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I have been a referee for 6 years now. It has completely changed my life. So this summer I finally convinced my brother to certify as a referee as well. And since then I got him all the top gear, took him to watch my games, and even ran through some game simulations with him. Anything to get him ready.

Now to anybody who thinks being a referee is easy, you are out of your mind. It’s really easy to yell at the ref when your sitting in your lawn chair, or better yet, your couch while watching the game on TV. The reality is, officiating is tough. Your decisions need to be spot on and they need to happen instantaneously. And as you climb ages, your margin for error declines significantly. Which is why it has taken me this long to get to Varsity (my first varsity game is tuesday, ill keep you updated on that after it happens). But yesterday was dan’s first day. And he did great. I mean, not great like he could do U15 tomorrow, but great as in a lot better than me on my first day. Now in my defense, he is 15 and I was 11 my first game. But anyway, back to this kid. He was great. And the first thing he said after his first game was “this was harder than I thought” he later told me that he originally thought it was going to be a cake walk, and boy was he wrong. I’m not going to go into real details about why he was good or bad just because I want to wait a few weeks until he gets better. Plus, I’m writing this at 11:53pm and im tired.

thanks for reading