Normally we scrimmage on Thursdays, but our practice space wasn't available so we scrimmaged this past Sunday morning.
And I jam reffed!
And I didn't die!
And I actually kinda liked it!
I liked that you have to concentrate on one skater, and one skater only. You're not "oh, I was looking at this part of the pack and didn't see [fill in the name of penalty] that happened [fill in part of pack that you're not looking at]."
It seemed to be easier doing it for teams I know, though, because I could actually name the opposing players that the jammer went by, rather than having to rely on some landmark of clothing or equipment.
I did screw up one call; a jammer should have gotten a "no pass/no lead jammer" call. Oops. And I didn't have the mechanics of where my arms should be at different times, but we worked on that this past Tuesday.
And then I fell twice and had to scramble to keep up with the jammer. THAT was fun.
Anyway. We're scrimmaging tonight, and with any luck I'll get to do it again.
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Our fearless Ref leaders have asked us to come up with a few goals, and I have.
Readily attainable - to ref in a home team bout this season.
Will take work - to ref in a B team bout this season.
A Ref can dream, can't she? - to ref in a WFTDA-sanctioned bout this season.
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Speaking of WFTDA, they've announced the dates and locations of the officiating clinics. Our league hosted one last year*, but I didn't go because (a) it was the day of a bout and I was running around doing bout production stuff, and (b) at that point I wasn't considering being a ref.
The closest one is in Albany, NY, which is about a three and a half hour drive. I'll have to see if anyone is interested in carpooling and room sharing.
*thanks to a smashing RFP written by yours truly. :)
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