"I don't know what that means." (LGP)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

How can you effectively teach the game if you don't have a thorough rules knowledge, let alone being able to effectively communicate with officials?

Which is exactly why I, as a middle school coach, took the classes offered by the local official's board over thirty years ago. I didn't even plan to take the test, I just wanted to learn the rules. I ended up taking, and passing, the test, and discovered that I could make same extra cash (teachers weren't paid much back then) officiating games. I stopped coaching after over twenty-five years (if asked today, I would only coach a team of orphans). I'm still officiating, and plan to keep doing it as long as I'm healthy.