RULES, MECHANICS, TECHNIQUES:

Basketball
2004-05 NCAA Men's and Women's Rule Changes: Replay, Jump Stop and Maintaining Legal Guarding Position Addressed; 'I've Got the Sho'Õ; Chalk Talk: Three-Person Mechanics: Referee That Play!

Baseball
Keep Your Eye on the Ball – Sometimes: Responsibilities Often Require Umps to Look Elsewhere; NCAA Development Camps Accomplish Goals; Getting Help in Tracking Warmups; Five Minutes With ... Gus Rodriguez

Softball
Pinch-Runner or Courtesy Runner? Rules Require Umpires to Know the Difference; The Scissors Stance; Chalk Talk: The Staging Area, Neutral Zone and Rim; Five Minutes With ... Jeff Hansen

Soccer
Under the Lights: What to Remember When Officiating a Night Game; 'Do You Need Assistance?'; 'Players, Don't Learn the Rules!'; Sensing a Foul Will Occur

Football
Lending a Hand: Crew Coordination a Must for Proper Coverage; Right for the Wrong Reasons; Keeping the Sidelines Clean; Let the Play Happen; Five Minutes With ... Jay Stricherz

FEATURES:

Ed Hochuli: On Balance
It takes extraordinary strength to take charge of a Super Bowl – strength of will, of desire and of conviction. Ed Hochuli has done it twice. But the NFL referee, renowned for his skill and recognized for his muscles, has found certain weights in his life too heavy to lift.

The Public Eye
They're everywhere. Watching, always watching. When you're out in public, on the road, you can be "made" as an official by any number of people. Your behavior and the things you say might not always look or sound the best to a stranger watching. It's critically important to present the best possible image.

How to Write Your Officiating Resum?
Want to get hired in that great conference? Want to move up a level? To get the best games and keep advancing your career, you need an effective officiating resum?. Assigners and supervisors at the high school and college levels let you in on what they look for in a resum?.

You Are There: The Takedown
The greatest amateur wrestler in the history of the sport went into the final match of his collegiate career looking to finish up with a perfect unbeaten record. But when Dan Gable faced off against a little-known wrestler from Washington named Larry Owings in the NCAA final in 1970, a different kind of perfection came in the unlikely form of one astonishing move.

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS:

Publisher’s Memo
Getting Away With It

The Gag Rule
Basic Mechanics Questions Answered; Work to Change Evaluation System

The News
Report: Van Hellemond Forced to Resign; Illinois and Delaware Back OfficialsÕ Protection Legislation

Back to Basics
Do You Have What It Takes?

Getting It Right
Hockey Ref Hosts Baseball Game

Tools
Sportsmanship.org; More Than 100 Problems With the Official Baseball Rules; FIFA Football Rules CD-ROM; Volleyball Rotation Card; 'The Ref' Patent Leather Shoe

Profiles
No Quit in Prep Field Hockey Ref

Take Care
The Right Personality for the Job

For the Record
NFL and Minor League Baseball Short-Season rosters

Classifieds
Camps/Clinics; Equipment/Apparel; Books, Manuals, Cassettes; Cyberspace; Computer Software; Miscellaneous

Last Call
How Many Umpires Does It Take to Work a Polish Baseball Game?