PURPOSE:
The Southwest Missouri Football Officials
(SMFOA) "New Officials Training Program" provides
an opportunity for individuals to acquire the
knowledge, skills and motivation to become a High
School football official and officiate football contests
in southwest Missouri.
INTRODUCTION:
The SMFOA "New Officials Training Program" is
designed for the beginning, inexperienced or veteran
officials to learn, develop and strengthen their
knowledge of the rules of the game and mechanics
of officiating football. The course of instruction
includes 20 hours of basic instruction in the classroom,
on the field and during live scrimmages. Ten
hours are specific to new officials, four hours are
state mandated meetings and training and six hours
are regular SMFOA directed rules and mechanics
pres-season meetings. The National Federation of
High School Rules and Mechanics manuals are the
basic source for the training.
Officials who successfully complete the
course of instruction, register as an officials with
MSHSAA, pass the Part 1 Rules Exam and join
SMFOA; will be assigned Junior High, Freshman,
and/or junior varsity football contests. When officiating
these contests the official is paid game fees in
accordance with contract scales.
Benefits of becoming a football official
As a registered MSHSAA official, you are
entitled to receive the following complimentary
materials,services or publications:
National rulebooks, casebooks
and officials manuals
MSHSAA Official uniform patch
MSHSAA Officials Handbook
List of local officials associations
List of sport rules meetings
Mechanics clinics listings
Membership in NFOA
Subscription to NFHS Officials Quarterly
NFOA liability insurance
Access to MSHSAA video library
Service awards for five, 15 and 25 years
Hours of camaraderie and the opportunity to shape the lives of young people!
Application details
Respond with your application form by March 14 to
the SMFOA executive director, Emry Dilday.
Visit the MSHSAA.org website for state level information on becoming a new official.
Call or email any members of the SMFOA board or general membership to have your questions answered.
Key Information
Persons seeking to become licensed must score 75-percent or above on an open-book exam in
the sport (s) for which they intend to officiate.
If you fail that exam, you may retake it two times. If you fail again, you must wait until the
following year to try again. Failing in one sport does not disqualify you from officiating in another.
All officials are required to attend an annual rules interpretation meeting in their sports.
All officials must attend a mechanics clinic (ifoffered) during their first three years of registration
for the sports in which they are registered.
All officials are required to complete an annual Part II sports rules exam (if offered) in each
sport for which they are registered.
All Officials when they register with MSHSAA will have a Background Check by MSHSAA.
2015 New officials Training Schedule
All training is provided free of charge
SPRINGFIELD AREA TRAINING DATES
DATE/ SUBJECT
March 22 Orientation on Training, Joining the
State and Local Associations, Constitution of
SMFOA, Assignment Process, Crew System, Fee
and Schedules.
April 19 Uniforms, requirements, purchase
options, rule books, study materials, how to study
rules, game situation videos.
May TBA Positions, duties, mental and physical
preparation, and field work
June TBA Rules session, Part 1 Test
July TBA Mechanics (Based on FB Camps)
Aug-Nov Follow the Association and State meeting
schedule (see Arbiter.com website for details)
Introduction of new officials at August meeting.
Sep 13 Mid-Season review and refresher training,
All sessions will begin at 2:00 pm and end by
3:30 pm; location, Catholic High School,
Eligibility
The following MSHSAA policies apply to Missouri interscholastic officials and the
officiating of all contests, grades 7-12.
High school students are eligible to obtain a license and officiate junior
high school (7th or 8th grades) contests, but may not officiate senior
high (grades 9-12) games.
An official is required to have a valid MSHSAA license to officiate
grades 7-12 between member schools in the sports of baseball,
basketball, football, soccer, softball, swimming, track volleyball, water
polo and wrestling.
All officials' licenses expire annually on June 30 and are renewable (by
June 1) for one year, subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
The required uniform is mandatory for officials working any interscholastic
contest between MSHSAA member schools.
It is the duty of all officials to report any unsportsmanlike conduct
on the part of coaches, players and fans within 48 hours of the incident
to the MSHSAA and the schools involved.
Officials are expected to be impartial and competent, and conduct
themselves in accordance with the MSHSAA officials code of ethics.
Contact,
Emry Dilday
2924 South Barnes
Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 417-881-6171
Fax: 417-886-2926
Email: emrydilday@sbcglobal.net
The Southwest Missouri Football Officials
(SMFOA) "New Officials Training Program" provides
an opportunity for individuals to acquire the
knowledge, skills and motivation to become a High
School football official and officiate football contests
in southwest Missouri.
INTRODUCTION:
The SMFOA "New Officials Training Program" is
designed for the beginning, inexperienced or veteran
officials to learn, develop and strengthen their
knowledge of the rules of the game and mechanics
of officiating football. The course of instruction
includes 20 hours of basic instruction in the classroom,
on the field and during live scrimmages. Ten
hours are specific to new officials, four hours are
state mandated meetings and training and six hours
are regular SMFOA directed rules and mechanics
pres-season meetings. The National Federation of
High School Rules and Mechanics manuals are the
basic source for the training.
Officials who successfully complete the
course of instruction, register as an officials with
MSHSAA, pass the Part 1 Rules Exam and join
SMFOA; will be assigned Junior High, Freshman,
and/or junior varsity football contests. When officiating
these contests the official is paid game fees in
accordance with contract scales.
Benefits of becoming a football official
As a registered MSHSAA official, you are
entitled to receive the following complimentary
materials,services or publications:
National rulebooks, casebooks
and officials manuals
MSHSAA Official uniform patch
MSHSAA Officials Handbook
List of local officials associations
List of sport rules meetings
Mechanics clinics listings
Membership in NFOA
Subscription to NFHS Officials Quarterly
NFOA liability insurance
Access to MSHSAA video library
Service awards for five, 15 and 25 years
Hours of camaraderie and the opportunity to shape the lives of young people!
Application details
Respond with your application form by March 14 to
the SMFOA executive director, Emry Dilday.
Visit the MSHSAA.org website for state level information on becoming a new official.
Call or email any members of the SMFOA board or general membership to have your questions answered.
Key Information
Persons seeking to become licensed must score 75-percent or above on an open-book exam in
the sport (s) for which they intend to officiate.
If you fail that exam, you may retake it two times. If you fail again, you must wait until the
following year to try again. Failing in one sport does not disqualify you from officiating in another.
All officials are required to attend an annual rules interpretation meeting in their sports.
All officials must attend a mechanics clinic (ifoffered) during their first three years of registration
for the sports in which they are registered.
All officials are required to complete an annual Part II sports rules exam (if offered) in each
sport for which they are registered.
All Officials when they register with MSHSAA will have a Background Check by MSHSAA.
2015 New officials Training Schedule
All training is provided free of charge
SPRINGFIELD AREA TRAINING DATES
DATE/ SUBJECT
March 22 Orientation on Training, Joining the
State and Local Associations, Constitution of
SMFOA, Assignment Process, Crew System, Fee
and Schedules.
April 19 Uniforms, requirements, purchase
options, rule books, study materials, how to study
rules, game situation videos.
May TBA Positions, duties, mental and physical
preparation, and field work
June TBA Rules session, Part 1 Test
July TBA Mechanics (Based on FB Camps)
Aug-Nov Follow the Association and State meeting
schedule (see Arbiter.com website for details)
Introduction of new officials at August meeting.
Sep 13 Mid-Season review and refresher training,
All sessions will begin at 2:00 pm and end by
3:30 pm; location, Catholic High School,
Eligibility
The following MSHSAA policies apply to Missouri interscholastic officials and the
officiating of all contests, grades 7-12.
High school students are eligible to obtain a license and officiate junior
high school (7th or 8th grades) contests, but may not officiate senior
high (grades 9-12) games.
An official is required to have a valid MSHSAA license to officiate
grades 7-12 between member schools in the sports of baseball,
basketball, football, soccer, softball, swimming, track volleyball, water
polo and wrestling.
All officials' licenses expire annually on June 30 and are renewable (by
June 1) for one year, subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
The required uniform is mandatory for officials working any interscholastic
contest between MSHSAA member schools.
It is the duty of all officials to report any unsportsmanlike conduct
on the part of coaches, players and fans within 48 hours of the incident
to the MSHSAA and the schools involved.
Officials are expected to be impartial and competent, and conduct
themselves in accordance with the MSHSAA officials code of ethics.
Contact,
Emry Dilday
2924 South Barnes
Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 417-881-6171
Fax: 417-886-2926
Email: emrydilday@sbcglobal.net
