Guidelines For Middle School officiating

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by refnrev

"At" the 10 minute instead of before would make it uniform with FED rules.

Doing it before allows correcting a mistake if there is one.

[refnrev]

How strict are you about that in JH ball?

[BillyMac]

wanja: Good list for all officials at all levels. With the exception of period length, and clock stoppage, these are pretty much the guidelines we follow, per NFHS, or per our local board, for all or our high school varsity and subvarsity games. Our high school assigner also assigns middle school games, and with one exception, an additional "junior varsity period" for those who didn't play in the "varsity" game, the expectations are exactly the same as the expectations for our high school varsity assignments. Why not simply tell your middle school officials to follow all NFHS rules, and your local association rules, except for period length, and clock stoppage. Have you been having problems with lazy, irresponsible officials who may not take a middle school game as seriously as high school games?

[wanja]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

wanja: Good list for all officials at all levels. With the exception of period length, and clock stoppage, these are pretty much the guidelines we follow, per NFHS, or per our local board, for all or our high school varsity and subvarsity games. Our high school assigner also assigns middle school games, and with one exception, an additional "junior varsity period" for those who didn't play in the "varsity" game, the expectations are exactly the same as the expectations for our high school varsity assignments. Why not simply tell your middle school officials to follow all NFHS rules, and your local association rules, except for period length, and clock stoppage. Have you been having problems with lazy, irresponsible officials who may not take a middle school game as seriously as high school games?

Our situation is that we use officials from within and outside our association, with and without certification. We are looking to improve consistency and upgrade the level of professionalism. We can't assume that across the board officals are aware of the areas of concern. The guidelines would at least put all officials on notice and encourage them to do what is necessary to address areas of concern.

Most of our officials take the craft seriously and want to improve. Observation reports from coaches are generally positive (although not always well informed). However, we have had incidents regarding basic good officiating practices.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by wanja

Our situation is that we use officials from within and outside our association, with and without certification.

Good luck!!!

Here's one from my Catholic Middle School League assigner:
Hustle and blow the whistle. We get paid very well for these games. I will NOT tolerate constant complaints from AD’s/coaches regarding officials that are not hustling or not blowing the whistle. NO WALK THRU’s

[Adam]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Doing it before allows correcting a mistake if there is one.

Originally Posted by refnrev

How strict are you about that in JH ball?

Good question.