horrified at officials

[bossref]

My two cents worth:

Most recreational games are covered by
experienced officials who are in the business
just "for the money" or by inexperienced officials
who don't know better and/or have been trained by others
who don't care about PERCEPTION and about providing
a PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
And sometimes it's a matter of survival of the marathon
of working more than 3 games.

I have found that many officials have not really been
given the proper education/instruction and have
then developed bad (LAZY) habits.

In order to change, the LEADERS of the group need
to offer assistance, provide material, and continually
mentor and evaluate.Those who get recruited should have a good foundation.
Those old-timers need to be motivated and reminded.

The biggest problem is the ATTITUDE!!!!!!!! They think, I'll just do the minimum and give the least effort I can to get by.
Many officials think that the demand is so great
that the assignor (and leagues) need them.

They are usually right as their are never enough
quality officials to cover the growing demands
of rec refs.

If you want to assist in improving the quality of training
and performance; go to the leadership of the group and
point them in the direction of NASO and/or a successful local group or person for training material and education.
Show them good signals, teach them good mechanics like "switching" , "boxing in", primary areas, and "off-ball mechanics.
And tell them it's all about having a POSITIVE ATTITUDE
and having pride in your PERFORMANCE.

You can't possibly make good judgement decisions if you
don't anticipate the developing play and constantly MOVE
to get the best (changing) angle.

Good luck as this is a constant, difficult problem to resolve.