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[budjones05]

Thank you for all your help

[Texas Aggie]

You want to work all positions. You'll start out on the wings. It really doesn't make much difference which one, but you will need to learn how to supervise the chain crew. So I'd suggest getting comfortable with HL. Then, learn the umpire position. Some guys find their home there. But by, say, your 3rd or 4th week in the season, you need to work sub varsity games at R. You need to learn how to run the show.

Back judge is much more technical than it seems. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you are going in there in varsity games. I spent a lot of time at multiple scrimmages before this season working the back judge position. I think I'm going to go BJ at break out meetings at the camps I go to next spring.

[waltjp]

Maybe I should clarify my previous statement. When working sub-varsity and youth games work as many different positions as possible. I wouldn't suggest moving around from game to game for varsity contests - there's enough to learn without trying to pick up a new position on the fly.

[ref18]

Up here, you start on the sides for the first few years.

Then once you've got the hang of officiating you'll try out the different positions and then you'll probably identify with a position you enjoy working.

I did the sides for a few years, but I'm thinking that I wanna be the umpire, so next season I'll be asking for the majority of my assignments to be in the Umpires position so I can get more practice.