New college ref advice

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

...hired by a small JUCO conference...I am rather new, (Completed four seasons of freshmen to JV ball) all two man and have never worked a varsity game in season...I realize that I am pretty inexperienced, but thanks to you guys my rules knowledge is great...
What are some of the pitfalls of starting college so early and what are strategies to overcome them...

I don't want to rain on the parade here, but does anyone call to mind the caution about advancing too quickly? I do wish our friend the best on his sudden advancement, I really do. But to go from 2-man sublevel high school straight to 3-man college??? I've never heard of that, at least not around here. I've seen plenty of guys, however, trying to make the jump from that starting point to the HS 3-man ranks and not recover from the inadequacies that all to soon became readily apparent. I do wish Sharpy the best, but I can't in my own mind picture the upside to this.
And I'm an optimist. I really am.
Hope it works out.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

But to go from 2-man sublevel high school straight to 3-man college?

We've had several of our guys, and gals, go from a high school two person subvarsity schedule to a Division II and/or III womens schedule. We've got a real good high school training program here, and a lot of really good, well trained, subvarsity officials are impatient about moving up to a full high school varsity schedule (at best, it takes seven years here) so they take the plunge into low level college games where many are successful.

[Raymond]

I saw an official get hired in D2 & D3 after his first year of HS officiating. Some supervisors like raw talent.

[Sharpshooternes]

Originally Posted by Freddy

I don't want to rain on the parade here, but does anyone call to mind the caution about advancing too quickly? I do wish our friend the best on his sudden advancement, I really do. But to go from 2-man sublevel high school straight to 3-man college??? I've never heard of that, at least not around here. I've seen plenty of guys, however, trying to make the jump from that starting point to the HS 3-man ranks and not recover from the inadequacies that all to soon became readily apparent. I do wish Sharpy the best, but I can't in my own mind picture the upside to this.
And I'm an optimist. I really am.
Hope it works out.

Thank you for your comment. I have heard stories about this very thing happening and I definitely don't want to be on the failing side of this coin. I think I will be successful because of the amount of time I put into study, tape review, lectures (court club), etc. it won't be perfect but I am pretty sure it won't be a disaster.