18 year olds working games where the players are their age in the first place. If anything they might work with players that are much older. If youth is overplayed, so is how old you are. We are not in a position to get all upset if someone wants to officiate. We need all the good people regardless of age to work games.

Peace

[ChrisSportsFan]

50 is not to old at all. You have years of life experience which you will be able to apply. Not sure what type of business you are in but I'm guessing you have people skills that you can transfer over to the officiating world.

I love the adrenaline rush before during and after every game.

I really don't like it when people don't know the rules. I think many fans, coaches, players and even some officials would really enjoy this game if only they knew the rules.



Considering young officials...my 15 yo Son already has about 250 games under his belt and it's amazing to see his growth. He does a great job calling the game but his game management still has a long way to go. We discuss many situations and then he tries to apply them. He's generally in the right place and looking where he is supposed to but still needs to improve on his mechanics. I try to tell him that if he calls a good game and has sharp mechanics then people will say "he's young but he knows what he is doing". I believe this paragraph applies to all of us except maybe not the "he's young" part.

[CaRef5]

Originally Posted by jrutledge

you should be able to start at any age as long as you can do the job. And working a kid’s game is very different than working a varsity game. I do not see many 18 year olds working games where the players are their age in the first place. If anything they might work with players that are much older. If youth is overplayed, so is how old you are. We are not in a position to get all upset if someone wants to officiate. We need all the good people regardless of age to work games.

Peace

qft

=)