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Our 2004 Mission Statement
OUR 2004 MISSION STATEMENT Our Role Our role in the interscholastic football experience should be that of facilitators and game managers. We should see our selves as people who enable the game to flow seamlessly in a fair, safe, and sportsmanlike environment. We are, and should be more than policemen. Penalty enforcement, although important, is but a small part of our job. We view all games to be equally important. We want to give the same sense of importance, effort and enthusiasm to our sub-varsity games as we do to our varsity games. OUR APPROACH We as a crew want to be as professional in our approach to football officiating as humanly possible. This means being prepared both mentally and physically by knowing the rules and mechanics and being fit enough to execute them. This means dressing the part, communicating with crewmates and with our association and institutions. It means being punctual, supportive and being a contributor. This means treating coaches and administrators, as we want to be treated. It means treating players with the same respect with which we would like our own children to be treated. RULE KNOWLEDGE An unfailing familiarity with the rules will enable us to fairly administer the game and enhance our chances for optimum performance. The intent of each rule must be kept in mind. We should each seek the proper medium between excessive strictness and undue laxity It is not and should not be our goal to penalize every infraction that we observe. We challenge ourselves to penalize only the infractions that: made a difference in the play, gained a team a significant advantage, was dangerous, unsporting or so obvious they could not be ignored. MECHANICS We pride ourselves on being on the bleeding edge of football officiating mechanics and pledge to being open to learning new and better ways to cover the field and manage the game. The best mechanics will give us the best look and provide us with the best opportunity to get the play right. Wide and deep pre-snap positioning, with wings breaking off the line and squaring off to mark forward progress is our hallmark. Couple this with great goal line and dead ball coverage and we have the plays covered from the snap until all the action is done. PRESENTATION If officiating is not fun for us we should not be doing it. Demonstrate your love for football, young people and officiating when you are on the field. Act like you want to be there, by displaying hustle, energy and enthusiasm. Look like you want to be on the field. Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. This attitude is even more important at the sub-varsity level. Football officiating requires a maximum amount of courage for which belligerence is not a substitute. Be matter of fact in your administration of the game and disdain an overly officious attitude. Treat players coaches and administrators in the same manner you would like to be treated by them. We want to be player and coach friendly. Officiate from the position of a game manager and facilitator and not from one of a power hungry law enforcement officer. Tact is a necessary trait to possess, particularly in a highly charged competitive environment. But tact should never be a justification for retreat from a position properly taken or a decision properly rendered. Hurry should not be mistaken for hustle. Precision and care should be exercised in all situations. Expedition and hustle are basic football officiating tenants, but hurry is a hazard. Poise is one of the most important officiating traits we can display on the field. Simply stated poise means looking like you have been in this situation before. In all of our officiating tasks we want to strive to look as poised as possible. The more poised we become the better job of officiating we will do. EVALUATION We as a crew will not grow into the top-flight officials we want to become without being open to fair and honest self evaluation and feedback from our crewmates. We will all learn from each other. Seek and ask for feedback from your crewmates. Each and every one of us will screw up plays this coming season. We will only become great officials if we admit our transgressions and learn from them. Have a mentor and be a mentor, thats how we will all become better. |
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