GHSA Puts out some good stuff (PDF and Vid)

[Rufus]

Having already viewed these as part of our training for the year I was thinking the state in general, and our association in particular, was doing a good job providing us resources. Good to hear it verified from outside the state.

[whistleone]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Having already viewed these as part of our training for the year I was thinking the state in general, and our association in particular, was doing a good job providing us resources. Good to hear it verified from outside the state.

The training video is excellent.

Side note: I noticed almost all of the officials shown in the intro. were walking while reporting fouls to the table. Is that the preferred method in Georgia?

[grunewar]

Agreed. Excellent video and training.

Hope I never get to experience any of it........

[McMac]

Originally Posted by whistleone

Side note: I noticed almost all of the officials shown in the intro. were walking while reporting fouls to the table. Is that the preferred method in Georgia?

Having went to a camp this summer with a Ray McClure, who is a top GHSA official and clinician, and they do two-hand mechanics and walk&talk when reporting. So yes.

[tref]

Originally Posted by McMac

Having went to a camp this summer with a Ray McClure, who is a top GHSA official and clinician, and they do two-hand mechanics and walk&talk when reporting. So yes.

Nice!

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by whistleone

Side note: I noticed almost all of the officials shown in the intro. were walking while reporting fouls to the table. Is that the preferred method in Georgia?

Walking and talking while reporting is encouraged to help speed things up, yes. One difference is that some were using one-hand to report numbers and as McMac said that's definitely not the mechanic we're encouraged to use.

Grunewar - you and me both, though I know this will always be a part of my pre-game going forward (and shame on me for it not being so previously). During our association meetings they also encouraged us to get a small sharpy marker to put in our pocket so we can write down player numbers on our hand/wrist if anything happens.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Encouraged us to get a small sharpy marker to put in our pocket so we can write down player numbers on our hand if anything happens.

That what I used to do in high school to write down a pretty girl's phone number. In my case, nothing usually happened.

[ga314ref]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Walking and talking while reporting is encouraged to help speed things up, yes. One difference is that some were using one-hand to report numbers and as McMac said that's definitely not the mechanic we're encouraged to use.

Grunewar - you and me both, though I know this will always be a part of my pre-game going forward (and shame on me for it not being so previously). During our association meetings they also encouraged us to get a small sharpy marker to put in our pocket so we can write down player numbers on our hand/wrist if anything happens.

My association suggested we have one of the table personnel write down the numbers we report, and then collect the list at the end of the game.

[kwatson]

Very good video, It does seem that there are a lot more fights and near misses in games now. So my questions are, at what point do the refs retreat, in other words get the heck out? What steps do we take to seperate players if any?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by kwatson

Very good video, It does seem that there are a lot more fights and near misses in games now. So my questions are, at what point do the refs retreat, in other words get the heck out? What steps do we take to seperate players if any?

Personally, I'm not getting in between players once they start swinging and I'm never grabbing a player from behind.