Any Advice For A Rookie?

[With_Two_Flakes]

I'd agree with everything grantsrc said aprt from maybe the "dont double up flags". Not sure exactly what grant meant by that. If by "doubling up" he means 2 officials flagging the same foul because they both saw it, then I'd disagree with him saying dont do it.

Never assume the other official saw the same foul, I say flag what you see. If it is there, two flags sell it better to the players and coaches.

I'd quantify that by saying that if a foul is well outside your area, then (1) what are you doing seeing it in the first place, maybe you should be watching elsewhere and (2) you'd better be 150% sure of what you saw and if you are doing this more than once or twice a season then you are gonna get up the nose of your colleagues.

I have had an occasion where I saw a foul and flagged it and saw another official's flag come in on the same yard line. I started going toward him to double-check he had the same foul as I did. He picked up his flag and backed off and waved me toward the Referee to rport the foul.
I reported my foul, but when the Umpire started marching it off, this other official came in telling us we were marching the wrong way. His foul WAS NOT the same as mine. So the referee now had to redo the whole enforcement, talk to captains etc. made us look like idiots. A learning experience and nowadays I always check with the other guy that we did in fact see the same thing before one of us goes to report it to the Referee.