Friday, October 30, 2015
I enjoy calling the obscure penalties
Got to call an equipment violation on my jammer last night - she disengaged her mouthguard from her teeth mid-jam.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
like I said, not much going on
My birthday was on Tuesday; I'm 42 now, yay? I'm now the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.
It's been pretty quiet in refereedom; our league is hosting an open scrimmage in our new venue in a few weeks. I was asked if I would be interested in head reffing.
Y'all seen one of the most recent episodes of Doctor Who, "The Girl Who Died?" When the Doctor decides to trust the definitely-not warrior-type Vikings with real swords, and then there's a Gilligan Cut to their town in flames?
That's what me being HR would be like. Only with more shrieking.
Anyway. The league I help out with to the west posted its schedule not that long ago; they're doing a *lot* of games. Hopefully I can bolster my resume and get some good potential references.
Yeah, references! Tournaments! I've applied for Siege of CNY and am contemplating applying for B Cup, which is in Indiana (about 9 hours away).
Gearing up to retake the referee certification test. I have completely forgotten which questions I got wrong, but hopefully they will ring bells when I see them again.
It's been pretty quiet in refereedom; our league is hosting an open scrimmage in our new venue in a few weeks. I was asked if I would be interested in head reffing.
Y'all seen one of the most recent episodes of Doctor Who, "The Girl Who Died?" When the Doctor decides to trust the definitely-not warrior-type Vikings with real swords, and then there's a Gilligan Cut to their town in flames?
That's what me being HR would be like. Only with more shrieking.
Anyway. The league I help out with to the west posted its schedule not that long ago; they're doing a *lot* of games. Hopefully I can bolster my resume and get some good potential references.
Yeah, references! Tournaments! I've applied for Siege of CNY and am contemplating applying for B Cup, which is in Indiana (about 9 hours away).
Gearing up to retake the referee certification test. I have completely forgotten which questions I got wrong, but hopefully they will ring bells when I see them again.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
doodle doodle dee, wubba wubba wubba
Now we enter the long dark tea-time of not really having any bouts to ref for a while.
In addition to retaking the certification rules test, I have to re-take the skating skills portion (as I didn't do as well on a few things as I usually do). Unfortunately, this means re-taking the 10 laps part, and this time it would be on an entirely different surface than the last time. I tried sprinting at last night's practice and got very OMG I AM GOING TO DRIFT AND DIE in some of the turns, so I may need to go to a slightly softer wheel, as much as I really don't want to because my wheels are perfect in every other respect.
I wish I could just cherry-pick pieces from all the different assessments that I've done (formal and informal).
Oh! At scrimmage this past Thursday I was front IPR. It's tough, water is wet, fire is hot, salt is salty. I'd call someone out of play and then they'd immediately be back in play and it was a communication nightmare. I'd also drift into the JR lane and have to step out of their way. I'd also get caught up in a play that drifted towards the back of the pack and I'd have to stop and say NO YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FRONT OF THE PACK 'CAUSE ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE DOING IS LEGAL AND IT'S NO LONGER YOUR JURISDICTION.
In addition to retaking the certification rules test, I have to re-take the skating skills portion (as I didn't do as well on a few things as I usually do). Unfortunately, this means re-taking the 10 laps part, and this time it would be on an entirely different surface than the last time. I tried sprinting at last night's practice and got very OMG I AM GOING TO DRIFT AND DIE in some of the turns, so I may need to go to a slightly softer wheel, as much as I really don't want to because my wheels are perfect in every other respect.
I wish I could just cherry-pick pieces from all the different assessments that I've done (formal and informal).
Oh! At scrimmage this past Thursday I was front IPR. It's tough, water is wet, fire is hot, salt is salty. I'd call someone out of play and then they'd immediately be back in play and it was a communication nightmare. I'd also drift into the JR lane and have to step out of their way. I'd also get caught up in a play that drifted towards the back of the pack and I'd have to stop and say NO YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FRONT OF THE PACK 'CAUSE ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE DOING IS LEGAL AND IT'S NO LONGER YOUR JURISDICTION.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
so, to update
1. It wasn't the Hellahard. I didn't realize that's specifically the NSO certification test. I just took the ref cert test....
...and will be trying to take it again after November 6.
I got 10 wrong (you need to get 4 or fewer wrong to pass). I completely blanked on a few things, a few things were written ambiguously (in my opinion) and stuff like that.
I *did*, however, change two incorrect answers to correct ones, so I had that going for me.
Ah well.
...and will be trying to take it again after November 6.
I got 10 wrong (you need to get 4 or fewer wrong to pass). I completely blanked on a few things, a few things were written ambiguously (in my opinion) and stuff like that.
I *did*, however, change two incorrect answers to correct ones, so I had that going for me.
Ah well.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
blog named changed just a li'l bit
So another weekend, another bout. JRing again. This one, however, is regulation.
I've been talking with my league's head ref and he feels I am at the point where I can start asking for evaluations.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I've been talking with my league's head ref and he feels I am at the point where I can start asking for evaluations.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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