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THIS MONTH’S HIGHLIGHTS

RULES, MECHANICS, TECHNIQUES:

Basketball
2005-06 NFHS Basketball Rule Changes: You'd Better Know the Status of the Ball; Team-Control Foul Signaling Sequence; Chalk Talk: Officiating the Delay Offense

Baseball
Workin' on Your Night Moves: It's a Different Ballgame Under the Lights; Balls That Elude the Catcher; Working Higher; Going Out on Fly Balls; Five Minutes With ... Mark Letendre

Softball
Thinking Inside the Box: Using the Box as Your Plate Stance; Indicating a Protest; Timeout for Trivia; Five Minutes With ... Michael Mazur

Soccer
Dealing With Player Injuries: Referees Must Step Up When Players Go Down; Enter! No Need to Sign In; Chalk Talk: Kickoff Positioning; Timeout for Trivia

Football
May the Force (or Impetus) Be With You: When the Ball is in the 'Wrong' End Zone; All About All-But-One; Problem Plays Lead to Coverage Dilemmas; Five Minutes With ... Tom Stabile


FEATURES:

Breaking Out of a Slump
Players go through slumps. So do officials. When frustration sets in and games that used to be a breeze now seem like impossible tasks, you know you’re in one. Break free before you get buried too deep.

Gold Whistle Award 2005: John W. Keys
From his extraordinary contributions to society through his work with such organizations as "Catch a Special Thrill" and Angel Flight to his decades of public service with the Bureau of Reclamation, John W. Keys, former Big Sky Conference football referee, epitomizes the phrase, "A lifetime of service."

NASO 25
Referee salutes its sister organization, the National Association of Sports Officials, on its silver anniversary. For 25 years, no other group has provided so much to the officiating community or worked and fought so hard on behalf of sports officials everywhere, at all levels, all sports, all the time.

Basic Training: Chart Your Course
What do you want out of officiating? The toughest games? To be the best? To move up a level? That's all within your reach. You just have to plan it out and follow through.


COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS:

Publisher’s Memo
Culture Shock

The Gag Rule
Here's What's Wrong With Recording Referees; Dropping the Bag

The News
Clougherty New ACC Referees’ Boss; College Baseball Umpire Loses TV Job.

Back to Basics
Meeting Your Goals in Meetings

Getting It Right
Refs Add Legitimacy to 'Street Jam'

Tools
ZebraWeb.org Assigning System; It's Your Call!; 2005 Football Rule Differences; Honig's Wheeled Collapsible Duffel

Take Care
Don't Let Foot Injuries Sideline You

For the Record
WNBA and Minor League Baseball rosters

Classifieds
Camps/Clinics; Equipment/Apparel; Collectibles; Leadership Resources; Miscellaneous; Officials Wanted; Computer Software

Last Call
A Near Miss