Resources for Officials
Free resources for officials of all sports
Resources contributed by David Paterson
Officials
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1. Stay in The Game
2. Meet People, Build a Social Network
3. Chance to Grow and Progress
4. Secondary Income
5. Give Back
BCBUA
B.C. Baseball Umpires Association
Rhonda Pauls is the Vice President and Education Chair at BCBUA.
Gord McFarlane is the Lower Mainland Director of BCBUA's grassroots program.
It is a well-known fact that retaining youth sport officials is a challenging endeavor. Minor Baseball has struggled for years to retain entry-level umpires. As many as 50% of youth umpires either do not return for a second year, or leave mid-season.
BCBUA has created a Grassroot Mentorship program to counter these rising attrition rates.The program covers the following topics:
- Local Association Support
- What can my association do?
- Pre-Season Coaches Meeting
- Training and Support for local UIC and Association Mentors
- Life gets in the way
- Lack of progress in the sport - don’t know how to progress
- Better job comes along for younger officials
- Abuse
- Lack of Free Play -> Learn More
- Marginalization of Physical Education -> Learn More
- Decreased competence of fundamental movement skills -> Learn More
- Early Sport Specialization -> Learn More
- Technology -> Learn More
- Cost
- Speed - ability to move quickly
- Strength - ability to move mass
- Endurance - ability to sustain cardiovascular activity
- Power - ability to exert force
- Flexibility - ability to maintain a good range of motion around the joints
- Agility - ability to move quickly, laterally
- Balance -ability to maintain upright and steady
Rick Parnham
Rick is currently the President of the Ontario Association of Basketball Officials. He is also an Associate Editor and Travel Writer for “On The Tee” magazine, and Director of the BAGS Junior Golf Tour.
- Study Hard
- Get and Stay Fit
- Deliberate Practice
- Mentor and Give Back
- Participate in Your Schedule
- Sleep the Night Before
- Get Work Done
- Eat
- Read The Book
- Check In with Partner(s)
- Avoid pointless negativity
- Criticize the call, not the official
- Ask real questions
- First name basis
- Be specific
Brian Barlow
Brian is the Founder of the Referee Abuse Awareness Facebook page called Offside, he is the Founder of stoprefabuse.com, and he's a United States
Soccer Federation (USSF) Soccer Referee.
