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.

Officiating.com
www.officiating.com
Another site that can help you get started as an official and also find out about your state and local associations.

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
Lots of information and resources, but with some annoying sound. Check out the Tips for the Amateur Umpire. Another page has criteria to use in evaluating umpires and links to related forms at the bottom of the page.

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.

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.

Umpiring for beginners
papa.essortment.com/umpiringforbeg_pec.htm
A good article for the beginning umpire to read, gives some helpful hints.

Tips for umpires
www.cloverdalesoftball.com
Are you a softball umpire? Well we have the site for you! This site has a page of pictures showing umpire mechanics and priorities to follow in game type situations that are very helpful for any umpire or even coach.  Posted 12/9/05

Ref.org
http://refs.org
This site is being updated, so you might want to check it later to see what is added. Check out the mechanics, links and football rules pages.
Updated 11/28/07

Al's Volleyball Page
www.usagrassroots.com/vball
This page has NCAA rules, a nice pdf file showing the volleyball official's hand signals and a Word document score sheet.

AOA Sports
www.aoasports.com
A San Antonio based website that trains and schedules officials for baseball, basketball, flag football, lacrosse, softball, track and volleyball.

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