Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson joins to talk about spring football, the girls lacrosse podcast that he has co-started, and other oddities of the fall of 2020.

Spring football and other 2020 oddities with Mike Johnson

Sprint football and other 2020 oddities with Mike Johnson

A pregame episode about substitutions and the rules surrounding it.

Pregame - Substitutions

Review of 8-2-5 and how it defines force, safety, touchback, and the momentum exception

Pregame - Safety/Touchback

The fall of 2020 will bring new challenges to us. Be prepared for differences ahead of time in order to put your best foot forward.

Fall 2020 - preparing for a different season

I cover the why of 1) HL staying on LOS on punts, 2) working only your zone, 3) wings keying on inside WR while BJ keys on outside, and 4) why BJ has whistle on FG and R has whistle on tries (depending on your crew/association)

Why do we do ... ?

Tyler Spear

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The why of beanbags with Tyler Spear

Dr Bruce Maurer

Dr Bruce Maurer, Director of Officiating Development for Ohio High School Athletic Association, discusses the origins of the Gold Book and what benefits it brings to officials in Ohio

Ohio Gold Book with Dr Bruce Maurer

Zooom has put together officiating course for football and baseball, and are working on softball, basketball, and volleyball.

New officials online course offering from Zooom

A quick rundown of the 2020 rule changes. Overall, a fairly easy year for changes.

2020 Rule Changes

A podcast for, by, and about high school football officials

This is an outstanding podcast for anyone looking to improve at officiating high school football.

Great format

Very informative to listen on the way to games

Great podcast.

Friday Night Stripes

Ryan Walters

Andy Hamilton

Ryan Walters and Andy Hamilton talk about the off-season training meetings they have set up in Dayton and, next year, in Cincinnati.

DAFOA offseason with Ryan Walters and Andy Hamilton

Hosts of the Rule 11 podcast, Tyler and Dwayne, join to talk about their start as officials, how they got their podcast started, and camps to consider.

HS to small college path with Dwayne and Tyler from Rule 11

Ken Koester

Ken talks about the benefits of NASO membership from Referee magazine, liability insurance, an annual Sports Officiating Summit, and many other great assets.

National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) With Ken Koester

Jason Carroll

Jason Carroll returns to talk about how he approached playoffs as a referee for a crew that went to a state championship game.

Playoff prep with Jason Carroll

Greg Reeder

Greg Reeder from the EPFOA talks about his first two years as an official and how he learned the mechanics and rules needed to succeed.

Working through the early years with Greg Reeder

We break down some definitions with Rule 2 that may be different from how you remember them - block in the back, clipping, invalid fair catch signal, force, and out of bounds

Pregame - excerpts from Rule 2

I break down the new rule change regarding the play clock including about 10 play scenarios and how to treat each one.

40/25-second play clock rule change

Tyler Spear talks about free kick positioning and some momentum and onside kick scenarios

Free Kicks with Tyler Spear

Josh Canales

Josh Canales from Bakersfield, CA talks about the pregames he's been in and those he's run, what is important to cover, and whether having pop quizzes during the pregame is useful.Starting this week, each podcast will contain about 10 minutes of reading from the rule book at the end, just in case you want another way to consume the rule book. In this episode, we start with Rule 2.

Josh Canales from Bakersfield, CA talks about the pregames he's been in and those he's run, what is important to cover, and whether having pop quizzes during the pregame is useful.<br><br>Starting this week, each podcast will contain about 10 minutes of reading from the rule book at the end, just in case you want another way to consume the rule book. In this episode, we start with Rule 2.

Pregames with Josh Canales

Pregame episodes take a single topic and dive into them. This episode is solely on free kicks.

FNS Pregame - Free kicks

Overview of basic spots, all-but-one principle, running vs loose-ball plays, special enforcements - hopefully anything that involves fouls and penalties

FNS Pregame - Penalties and flags

Light summary of differences for the LJ and HL with 7-man mechanics and whether playoffs are officiated differently than the regular season

Playoffs

Quick solo episode recapping some of the rules I've run into during the season

In-season recap

Five play scenarios, answered and explained by the listeners, including kicking, out of bounds, sideline interference and more.

Rules Blitz

Jake Rosiek

Jake Rosiek from the South Carolina Football Officials Association talks about working with a central state association split into districts as well as use of different pipelines for recruiting new officials.

Officiating in South Carolina with Jake Rosiek

Review of the new rule changes for 2019 - all except the 40-second play clock, which we'll cover in a future episode

2019 Rule Changes (not involving play clocks)

Sean McCue

Sean McCue, president of the GCFOA, joined the podcast to talk about use of video for officials training, 7-man mechanics, and physical prep on the day of a game.

Refs Watch Tape Too with Sean McCue

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