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To increase my regulatory expertise, I recently attended a four-day VHSL Basketball Officials Camp.  The camp included both class sessions with top officials and on-court practice.   The supervising officials provided extensive feedback on mechanics and calls.  One supervising official told me bluntly to drop my laissez-faire approach and put some air in my whistle.  By the end of the camp I was more actively managing the competition.  Overall, the camp was excellent.  It made me a better official.

Better officials benefit all players.  Better officials make for better games.

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Ambitious young professionals need to consider carefully career development. As set out in my personal development plan, I'm working on conforming to standard web metaphors, smoothing out my quirks, and improving my presentation skills. Recently I gave a presentation at Mister Days, a very noisy sports bar. I learned that when the room is very noisy and people aren't paying attention to you, you just have to yell to get your point across.

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