Coaches understanding LGP

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Smitty

There's nothing to gain from reffing these games if you're an experienced official.

Unless you can help train up-and-coming newbies... much easier to teach 'em the right way right away than try to break bad habits later.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Unless you can help train up-and-coming newbies... much easier to teach 'em the right way right away than try to break bad habits later.

If I had a choice, CYO middle school ball would be one of my last choices to train anyone. They likely don't have a decent pool of officials in the first place, and in order to have the vast majority of that pool be competent, you'd have to pay them a decent amount of money. It's just not likely on all kinds of fronts.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Smitty

If I had a choice, CYO middle school ball would be one of my last choices to train anyone. They likely don't have a decent pool of officials in the first place, and in order to have the vast majority of that pool be competent, you'd have to pay them a decent amount of money. It's just not likely on all kinds of fronts.

I can train officials much better at high school games. There are more standards. There are procedures that must be followed. What is expected at one school is expected at another school anywhere in the state of Illinois for example. I might have 15 different standards or leagues working a middle/junior high contest.

There is a reason we do not run a single high school camp at a middle school game or contest is involved.

I will gladly pass if the goal is to train someone. I would have to be doing it for the easy money first and then training a distant 100 on the list of 100.

Peace