Physical tests...

[bainsey]

Does your association do them?

[ref2coach]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Does your association do them?

No, but I sure wish we did. I am often embarrassed to be standing with 2 referees who are so rotund that they waddle to the pre-game meeting with Game Administration.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

No, but I sure wish we did. I am often embarrassed to be standing with 2 referees who are so rotund that they waddle to the pre-game meeting with Game Administration.

Then how do you tell them apart from the coaches - by their shirts?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

No, but I sure wish we did.

Concur.

Originally Posted by ref2coach

I am often embarrassed to be standing with 2 referees who are so rotund that they waddle to the pre-game meeting with Game Administration.

While not THIS bad, I understand your point. But, I kinda like being the "thinner-one."

[26 Year Gap]

Back before the gap, there was official in our association that was told he would not do any games until he lost weight and improved his appearance. He looked to be expecting triplets. I moved away after graduation, so I do not know the end result. There is a guy in my new association like that. But nobody will tell him to get with the program. He needs to lose 150 lbs. At my clinic this summer, he got assigned to my crew of 3. The post-game talk was 90% about him being out of shape. Much of the other 10% was directed at us, of which a good share could rightly (and was silently) be attributed to him being out of position.

[NCHSAA]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Does your association do them?

We are bringing them into our association this coming year, which is great!

[JRutledge]

No.

Peace

[Adam]

No, but it's part of our evaluations.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No, but it's part of our evaluations.

Ours too: "Official is in physical condition and exhibits hustle and energy through the game".

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

"...exhibits hustle and energy through the game".

OT, but

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by NCHSAA

We are bringing them into our association this coming year, which is great!

NCHSAA, when you find out the criteria, could you let us know? I'm curious about that.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

We time two agility/speed drills....

These look like two solid pre-season workouts. I may give these a try.

I just did a fitness test last night for our soccer board (hence my bringing it up). Part of the reason I took up soccer (which I've come to enjoy as much as basketball, by the way) is because they have a fitness test. These are the four parts and requirements:

*1.125 mile run: 12 minutes
*50-yard dash: 8.5 seconds
*shuttle run (5 yards up, then back, then 10 yards, 15, 20, 25): 42 seconds
*shuffle run (25 yards forward, 25 shuffling left, 25 backward, 25 shuffling right): 30 seconds

Passage is required for varsity games; taking the test is required for any games.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I just did a fitness test last night for our soccer board (hence my bringing it up). Part of the reason I took up soccer (which I've come to enjoy as much as basketball, by the way) is because they have a fitness test. These are the four parts and requirements:

*1.125 mile run: 12 minutes
*50-yard dash: 8.5 seconds
*shuttle run (5 yards up, then back, then 10 yards, 15, 20, 25): 42 seconds
*shuffle run (25 yards forward, 25 shuffling left, 25 backward, 25 shuffling right): 30 seconds

Passage is required for varsity games; taking the test is required for any games.

We did ours today.
First time that we have had actual requirements and timed it.

1.5 mile run. Each person is timed. We will use these times to decide what we desire for the different levels of HS games NEXT year. This year one simply has to complete it.

Box drill stolen from NISOA: Run around a 10-yard square--forward, side-step, backward, side-step, repeat in opposite direction. Timed for data this year. Takes about 25-30 seconds.

We will add a sprint of some kind next Fall. Perhaps a 40-yard dash.

There have been some serious changes where I am in both basketball and soccer. With the economy down, we have more officials than ever. We can afford to be more stringent in our requirements for assignments. There was also a generation of veteran officials who hung on for a few years longer than they probably should have and they have been exiting over the past few years leaving lots of room for younger replacements to step in. Spurring some competition for those openings on higher level assignments has yielded mostly positive results.

[NCHSAA]

Originally Posted by bainsey

NCHSAA, when you find out the criteria, could you let us know? I'm curious about that.

Sure. I'll see if I can find the actual list.

[Mark Padgett]

If there's going to be physical tests for officials, then there should be mental tests for coaches.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Physical tests: Does your association do them?

Man, I hate the digital exam part.