IHSA Officials

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Study groups, open-book exams, etc. etc. do not test an official's true rules knowledge imo. The only test that will really do that is a closed-book, time-limited proctored exam. Anything else...you're just kidding yourselves.

Just my probably very unpopular opinion....

Test only test what you know on the test. Tests do not test your ability to be an official which is much more than knowing how long the net is or how wide the lines on the floor are. And if you think a test is going to prove that you can referee, then you are kidding yourself. As I have said, you can know those insignificant rules, but you cannot make a foul call. Or you cannot recognize an obvious carry. I am in the process of watching tapes of games for a class I am going to be running and I do not think it is rules tests that makes an official not see a player be fouled or identify when a foul occurred.

Peace