Richards to present pre-game conference for Referees in Webinar presentation
(6/2) The FIBA Oceania Technical Official Webinar series resumes Wednesday (June 3) with Guy Richards presenting the Referee Module: "Preparing a Pre-Game conference"....
Professional sports officials: ‘Helping people is an easy call’
(6/1) Professional sports officials from the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB took to video to thank those essential workers on the front lines...
Pace Commander
How to set and maintain a good pace to a game is not often discussed at camps and association meetings. But if players...
6 Transcendent Moments for Sports Officials
For some of us, officiating is a vocation, for others it is an avocation. For almost all of us, however, it is a passion that offers feelings...
Just Deal With It!
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f umpiring were simply confined to ball/strike, fair/foul and safe/out rulings, it would still be a game fraught with disagreements about arbiter judgments,...
Premier League restart: Referees hoping to take charge of friendlies as they ramp up...
(6/1) Premier League referees are hoping to take charge of a series of friendlies over the next fortnight as part of preparations for...
Two robotic – why top referee is happy to go it alone
(6/1) The NRL season in Australia began under the two-referees system, which was introduced in 2009, but resumed last weekend with only one...
NO MEDICINE GAMES DURING THE PANDEMIC
(6/1) As the pandemic began drawing headlines in early March, I jumped right into the action, sometimes writing on deadline from the front...
‘Officiating Will Be Back’; NASO board members’ video reminds the industry
The NASO Board of Directors took to video to remind officials everywhere that games, matches, meets and contests will return, and when they...
Status of State Association Activity Restrictions
(6/1) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, state associations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia suspended athletics and activities in March....
NASO’s 13-Point Plan: Getting Back To Officiating Sensibly
Much has been written and aired about organized sports reorganizing themselves such that games can again be played. When sports reignite, what will...
Report: Some MLB owners willing to cancel 2020 season
(5/31) A group of Major League Baseball owners is perfectly OK with shutting down the delayed 2020 campaign in order to reduce payroll...
Basketball Ballarat leading way in referee education during lockdown
(5/31) Basketball Ballarat is leading the way in referee education during the COVID-19 lockdown. Ballarat referee manager Chloe Dunmore has been developing online...
ACC referee and WSSU counselor, ready for whatever the college football season might look...
(5/30) More than 78,000 fans watched inside Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta as LSU rolled past Oklahoma 63-28. The college game was Hardin's last...
NCAA baseball umpire details impact of work stoppage due to COVID-19
(5/29) This spring, umpires’ game checks were completely wiped away. This year has been a painful time for every aspect of baseball and...
Minor league umpires remain stuck in limbo right along with the players
(5/29) Not only are umpires not getting paid while the baseball season is on hold, but they could lose a year of development...
Officials are forgotten with sports on hold
(5/29) While support and sympathy has deservedly been showered upon student-athletes who have lost their opportunity to compete in 2020 due to the...
NBA Referee Scott Foster joins GameTime
(5/29) Stephanie Ready and Steve Smith and NBA referee Scott Foster discuss how the hiatus will affect officiating.
Mental Performance A-Z
Officiating is often more mental than physical. The demands on your memory, decision-making, judgment and reactions can be extreme. We don't focus on...
COVID-19 makes umpire shortage even more challenging
(5/28) Umpiring a baseball or a softball game can be challenging in the best of circumstances. During COVID-19, those challenges are magnified.
NBA referee Scott Foster worried about officiating in empty arena
(5/27) It is impossible to imagine exactly what NBA games will look and feel like without fans in the stands, but we are...
Football Referees Train Online During COVID-19 Pandemic
(5/27) With the sports world having been put on hold for months because of COVID-19, the people responsible for officiating football games are...
NWSL announces plan to start season on June 27, will be first U.S. team...
(5/27) The National Women’s Soccer League announced on Wednesday its plan to start the 2020 season and become the first United States sports...
REPORT: SOME NFL REFS ‘CONTEMPLATING’ NOT WORKING DUE TO COVID-19
(5/27) Referees play an integral role in the NFL’s success, as we saw in 2012 when the league needed replacements refs amid a...
