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FIRST AND TEN August 2015 Volume 9 Issue 8 66666 Featured in this issue #104 Communication in officiating News Flash Conferenced speaker announced FCOCP Level 1 theory now available on line 1 First and Ten Mandate 3 First and Ten Editors 4 CFOA 2016 Conference speaker announced 5 Football Canada and CFOA announce launch of FCCOP online theory 7 for Level 1 Communication Why its important RAY LUTZ 9 11 Going in depth at CFL officials' training camp Paul LaPolice COMMUNICATIONS 14 “Dealing with Coaches, Players and Crews Coeditor Rob Christian corner - 17 If its broken can you fix it? Patrick Rosenow – Referee Magazine The Real Reason Referees Wear Stripes Sports officials 21 Canada Working with the Stick crew EOTFOA 22 Timing rules and Mechanics Bob Madams MFOA 27 Dealing with coaches and side line control Colorado Springs FOA 29 Video review 47 Football in the Olympics Football Canada 50 CFOA executive 53 Football Canada 54 Working for the development of officiating and football in Canada in cooperation with 2 La version française du "First and Ten" va suivre chaque version anglaise. Ron Paluzzi, Vice président responsable de la traduction, sera responsable de s’assurer que chaque communiqué soit disponible en français dans les plus brefs délais. D’ici là, je demande à tous 3 Editor Ron Hallock Co- editor Rob Christian Communication The mandate of this newsletter is communication with all CFOA members. Communication is a major player in the success of officiating a game. In this issue First and Ten identifies areas of communication and their importance. Communication by officials in a game occurs in the following ways: 1) With crew 2) With crew partner e.g. Referee and Umpire; Head Linesman and Line Judge; Side Judge and Head Linesman and Back Judge and Line Judge and (Bu/FJ) with side officials 3) Officials with Timekeeper 4) Referee and official calling foul 5) Measurements a) R,U,BU b) HL and Yardstick crew 6) Referee/officials with coaches 7) Referee/officials with players 8) Ball persons 9) Signals to officials, press box and fans 10)Crew and fans In addition communication on rules and mechanics for officials occurs through training session, procedures manuals prior and during the season. Example of developing consistency getting officials on the same page is the CFL preseason Camp for officials is presented here. Guidelines for communicating in game situations is presented 4 Coeditor Rob Christian topic of the month points out how to reduce an Official’s liability by examining casts prior to a game Sports Canada article identifies changes in Officials jersey and why? - communication to players. In addition, articles from the EOTFOA reprint on how to work with the yardstick crew and the MFOA on working with timekeepers and the Colorado Springs FOA power point on how to deal with coaches Breaking News Below are two breaking news events as we send out this issue Speaker for 2016 CFOA conference announced FCOCP level 1 online theory is released Remember the 2016 CFOA Conference and AGM in Saskatoon May 20-23, 2016. Make plans to attend. Ultimate attendance goal would to have a member from each FOA attend. 5 6 Football Canada and the CFOA announce the launch of the Level 1 Theory online course General registration information for online Level 1 FCOCP How to register 1. Go to http://officials.footballcanada.com. 2. Click on the “register now” button on the left hand side of the page. 3. Complete the form by entering your username, first and last name, address, email, etc. 4. Select your local officials association from the drop down list. a. Note: some users are experiencing a compatibility issue registering using Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you experience problems selecting your local association from the drop down menu, please try registering using either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome while we pinpoint the issue. 5. Enter the passcode that was provided by your local football association. 6. Once the form is complete, click the “continue” button. 7. Once the form has been completed and submitted, you should receive an email with your login credentials. How to pay 1. To get into the system, either login with your username or password, or register (see details above or by visiting http://officials.footballcanada.com). 2. From the status area, click on “begin” to start the Level 1 e-Learning module. 3. You will be taken to a payment page. Click on “Pay Now” which will take you to the payment processing area. The cost of the course is $39.00. 4. Once payment completed, click on “Return to Football Canada Officials”. 5. You will be taken to the e-Learning module. Before you begin Be sure to complete the entire e-Learning module using the same computer and browser. Your progress is saved through your local computer browser’s cache. Changing computers, browsers or clearing your existing browser’s cache can result in a loss of progress. 7 Steps on taking the online FCOCP 1. Complete the registration process and payment. 2. Complete all modules. 3. Complete online exam (passing grade 70%). 4. After passing the exam, click on the button "Mark your assignment as completed". 5. Click on the link "Click here to register to a clinic in your province" to register for an on-field evaluation. 6. Register and attend the clinic to complete your certification. Technical assistance -François Lefebvre by e- mail at [email protected] or by phone at 613-564-0003 ext. 228. 8 Communication Why its important HTTP://ARTOFOFFICIATING.COM/COMMUNICATION-2/ RAY LUTZ We talk a great deal in our clinics and study meetings about communicating and its important role in successful football officiating. We need to communicate with the timer, press box, fans, coaches, chain crew, ball boys, players and probably most importantly with crew members. We use approved signals to the press box, coaches and fans. We use vocal communication with players, coaches, the chain crew, ball boys and crew members. We also use intra-crew signals to communicate a veritable host of information from fouls to whether our widest flanker is on the line of scrimmage or not. Throwing our penalty marker is another less than subtle way we as officials communicate with all involved. Communication on a football field for coaches, players and officials has many different layers of intensity and importance and they can be peeled back like the skin of a sweet onion. I remember this situation happening to me when I was the Referee for our crew. The QB dropped back to pass and after delivering the ball was contacted illegally by an on rushing defender who knew darn good and well that the ball was gone, but he couldn’t resist the chance to dump the QB on his butt. I threw my penalty marker, to COMMUNICATE my ruling of roughing the passer. I stayed with the play and heard a cheer from the crowd. The pass had been completed. I tooted my whistle several times to COMMUNICATE with my crew that I had a rag down. It went through my mind that on a completed pass we were going to “tack on” the 15 -yards for the “roughing” to the end of the play. 9 I gave a preliminary signal to COMMUNICATE with the press box and sidelines and then told (COMMUNICATED) the umpire that we were going to add the 15- yards on to the end of the play. I signaled (COMMUNICATED) to the linesman to move the chain as I ran down field to the succeeding spot. The umpire began walking off the yardage. The BJ looked confused and finally COMMUNICATED that the pass had been intercepted and that he thought I knew. The roar I heard had been from the defenders crowd not the receiver’s crowd. What a mess! Took about 5 minutes to straighten it out. So, here is a layer of the onion. If you have an interception make sure your Referee knows that fact. We call it COMMUNICATION. 10 Going in depth at CFL officials' training camp By Paul LaPolice http://www.tsn.ca/talent/going-in-depth-at-cfl-officials-training-camp-1.321042 CFL referee, Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images I got to spend a few days with the Canadian Football League officials at their training camp they had at the end of May. Each year they get together before the season starts and do a comprehensive review of their mechanics as well as any and all new rules and any new interpretations of them. They all take conditioning tests to make sure they are also in game shape. Leading them is CFL Head of Officiating Glen Johnson, a 24-year veteran official who is in his second year on the job as the boss. He and his staff have the officials from Thursday to Sunday to get prepared for the upcoming season. “Our guys have been preparing mentally and physically for four months, and this is our opportunity to bring it all together and make sure they are on the same page and ready to go,” said Johnson. The officials are a mixture of young and old faces who average about 10 years of amateur officiating before getting to the CFL level and the professional ranks in 11 Canada. Many times throughout the weekend, Glen would talk about their execution and would say “this is the right way to execute this; anything else is not accepted at the professional level.” On Friday, the meetings and physical conditioning were broken into four groups: the deep officials (side, back, field judges), who monitor the downfield aspects of the game; the line of scrimmage officials (head linesmen, line judges), who monitor the sidelines and line of scrimmage; the umpires, who monitor actions that happen around the line of scrimmage and specifically the area to the left of the QB to start; and the last group comprised of the referees, who are the captains of the unit and monitor actions to the right of the QB as well as the QB.