News & Announcements

May 25, 2023
DO’S & DON’TS OF PRE-GAME WARM-UPS
By Austin Ardrey, runninref.com Austin Ardrey is a personal trainer for many officials. Here is his advice for a pre‑game ...

March 13, 2023
TASO ABUSE OF OFFICIALS POLICY
The TASO Board of Directors has taken a bold stand in an effort to reduce the increasing problem of excessive ...

April 21, 2023
OFFICIATING TIPS
Choose wisely what to hear and when to respond.

April 19, 2023
ADDRESSING AGING
Referee News bulletin: We’re all aging, and there’s nothing we can do about it. We’ll progressively become slower and less ...

March 24, 2023
HOOSIERS – MILAN VS. MUNCIE: 1954 INDIANA STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Referee.com Milan High School, enrollment 161, defeated the favored Bearcats of Muncie Central, 32‑30, to win the 1954 Indiana state basketball ...

March 24, 2023
HOW TO READ A GAME
Referee.com Once a referee reaches the point where he/she knows the Laws of the Game well and has learned effective ...

March 22, 2023
OFFICIALS VS. CANCER
The National Federation of State High School Associations calls on all sports officials to join us in our partnership with ...

March 19, 2023
DON’T OFFICIATE AN “UNOFFICIAL” GAME
from Referee.com Games can be over before they begin. Some officials fall into the trap of officiating the extra inning ...