FIRST AND TEN September 2015 Volume 9 Issue 9 66666 Working for our FOA members See how in this issue 1 First and Ten Mandate 3 First and Ten Editors 4 2016 CFOA conference guest speaker Mike Pereira biography Wikipedia 5 Co-editor Rob Christian corner - Developing mental strength-Sports and 7 Recreation New Zealand Laser Focus-How to Shut out Distractions and Maintain Concentration 11 By Lucia Perfetti Clark 2015 Canada Cup Report-: Bill Lehan and Murray Taylor 13 Selection of officials for the International Bowl in Texas – February 2016 17 Got a Minute 2015 Aloha Tapes series-Matthew Sumstine 20 CFOA Executive Board of Officers 2016 Elections 20 Are you ready to take up the torch? WATCH: Referee Tackled, Texas High School Football Players 22 Intentionally Hit Referee From Behind Fox sports Mike Pereira wants football team suspended for vicious hit 22 on official – arizonasports.com CFOA executive 25 Football Canada 26 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 Starting again – another chance- Promoting Development The fall season is approaching and football teams are gearing up to chase their league championships. Just like players and coaches fine tune their skills in preparation so must officials. By attending clinics, study groups, writing the CFOA and FOA exams and quizzes ,watching video and doing preseason games officials try and improve their skills a s well. Official coaches –mentors and evaluators are now being promoted for helping officials identify goals and develop their officiating mechanics. How the CFOA is actively working to promote official development. Annual Rules Exam Every year rules exam is provided to review rules and make officials aware of rule changes. An effort to involve FOAs from across Canada in the construction of the exam an invitation was extend to CFOA members to join and examination panel to prepare and vett the exam. This year officials from Saskatoon and Manitoba FOAS contributed to the exam content and eleven officials from across the nation were invited to review the exam Master Facilitator and Facilitators Over the past year a facilitator program to provide training for clinicians, mentors and evaluators has been implemented. Master Facilitator(s) representing their province were trained to help provide guidance to FOAs to implement these programs. The program allows the involvement of more local FOA members and utilizes their expertise more effectively. On line training for the FCOCP level 1 theory released This past month the long awaited on line training for the FCOCP level 1 theory was released. The program will allow flexibility for providing the theory portion which now can be completed any time during the year 24/7. Football Canada Committee Representation CFOA has representation on the Football Canada’s: Rules committee Chairperson, Rules editor and an additional member. Official development committee is composed of CFOA nominated members and Football Canada Representatives Long Term Athletic development advisory committee Officials Participation in Interprovincial and International games 4 CFOA has participated in Football Canada Cup and international senior World Championship and will now be included in the International Bowl in Texas in February 2016 CFOA Conference and AGM provides an opportunity for officials to network and attend clinics to promote their officiating development. AGM offers an opportunity to have a voice in setting the direction for the CFOA for the upcoming two years. First and Ten Newsletter offers information on the CFOA activities and articles promoting rules and mechanics and goal setting for officials . The monthly issue often contains video study links as well . MrRef204- You Tube video repository was established as a video source for training purposes and contains various training playlists Mike Pereira (born April 13, 1950)[1] is a former American football official and later Vice President of Officiating for the National Football League (NFL). Since 2010, he has served as a Officiating career Before working in the NFL, Pereira spent 14 years officiating college football games, with nine years in the Big West Conference (1982-91) followed by five years in the Western Athletic Conference (1992-96).[2] Pereira moved up to the NFL for two seasons (1996 and 1997) as a side judge on the officiating crew headed by referee Mike Carey.[3] He wore uniform number 77. While working for the NFL, Pereira served as supervisor of officials for the Western Athletic Conference.[2] 5 In 1998, Pereira was promoted to NFL supervisor of officiating. In 2001 Pereira became Director of Officiating for the NFL, succeeding Jerry Seeman, and then was promoted to Vice President of Officiating in 2004. Pereira retired from the NFL after the 2009 season.[4] From February to June 2011, Pereira was the Pac-10's interim coordinator of officiating, charged with implementing changes in the conference's officiating program. His successor, Tony Corrente, retained Pereira on his staff as a consultant through the Pac-12's 2011-2012 football season.[5][6] Media career As VP of Officiating, Pereira appeared on the NFL Network show NFL Total Access during the "Official Review" segment, to discuss key calls made during the previous week's games with host Rich Eisen every Wednesday during the season. In June 2010, it was announced that Pereira would be joining Fox Sports to serve as a rules analyst for the network's college and NFL coverage.[7] He began a column on FoxSports.com and started to provide commentary during Fox Sports football telecasts. During Week 1 of the 2010 NFL season, Pereira correctly predicted that referee Gene Steratore would rule what appeared to be a game-winning catch by Calvin Johnson as incomplete. "That was my first real time of being put on the spot", Pereira would later say. "I was worried to death that the referee was going to say it's a touchdown and I'd be out of a job in one week... It validated my role as to being able to go on and explain things so people could understand why a decision was made on the field. Then at that point on, I got more air time."[8] Pereira is also a frequent guest on KNBR during football season.[9] In 2012, Sports Illustrated named Pereira as one of the NFL's most indispensable broadcasting talents, saying, "Viewers have longed for broadcasters to provide accurate explanations from the NFL's byzantine rule book, and Pereira, thankfully, has taken the burden off ex-jocks and announcers".[10] Michael Hiestand of USA Today wrote that "after Fox's groundbreaking move to put the ex-NFL vice president of officiating on-air, Pereira proved to be a candid voice — not a shill for the almighty NFL".[11] However, Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times wrote that "Pereira has assumed the role of the overzealous defense attorney ... his appearances generally conclude with him concluding that the referees have gotten it right yet again ... Analyst is the title that FOX hangs on Pereira, but advocate is more appropriate".[12] Pereira also sparked coverage by others in the media when he criticized the commentary of Monday Night Football announcer Jon Gruden, calling him out as a "blowhard ... who spouts off when he doesn’t know what he’s talking about".[13] Pereira specifically felt that Gruden "butchered" the analysis of two defenseless receiver plays during the telecast of an Atlanta Falcons-New Orleans Saints game.[14][15] However, Doug Farrar of Yahoo! Sports thought that Pereira should have instead taken the higher road, and Fox should "lay down the law to Pereira [and] needs to be told to put the agendas away".[16] Pereira's success led Fox in 2015 to adopt rules analysts for three other Fox properties -- Andy Petree (motorsport), David Fay (golf), and Joe Machnik (FIFA). Personal 6 Pereira was born and grew up in Stockton, California[9] and graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972 with a degree in Finance. Pereira lives in Sacramento with his wife Gail.[2] Pereira commutes to the Fox Sports studios in Los Angeles each weekend during the football season.[17] From Co Editor Rob Christian Desk Below are two articles that deal with how to concentrate and remain consistent for the length of the game. Games due to score or defence can make it difficult at times for officials to keep their head in the game. Hopefully this information can help the next time you are on the field. Officials who are self-confident and Rob Christian believe in their abilities do well on tasks more often than those who are not self- confident or doubt their abilities. The source of the documents is Sports and Recreation New Zealand. http://www.sportnz.org.nz/managing-sport/guides/developing-mental-strength Developing Mental Strength To exhibit focus and concentration throughout the game you need to: • Plan your strategy before the game starts – so you know what you’re doing and are not distracted. • Think about the result you want before the game and work out how you are going to get it – this will help you focus during the game. • Focus your attention on each issue. Think of attention like a beam of light being directed to each issue that you look at. This will increase your focus on situations and also help to relax you. • Approach each task with a single beam of concentration. Put all other irrelevant thoughts out of your mind.