Your best tip for a new official??

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Originally Posted by bisonlj

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.

Our association's training director is big on first and second years tasting every position. If you answer "I normally work the middle" he's likely to put you out on the wings. If you say "I don't like being an umpire" guess where you're working. He wants to make sure you get a full range of experience so that when you declare what position you're going to work as a third-year official, you're sure.