Looking for recommended YouTube videos for officiating.

[rob]

First year official.

What videos, YouTube channels, do you recommend for HS football officials to watch?

[Bobref]

Here are my suggestions. I’m not a big YouTube fan, since you often don’t know anything about the person presenting the video.

• Make sure you join and stay active in your local officials association. There are a list of them, with contact information, at https://www.myihsaa.net/associations.
• Join the Indiana Football Officials Association. They publish several resources for football officials, including a daily rules question during the season. You can obtain membership information by e-mailing registrar@ifoa.us. 
• Join the National Association of Sports Officials. With the membership comes a subscription to Referee Magazine. https://www.naso.org/joinrenew/ An invaluable resource.
• The best rules study guide is, hands down, Redding Study Guide to NFHS Football Rules, available at  https://store.referee.com/new-2024-redding-study-guide-to-nfhs-football-rules
• The best instructional videos on high school football are those put out every year by Bill Lemonnier, now retired after a long time as a B1G referee. I know there are a number on YouTube, and you can buy his videos at any officiating supply house. Just make sure he’s talking about high school and not college, although there’s usually a lot of overlap.
• Download, and become thoroughly familiar with, the IHSAA Mechanics and Best Practices For A Crew Of Five. You can find it at https://myihsaa-prod-ams.azurewebsites.net/api/resource-library/categories/4addf0d4-4c8f-4768-0924-08d5f70ac583/documents/14281afd-f779-4c9a-0219-08da1bdec6e8/file. This is our Bible.

Good luck in your officiating career. If I can be of any help, just message me.

[5GetsYou1]

Although the channel isn't as active as it used to be, I really enjoy watching Todd Allen at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddAllenaahso/videos. He breaks down film really well and teaches how to spot the action of a foul and the philosophy behind making calls. 

[rob]

I like Todd Allen too.

I ordered that study guide.

Checking out that referee association but I'm not interested in joining a union.  Also, I'm not in it for the bucks but I don't want to blow all my money either.

[Bobref]

3 hours ago, rob said:

I like Todd Allen too.

I ordered that study guide.

Checking out that referee association but I'm not interested in joining a union.  Also, I'm not in it for the bucks but I don't want to blow all my money either.

The most important thing is to join a local officials association and be active. Incidentally, new this year, if you do not belong to a local official’s association, you cannot work the tournament.

[snrmike]

Take Bob's advice on everything needed for officials to know their jobs in Indiana.
I have also found this YouTube channel to be quite helpful.  The channel sponsor is the Evergreen Football Officials Assn (EFOA). The moderators stay up on current high school rules and offer meaningful training videos:

EFOA video site

[rob]

On 8/24/2024 at 4:20 PM, Bobref said:

The most important thing is to join a local officials association and be active. Incidentally, new this year, if you do not belong to a local official’s association, you cannot work the tournament.

I joined one officials association based solely on geography.  I never saw them post a single thing prior to the season at https://www.myihsaa.net/events  Now I've heard they are more of a basketball association.  I went to all my meetings, clinics, etc at other associations.

[Bobref]

2 minutes ago, rob said:

went to all my meetings, clinics, etc at other associations.

Then you should join one of those other associations.