Looking forward to the new season, and along with that, introducing new officials to the joys of our noble hobby/profession.
Our association has a couple of guys that do our formal training. They spend classroom time discussing rules and mechanics. Then we all work with them during the scrimmages showing them positioning, mechanics, talk rules, and show them their area of coverage on various plays. We do a fair job in this area. Then, it just takes some miles on the field.
The area that interests me the most is to develop a mentoring program where some of the seasoned guys (with patience) work with the new guys. I've volunteered to take 2-3 of the new guys and call them once a week to discuss rules, answer questions, and even meet if necessary to do nothing but focus on them becoming better officials.
I guess I always wished that I had someone I could have counted on to ask "dumb" questions when I started. Now, I would like to give a little something back.
What kind of formal or informal mentoring programs do you guys use?
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Wed Apr 09, 2003, 05:24pm
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