I remember it all too well. I was there. I used to do it, too. I remember a game in particular, Waterloo at Green Bay in the USHL at the old Brown County Coliseum (what a dump), and I dozed off in what was turning into a routine game and routine rout for Waterloo. I doze off and all of a sudden I have missed a major stick violation, there is a fight on the ice, and I am not sure how it all started. WHAT IN THE HECK WAS I THINKING?!? I wasn't...it seems to happen.
That's where the rubber bullet comes in...
The Secret Service train their agents to react to situations in a calm, cool, collected way AFTER they have been shot. In their training, they will unexpectedly shoot them with a rubber bullet, measure their heart rate, and observe their response and reactions. After all, these are people who sign up to "take a bullet for the President". They'd better be able to be level-headed when they get shot.
This practice will continue until their heart rate stays at a low rate, because you think better with a lower heart rate as opposed to a heart that is racing.
In other words, they want their field agents used to the feeling of being shot.
Maybe we should shoot inexperienced officials with rubber bullets to help them speed up the learning curve, and get them to STOP FALLING ASLEEP AT IN-OPPORTUNE TIMES.
On the this night, working a high school game, I saw the partner's I was with fall asleep. Things happened, and they missed it. I could chalk it up as "it's part of the learning process" or I could give them advice to help eliminate that from happening again.
Do you want REAL SPECIFIC advice to avoid "falling asleep" in a game? Contact me at:
info@ultimateofficials.com
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