How to become a referee?

Do you have little to no idea what the frick you are doing?

Are you open to bribes?

If so, www.becomearef.com is for you!

LHSOA become a ref

I refereed high school basketball a few years back with them. You can work your way up to college but it takes a long time. They explain it in great detail how to do it and the whole process for it.

In the mean time it’s decent pay and exercise as long as you don’t mind being yelled at for 2 hours straight.

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I'd suggest joining the local high school referee association. Do that for a few years. Those people can also help get you on the path to higher level games. Someone should know the right contact for college games.

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I'd suggest joining the local high school referee association. Do that for a few years. Those people can also help get you on the path to higher level games. Someone should know the right contact for college games

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Good advice. In my early 20s I officiated high school football in North Carolina a while back with the idea of doing college games. Most guys I officiated with were basketball guys and were more interested in that but guy that led the clinic did small time college football, and he would have been a good contact for me to move up had I not quit...kids were born and working every Thursday/Friday got old.

One thing I learned is that high school has some different rules and lot of the yelling by fans stemmed from the fact that they just simply didn't know the high school rules.

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One thing I learned is that high school has some different rules and lot of the yelling by fans stemmed from the fact that they just simply didn't know the high school rules.

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There will be some different rules, but it gets you a foot in the door, gets you comfortable with the job, and provides an opportunity for you to learn and to have the college guys observe you.

I referee soccer and quite a few guys in both the local high school and USSF organization are involved in the local college ranks.

I coached HS basketball for ten years then reffed for seven more

Here is what you do:
Look up the state HS sports association where you live
Find the ref’s page
Find the contact info for your local reff association
Call them up and find out when there next meeting is
Go introduce yourself and tell the Assignment Secretary that you want to join for next year

You will sign up, start attending rules meetings and learning reff mechanics (positioning, hand signals, etc)

You will take the certification test and get graded
Pass it and you get patched for HS games
Don’t pass and you can only work junior high

First year you will work mostly junior high, some freshmen, JV and small school varsity

Second year you should start to do more Varsity Games

After your second year, start inquiring through the Assignment Sec about college camps, they are held during the summer

Start going to at least one camp per summer and networking

If you catch someone’s eye they will approach you about an opportunity to call their league

You advance from there or you can just do HS games

If you want to do Louisiana high school basketball games then you would first need to have a ton of a-hole in you. The good part is that you can be really fat somehow and that’s not a problem either.

Great insight.

High school lacrosse in Louisiana is in dire need of qualified officials. It's a fast sport, so you have to have good eyes and quick reflexes, but the kids would appreciate knowing there WILL be a flag when an opponent clocks them on the head.

It helps to be nearsighted or farsighted.