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Train your coaches
The single most important action a youth sports organization can
take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches.
Encourage
your organization to train their coaches.
A Parent Orientation Program and
Criminal Background Checks are also available.
The National Association of Sports Officials (NASO)
www.naso.org
If you think you want to become an official and don't know where
to start, visit the How
to Become an Official page. Need to recruit new officials,
check out the public
service announcements which you can personalize and use to
recruit officials in your area. Try out the free NASO Model Evaluation
Form for officials.
Referee Magazine
www.referee.com
Check the different sports buttons at the top of the page for
specific information for each sport. Want to judge how much you
know? Take some of the quizzes.
Texas Association of Sport Officials (TASO)
www.taso.org
This organization provides training for those wishing to officiate
in the athletic programs of the Texas Public Schools. Extensive
contact information for football, basketball, baseball, soccer,
volleyball and softball sports officials. Rules and procedures
coming soon or already posted. Check out the coaches evaluation
form on the soccer page.
NBA Official
Video Rule Book
http://www.nba.com
True NBA basketball fans can have fun identifying the teams and players in the film clips used to demonstrated the rules. You can also find definitions and illustrations of the basketball referee hand signals.
Added 1/7/10
Ask the Referee
www.asktheref.com/default.html
Find answers to your soccer referee questions by submitting them
to Mr. Ref or searching the hundreds of answers to other submitted
questions.
First Base Sports
www.firstbasesports.com
The site sells instructional books to help people understand ice
hockey, football, basketball and soccer. The site also has Glossaries
and pages with hand signals. Hover over each picture to check
your knowledge of the hand signals for basketball,
football
ice
hockey and soccer.
Amateur Baseball Umpires' Association
www.umpire.org
Check out "Working the Plate" and the Hand Signals pictures on
the Mechanics page. The Links area is also worth exploring.
 Steve O's Umpire Resource Site
www.stevetheump.com
This site has lots of links and original content related to baseball and umpiring. Site was recently updated. Read myths of rules and answers to questions on the rules. A great link is to the few rules that come into play in most games. Check out the tips for the amateur umpire. Another page has criteria to use in evaluating umpires and links to ejection forms.
Just for fun read about some of the strange baseball events and injuries.
Updated 8/23/10
Manual for the Two-Umpire System
www.milb.com/publications/manuals
This manual serves as the official guide for the two-umpire system
used by Minor League Baseball umpires.
Manual is still available but is now must be purchased. Updated 1/24/12
Baseball Rules
www.baseball-rules.com/FAQs.htm
A page with answers to the most frequently asked questions on
the most commonly misunderstood rules. Be sure to scroll down
on pages many of them have pictures which clarify the situations.
Sports Officials of Texas
https://sites.google.com/site/sportofficialsoftexas/
specialize in officiating youth sports in the San Antonio, Texas area. Officials are experience and available for football, basketball, soccer, volleyball and softball/baseball. Posted 12/30/11
South Texas Soccer Referees
www.stsr.org
A South Texas group that trains and soccer officials. For contact information check the map and then click on your district.
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