Your best tip for a new official??

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Johnny Cakes

Also, is there a progression of where refs are assigned?

In our area, you don't get assigned to "positions" for subvarsity games. You show up and the crew hired discusses who will work what positions. I had to be prepared to work any position and also be ready to work 3, 4, or 5 man mechanics.

The first question is usually "what position do you normally work". My first few games I mostly worked the wings so I usually answered that way and worked most of the year as a wing. I got on a varsity crew my second year as a LJ and stayed there for 5 years. During those seasons, I tried to work the R or U during sub-varsity games to give myself experience at every position.

You'll eventually find a particular position that you enjoy the most but don't try to decide that your first couple years.