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To
All NCWLOA MEMBERS:
Good
luck in the 2010 season as we all approach and enter it. I
hope all is well with everyone as we do start. Furthermore
I also hope that everyone is both physically and mentally
prepared. If you are not then you are doing the players
and the game itself a tremendous disservice. If you can no
longer keep up with the game then it is time to think about
giving it up. If you do not prepare for the game mentally
then again you should not be doing it.
Remember
to work with, and support, your partners. Your
partner is your team on the field and together you should strive
to be the invisible third team on that field. Talk with
your partners before the game and at halftime when necessary. If
you are the more experienced official then help your partner
when you can, but do it quietly and with respect.
Work
hard to keep the game safe and then fair. Respect the
players and the coaches and hopefully they will return that
respect. Remember that the best team should win the game
not the most physical and most aggressive.
Work
on your positioning all the time. Hustle up and down the
field. Don't walk when you can run. An umpire who does not
hustle and is out of position most of the time will not earn the
respect of the games participants. We are the highest paid
high school women's lacrosse officials in the United States.
We should earn that fee with hustle. Work to stay outside
of play as much as you can and as the lead stay ahead of play as
much as physically possible. As the trail remember to look
off ball. Four eyes on the ball all the time is two too
many. Do not let the game get illegally physical.
Make the necessary calls. Make the calls that you are
expected to.
We
are all part of an exceptional officials association, therefore
we should work to be the best we can be. As members
of the NCWLOA and women's lacrosse officials please respect and
honor the game. Enjoy the season and most of all have fun
doing it. Stay well and stay safe.
Joe
Fanning
NCWLOA
Chair Person
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