Live Ball Foul Called as Dead Ball

[jjrye22]

Only thing I can think of is to get them (individually or as a group) to explain and give rule reference as to why they are blowing it.
Dig out an A.R. which clearly states they are wrong and give it to them AFTER they think and dig in the rules.

As for the IW - I personally think that if they have blown it dead after the snap, you need to enforce the penalty, but if they blow it with the snap I would wave it off.

[HLin NC]

Get them together and take a night off to go see another, veteran crew, work. Pick a crew that you know is reliable and have a "boys night out". Maybe they see enough to learn what they are doing wrong.

[bigjohn]

Shop for a new crew. Those guys will never get anything if they can't handle that.

[mbyron]

You haven't reported a crucial piece of info. Do they recognize their error?

If not, then they're stubborn and it would be easier to find a new crew than to correct them.

If so, then it's only a matter of changing their habits. Get the whistle farther from their mouths at the snap so that an extra decision is required. Remind them during every break in the action.

Finally, enforce it correctly: it would be both a foul and an inadvertent whistle (4-2-3d). The defense probably won't realize that they've been ripped off (since they'll get the advantage of the penalty), but that's the right way to handle it. Doing it that way will also reinforce the new habits.

[mikesears]

From the 2009 NFHS Handbook:

False Starts and Illegal Motion
A false start includes a shift or a feigned charge which simulates action at the
snap, or any act clearly intended to cause Team B to encroach. It is a false start if any Team A player on his line between the snapper and the player on the end of their line, and who has placed his hand on or near the ground, moves his hand or makes any quick movement.

A false start is closely related to encroachment. It is a dead-ball foul. A false
start occurs prior to the snap. After the ball is ready for play and all players are ready for the snap, no offensive player shall make a quick or jerky movement before the snap. Any such motion is a false start. It is a false start whether or not the defense is drawn into the neutral zone. The purpose of the restriction is to discourage action designed to cause defensive encroachment.

Illegal motion is different from a false start as it is motion at the snap. It
becomes a foul simultaneously with the snap and is a live-ball foul. Play
continues and the offended team is given the option of accepting the result of the play or the penalty from the previous spot.

No more than one offensive player may be in motion at the snap. The player
in motion may not be moving toward the opponent’s goal line at the snap. If an end goes in motion he must be at least 5 yards behind his line at the snap unless he stopped for at least one second and established himself as a backfield player.
================ pg 58 of the NFHS handbook ===========


So there is ONE of the fouls they are killing explained.