Officials Clinic 1-6-2024

Casey is the teacher, goal is to get familiar enough to get out there.

• Lose the ego, talk with fellow official after the game, what did you see me do wrong?
• You are going to make mistakes, learn from them

Uniform requirements

• 1 Inch stripes on the shirt
• Long and short sleave
• Black belt
• All black shorts and pants
• Black hat, with white piping
• Two flags
• Whistle or whistles, fox 40 whistle, finger whistle is best
• Carry two whistles
• Timer, 20 second timer or 100 seconds with a switch
• Tape Measure, if its on the belt it has to be all black, 6 feet is all you need, write on it so you don't have to remember the measurements
• Will need a scorecard, can use it for stick checks, carry another one, Carry a golf pencil, keep a rubber band and a clip if the tournament gives you paper. Can also use pen and paper, write down unsportsmanlike penalties, who got it, two unsportsmanlike you eject a kid
• Flag clips to keep the flag on the belt
• All black sneakers or cleats - 75% black is fine
• Undershirts and socks need to be all black, anything under the clothing needs to be all black
• Partners need to wear the same thing, so make sure you bring both shirts

Online stores are Zebra wear, honights, umptire, gearrep.com

Terms

• Play-On - Only used on technical fouls that are lose ball
  • Hand in the air, and yell play-on, play-off when its over
• Flag Down
• Keep it In - last two minutes, team is up by 4 min or less, must keep in box, or can be called for stall warning

Official Positing

Lead and Trail

• Lead is always close to the goal, the trail is at the restraining line (aka box)
• Lead is on goal line extended

Face Off

• Trail is on the wing line - halfway between box and wing
• Lead is near the faceoff

On and Off

• The On is the official near the ball
• The off is further away
• The lead is responsible for a diagnol from box and back
• The trail is back to midline
• Lead - goal, endline
• Trail - Shooter (watches the shooter), far goal, over and back, trail shouldn't ball watch, watches the shooter or passer

After faceoff position

• Face off official, if the ball goes on his side, must get down to GLE
• Wing guy is the trail, and as top of the box
• Try to get out of the way
• Your left shoulder is the way you will be the lead official - "Lead Left"
• Take wide looping route, Faceoff official needs to book it down to GLE

If the faceoff goes to the other side of the faceoff official

• Lead is the wing guy
• Faceoff official is the trail

Out of bounds and settled restarts

• Deep restart - defense is clearing the ball, the new lead goes down inside the box line outside the wing
• Trail is at GLE
• If the ball is above GLE, the lead blows whistle, if behind the trail blows whistle
• The ready signal for the other official is you point the way the ball goes, hand up when not ready, or both hands up

Penalty relays

• Trail will report the penalty, report it to the bench
• C-Note = Color, Number, What foul (offense), Time the servce, Extended explanation.
• Talk to the table, figure out who is keeping penalty time, make eye contact with the person keeping time
• Tell the table that they give you a thumbs up when they are good to go on penality reporting
• Stop and make the signals big
• guys need to be in the box, except for the last 10 seconds
• Guys with penalty are back by the table area
• As the box side guy is relaying the penalty, the other guy sets up the field
• Talk to the goalie on defensive side, tell him where ball is and how long penalty is

Dead ball officiating

• Eyes on the players after the goal, official goes to goal and puts both hands up
• After the goal, is the time things can get out of control
• When the lead runs up the field, the trail should watch the players
• After a goal, keep track of the score and who scored, both officials keep score

Fouls

If Ejecting a Player

• Keep a record of who it was, and what the penalty, and what was the name
• If you get 5 min of personal fouls, you are disqualified from game. Technical fouls don't count
• If ejected, you have to report it, for high school games (send it to Rick). Send it to Rick first, don't write anything that is ambiquitous, short and to the point
• After emailing Rick, fill out the ejection form on dragonfly
• Give rick a heads up, as the coach will call rick

Personal Fouls

• Safety fouls, 1, 2 or 3 minutes - most are by judgement of the official
• If giving a 2 or 3 min penalty, officials should talk before calling it
  • Cross-Check - When you apply unequal force, or hands are far apart
  • Body Check - must be above the waist and below the neck. Defensless player is when head is down, if they don't have time to make a lacrosse move, its a defensive player.
    • If hits in the head, its an automatic 2 minute, if defensless and in head, could be a 3 min