Metropolitan Officials Associations

MOA FOOTBALL 2017

TIPS FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR OFFICIATING

• Hold Yourself Accountable
• Be your own worst critic
• Hold your standard high and commit to push yourself
• Be tough, but be able to just walk away
• Do you ask for feedback (soon after game situation)
• Acknowledge your mistakes and say why!
• Who inspires you? (LT, Banks, Marchman, Mitchell, etc.)
• Get a mentor or style that you can develop you own style from
• Get yourself into the “zone”
• Don’t look for a pat on the back, you should know if you are on the right path
• Learn from others and their mistakes
• Create the ability to develop mental imagery
• Pre-rehearse game situations in your head (black and white calls are too easy)
• Shrink grey areas with sound philosophy
• Human Dynamics/People Skills and remember Game Management skills are key abilities
• Remember the crowd/fans are not here to see you, you are important part but game is for players/coaches/fans so DON’T STEAL THE SHOW!
• Call what is there!
• Remember John Wooden’s Pyramid of Values;
• Attitude
• Investment
• Trust
• Character
• Honesty
• Family (Officiating also)
• Respect
• Desire to be a winner by putting forth the best effort that you are capable of doing