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Old Mon Jan 09, 2012, 01:49pm
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Our HS umpire group here in AZ has been tasked with providing input for an online rules quiz for coaches.

Questions are to be multiple choice and indicate the correct answer and NFHS Rules Reference for each question, and must be from the NFHS rule book.

I have some ideas on what areas to cover, but also wanted to solicit input on this board.

Any and all ideas/suggestions are welcome. Thanks
For several years I wrote the Georgia test for umpires (we don't use the standard NFHS test here); now just part of the editing staff. In those years, while I picked from most of the areas mentioned, I always attempted to use for questions or case plays those issues that I knew were handled or interpreted incorrectly by umpires or coaches in real games. And included among the multiple choice answers the common misconceptions and common 'rec' attempts to make both sides happy along with the right answers.

As a UIC, I know you have had to handle game protests; use every one of those you can remember, along with the rules you have had to counsel your umpires about. I see no educational purpose (and isn't that WHY you test??)in asking trivia questions (how many stitches on a softball?), third world plays that just don't happen, or situations that aren't ever an issue.
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