Ice Hockey Referee, 08/2011
to 04/2013
Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association – Ann Arbor,
MI
I was an Ice Hockey Referee, working mostly with kids in middle school or younger. As a referee, I had to manage my own time and balance work assignments with school work, my own hockey team's practices and games, and my social life. I learned how to kindly and effectively communicate with, sometimes very aggravated, parents and coaches, and I learned how to quickly deescalate very tense situations. I improved players' understanding of the game of hockey through explaining how and why they got penalties, or why certain things happened in the game.
