In his latest Confession in the current issue of Freelance Traveller,
Timothy Collinson mentions an idea inspired by the practice of many
orchestras, where up-and-coming players are given the 'second seat', to
given them some exposure to performing while being close to and able to
learn from the 'first seat'. His idea is to have 'second seat' referees,
where the inexperienced referee can sit and learn the game from the 'first
seat' referee, from the referee's point-of-view, and perhaps assist/support
the 'first seat' referee.

Now, I suspect that there are going to be things that can only be learned
by getting in at the deep end without a buddy, but I can also see that
there might be value in the idea. So, for discussion:

* What do you think of this idea? What do you see as the strengths, and the
  flaws, therein? If you're an experienced referee, would you offer others
  the chance to sit 'second seat' to you? How would you involve them? If
  you're new to refereeing, would you want to sit 'second seat' to an
  experienced referee? What would you expect to get out of doing so? How
  would you want the 'first seat' referee to involve you?

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