RULES, MECHANICS, TECHNIQUES:

Football
Advantageous Approach:
Advocating the Advantage/Disadvantage Theory;
Slow Down and Think When Teams Hurry Up;
Got It Covered;
Five Minutes With … Jeff Rice

Soccer
Knowledge, Communication and Trust:
Three Elements that Improve Teamwork;
Getting the Big One;
Improper Mechanic — Touching Players

Basketball
Caught in the Act:
What to Look for When a Player is in the Act of Shooting;
11 Ways to Become a Super Trail Official;
Stay Off the Court;
Five Minutes With … Bennett Salvatore

Softball
The Benefits of Doing it By the Book:
Get Better Games and Work Them Better;
Variations on the Three-Umpire System;
The Difference Between ‘Cordial’ and ‘Friendly’

Baseball
An Appealing Modification:
Live-Ball Appeal Among 2003 NFHS Rule Changes;
Timing Really is Everything;
Five Minutes With … Ray Belfiore

FEATURES:

The Search for Excellence
Excellence in officiating is what we all strive for, but what do we mean by excellence? How can we define and quantify officiating excellence when so many people’s opinions differ on which officiating skills are most important? The search begins here.

Like a Rock
Officials cannot afford to wear their emotions on their sleeves. To do so undermines your authority. Learn how to get control of your emotions and maintain your composure. By remaining solid and stoic, your game will run smooth.

With All Due Respect
Tom Rucker spent 30 years officiating men’s basketball in the Big 10. When he finally retired at the end of last season, his peers — both coaches and officials, inside the Big 10 and out — paid their respects to one of Motown’s finest men in stripes.

You Are There: The Earthquake Series
Few who were waiting for game three of the 1989 World Series to get under way on television will ever forget the video feed going black followed by the horrifying images of destruction as news of a Bay area earthquake spread. The umpires who were scheduled to take the field that fateful day recall that disaster.

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS:

Publisher’s Memo
We Know It When We See It!

In Black & White
Work Toward Another ‘Transformation’

The News
Female Official Works D-I Football Game

Back to Basics
An Effective Argument-Ender

Profiles
Diligence Leads to ABA Dream Come True

Getting It Right
Good Sports in the Bayou

Tools
Last Call: Memoirs of an NFL Referee;
The Gray Areas;
Cap Caddy One;
The Arbiter; Ecourt

For the Record
Postseason Assignments

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

Last Call
The Parent in the Parking Lot