 Lines of communication
 Call school and talk to A.D., fax game facts
to crew chief
 Verify game time, site and any special
nights – Homecoming, Senior Night, etc.
 Setup meeting spot with crew
 Timer cards and coaches cards
Coaches Card
R- Joe Ref
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L- Joe Line
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LJ- Joe Judge
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BJ- Joe Back
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U- Joe Ump
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Downers Grove
South
Mustangs
Friday September 1,
2002
• Arrive together and leave together
• Pre game talk before every game
• Walk field
• Check game equipment
• Talk to timer, chain crew and ball person
• Look at teams during warm ups
• Weather conditions?
• Are you prepared to check ball inflation or cleats?
• Introduce crew
• Ask coach standard questions
• Line judge and linesmen talk to their head coaches
about the sideline area, football person, get back
coach, and reporting of fouls
• Treat everyone with respect and expect the same
• Start a line of communication early
• Formations
• Read your keys
• Position – be there! – Hustle
• Area of responsibility
• Fouls – give all the information needed.
• Make it be there
• Can you eat your flag?
• Control your sideline – remind them early
• Scoring breaks
• Post game evaluations
• Consistency
• Control
• Confidence
• Intensity
• Intelligence
• Integrity
• Standing on the field listening to the National
Anthem
• The 8x8 dressing room with no shower
• The long drive to the game, reviewing rules, and
having time for a joke or two
• Bringing along an extra pair of socks in case
someone forgets
• Leading by example – hard work & sportsmanship
• Working through the sore muscles and bad knees
• For the love of the game - Becoming an AOS
member
• For the Money, the Chicks and the One liners!
Black and white.
It’s not just my uniform.
It’s my mantra.
Out here, there is only yes or no.
No maybes. Gray areas do not exist.
Indecision does not survive.
I must make split second decisions.
I must have supreme confidence.
There is no replay. No deliberation.
Just my crew, my whistle and me.