The IT Factor In Officiating

The IT Factor in Officiating: What IT Is and What IT Will Do For You In all walks of life there are people that have intangible qualities that help them succeed. The best officials in the world, regardless of sport or level, have a certain set of characteristics in common. In fact, every official has "It"to some…

Training in Transition

Training in Transition Training in Transition is not just a slogan, it has to become a way of thinking, a way of doing, a way of enabling and firing up not only a new generation of umpires, referees, line judges, etc., but also a way of bringing out the best talents of veteran officials and…

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business: Reliability & Results in Officiating Taking Care of Business: Reliability & Results in Officiating will deliver fresh perspective and proven techinques to help you and your officials be more effective. It specifically addresses what is needed on and off the court & field to improve officiating programs at every level. You’ll…

Rights, Requirements, Risks

Rights, Requirements, Risks: The Shared Responsibility of Officiating We challenged leaders, supervisors and officials to dissect what it takes to fulfill all the different roles that exist in our industry. Identifying the skills necessary to perform those roles, the inherent pitfalls that exist as well as how we can work together for positive outcomes. Rights, Requirements,…

Officiating in the Future Tense

Officiating In The Future Tense People often say "live in the moment", but that doesn't work when you're faced with unprecidented challenges. Officiating has to look forward and find strategies and solutions for the issues we're currently struggling with.  Every play and call is captured on a camera - somewhere - even at the high…

Game Assignments

Game Assignments: Right People, Right Place, Right Time The Right Way If you work in officiating as an official or an administrator, you are involved in assigning to some degree. Game Assignments covers this topic as it has never been covered before. For two and a half days at the 2013 Sports Officiating Summit, some of the…

Driven By Data

Driven by Data Because officiating is always evolving, sometimes we need to stop and challenge our assumptions with hard data. This book, based off the 2017 Sports Officiating Summit, explores who we are and what we do with statistics and analytics, providing vital information you can use to help make informed decisions on the topics…