Portfolio Archives: Football

Football Game Changers: Plays You Gotta Get Right

Football Game Changers: Plays You Gotta Get Right Faster, stronger and more-skilled athletes make for rapid fire football plays that test even the most experienced officials. Focus your thinking on the crucial plays you’re seeing every game and get the tools you need for successful rulings every time. Covers these common play situations:          Catch/No…

2022 Prep Football Annual Edition

NEW – 2022 Prep Football Annual Edition Your complete special edition guide to the 2022 football season with 96 magazine-sized pages of up-to-the-minute rules, mechanics updates, theory and techniques hand picked for you. Get all this and more: All recent NFHS rule changes explained and simplified NFHS Points of Emphasis for 2022 Mechanics updates and…

Position Power: Working Deep

Position Power: Working Deep Working deep means covering plays from sideline to sideline, endline to endline and everything in between. It’s a demanding position physically. And although the back judge may only have one or two key calls in a game, they will be “home run” calls such as pass interference or kick-catching interference which…

9 Rules You Thought You Knew for Football

9 Rules You Thought You Knew for Football Get what you need to know about tough rules fast. In each 2-page rule spread you’ll get the Referee master-class tips and rule breakdowns that you trust and expect. PLUS it’s all dished out with innovative graphics and dynamic designs that make it exciting to examine each…

College Football Penalty Enforcements Made Easy

College Football Penalty Enforcements Made Easy Following the same format as the manual developed by NFL referee Ed Hochuli and used by NFL officials, Penalty Enforcements Made Easy puts penalties into logical “bins” making it easier to study and reference penalty enforcements. The progressions are laid out the way you think about them in a game,…

High School Penalty Enforcements Made Easy

High School Penalty Enforcements Made Easy When a flag is thrown, you don’t have time to think about how to enforce the penalty. Hesitation looks like uncertainty to players and coaches. Penalty Enforcements Made Easy is fully-up-to-date and includes an NFL-created enforcement model that helps you gain the confidence to make quick and accurate penalty decisions even…

High School Football Mechanics Illustrated

Football Officiating Mechanics Illustrated: 4 and 5 Person High School Crews Football Mechanics Illustrated is the only High School mechanics book to combine crews of 4 & 5 with detailed images. Referee’s exclusive MechaniGram® graphics give you precise locations and movement guidelines for every type of play situation. By studying this easy-to-read yet in-depth resource,…

The Ultimate Book on Holding

The Ultimate Book on Holding This book illuminates of one of football’s most difficult and debated calls. All aspects of the eight types of holding are covered in detail. Not only does the book explain how to call holding, it clarifies why and when it should be called as well. Contributions from a variety of…

The Ultimate Book on Pass Interference

The Ultimate Book on Pass Interference Pass interference is one of the most difficult judgment calls a football official has to make. Milliseconds can separate an athletic play from a violation. With increased scrutiny on these types of plays at a national level, high school officials need to make sure they’re fully versed in how to…

Ultimate Book: Special Teams

Ultimate Book: Special Teams Although it takes up a small percentage of time in each contest, the kicking game is one of the most complex situations football officials face. Its many facets such as fair catches, first touching, blocking restrictions and more; need to be applied often while athletes are at full speed and the…