Some of the meetings we have had receintly or about to have.
Next meeting will be at an NCAA Div I game. Special speakers will be the officials working the game. So not only do we here their theory of officiating, we see them put it into practice.
Last meeting. Make up questions and type them up and pass them out to groups scattered around the room. Take 5 to 10 minutes and have them research the question. Then come back together and go through each question and have someone from the group read the question with the consensus answer.
We have had special speakers who of course are Div 1 officials both mens and womens. They are usually trying to promote a camp along with their talk. We had a sports psychologist from the US olympic training center. That was fun. As he talked about focus and mental preparation. He gave us some exercises to do to train the mind to function while the whole world watches. Top coaches from the area explaining critical parts of the game and what they are expecting the officials to be watching for. You could even have a panel discussion of several coaches from the area.
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