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Old Mon Dec 06, 2010, 07:37am
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My rookie year I worked 6 nights a week for about 10 weeks. Most were doubles.

The more work, the better your chances of improving by screwing up night after night and learning from your mistakes.


I have gaps of weeks in my schedule..Like you said, I need to be on the court often to develop a pattern and have a chance to kick lots of calls so that I learn to become a good official.

Maybe the Vets can explain to me why an assignor would allow gaps of weeks in a Rookie schedule instead of running us out there very often.

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We worked mostly 6th, 7th and 8 th grade games, but I would say we also did about 20 Freshmen and JV games.

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Old Mon Dec 06, 2010, 08:59am
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Maybe the Vets can explain to me why an assignor would allow gaps of weeks in a Rookie schedule instead of running us out there very often.
1) Imbalance between number of games and number of refs.

2) Schedule / assignments were complete before assigner got your name (maybe you signed up / got licensed, etc "late")

3) Assigner just doesn't like you (for whatever reason)

4) Assigner has it in his / her head that you only want to work once every three weeks (maybe has you confused with someone else)

5) Assigner doesn't have a current copy of your open dates

IOW, you need to see what the "norm" is for your area and contact either the assigner or someone else in your association to see what (if anything) can be done.
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Old Mon Dec 06, 2010, 03:35pm
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I have gaps of weeks in my schedule..Like you said, I need to be on the court often to develop a pattern and have a chance to kick lots of calls so that I learn to become a good official.

Maybe the Vets can explain to me why an assignor would allow gaps of weeks in a Rookie schedule instead of running us out there very often.
This is an area issue. No one here can explain why things are the way they are in your area but the folks that live there and probably the assignor who actually assigns the games.

But I can tell you in my area depending on when you decided to become an official matters here. Summer time is when you get to prove you can work by going to camps or make yourself available. If you are going to those camps you are more likely to get games than if you are just getting licensed late in October. In my area you cannot get games until you are licensed.

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Old Mon Dec 06, 2010, 06:53pm
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We have a range of games schedule that our assigner must make every attempt to fulfill. For example, a top rated varsity official is supposed to get 36 to 43 varsity assignments. At the bottom of the varsity list, a low rated varsity official should get 12 to 14 varsity games. A top rated subvarsity official should get 25 to 30 subvarsity games. At the bottom of the subvarsity list, a low rated subvarsity official should get 12 to 14 subvarsity games. Rookie officials in our new class should get 10 to 12 subvarsity games. There is a note on the range of games schedule that the number of assigned games may be affected for officials with limited availability.

Every season a few members of our executive board go over all the assignments to insure that officials are being treated fairly, and are assigned a range of games according to the posted schedule. Over the years our assigners have done an excellent job assigning games in a fair manner, consistent with the range of games schedule. There have been very few complaints. I should know, I used to be on the grievance committee.
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