Advantage/Disadvantage

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The problem is these are not rules, they were guidelines.

Disagree. They are "points of emphasis," meaning, they are areas of the rules the committee wants to emphasize. I think the committee intends POEs to be a little more stringent than you suggest.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Disagree. They are "points of emphasis," meaning, they are areas of the rules the committee wants to emphasize. I think the committee intends POEs to be a little more stringent than you suggest.

Can you show me where these things are in the current rulebook?

Peace

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I mentioned a standard progression that I've seen a lot of officials go through when learning and applying A/D.

1. New official, afraid to blow the whistle.
2. Not-as-new official, calls virtually everything he sees.
3. Discovers A/D, starts applying it but tends to let too much pass.
4. Begins to settle into an understanding of how to apply, improvement is steady at this point.

Thanks Snags. I guess I'm at #3 right now. Based on your experience working with & observing new officials; when in the progression process should I at least be having some games when I'm closer to a #4 on A/D? I know that's tough for you to answer as obviously you've never seen me work. I'm just asking in a general sense...is this something you'd be looking for a newbie to start to master a bit after 2 seasons? 3 seasons? at the HS level? I realize the more you work the better you'll get at A/D. As a newbie I average two HSJV's a week combined with rec ball on the weekends. The JV's are not worked with board officials, so getting feedback on A/D from my partner is a little dicey.
Thanks again for the A/D progression illustration.