YOU CAN BE A REF.  MAKE THE CALL!

 

Have you Ever thought about becoming a sports official?  Sports officiating allows you to be a MENTOR to the players because you’re enforcing the RULES and upholding the INTEGRITY of the game.  Officials demonstrate IMPARTIALITY no matter who’s playing.  And good officials possess other strong character building qualities such as INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND COURAGE.

New Official Training

SOUTHERN OHIO BASKETBALL

OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION

The Southern Ohio Basketball Officials Association will be offering an instructional class for new basketball officials beginning October 18, 2011 at Western Brown High School in Mt Orab, Ohio.  Class begins at 7 PM and will last about 3 hours each evening.

 

Additional meeting dates are Oct. 20, 25, 27 and Nov. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, and 22 (test).  Students will meet all the requirements (25 hours classroom and on floor instruction) to become a licensed OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) official after passing the test.

 

Class instructor, Tim Engel is a certified OHSAA instructor.  The class cost is $120 which includes books, materials and OHSAA registration.  Prospective students should contact Tim Engel at (513) 724-7622 or (513) 235-2470 to enroll or obtain additional information.

 

Sports officiating can be a fulfilling and challenging avocation. This activity provides individuals with opportunities for physical fitness, earning extra income, meeting people, goal setting, continuing education and public service. Most importantly, officiating interscholastic sports provides officials with the privilege to play a vital role in the education of student-athletes.

 

An interscholastic sports official is an important contributor to the development of young men and women. Because of this role, every official is expected to be a person of good character, integrity and free of racial, religious and personal bias. The sports official represents the very integrity of the game.

 

Ohio interscholastic sports officials are required to obtain an officiating permit from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Regulation and direction of an interscholastic sports official program is the responsibility of the OHSAA Commissioner’s office.

 

Officiating is a privilege, not a right. Officials that are unfair or biased, exhibit a lack of fitness, fail to comply with OHSAA administrative requirements or exhibit questionable conduct on or off the playing surface can be penalized. The OHSAA reserves the express authority to suspend or permanently revoke any officiating permit.