My name is Chris. I am the co-founder of the GMU fencing team, for which I currently serve as the coach, and the captain, The crazy part is that im only 20, and I am not a very accomplished fencer. I referee (alot) because I need the money and I enjoy it. Im becoming a better referee than I am fencer, by far.
So I am going to try to use this blog to document and follow my development as a referee, from local schmo, into hopefully, an international level ref...
Ya know, its not often in life that you get a 2nd chance at something.
So often something happens, but you're never faced with the same thing. You can learn from your mistakes, and try not to remake them. However, you're often applying the facts of 1 situation to a very different situation.
This is not the case for me right now. I had an opportunity about 3 years ago, and I made a choice that ended up being quite wrong. I learned from it, I vowed never to do something that stupid again.
Oddly enough, I'm in a nearly identical situation right now. Again faced with a bit of a decision to make. Normally, I would struggle over this kind of choice. But now, I know exactly what I have to do. Without a shadow of a doubt. Regardless of whether its the decision that I would have LIKED to have made, I'm absolutely certain its the right one.
08-21-2009 04:42 AM