2022 CFOA State Clinic

Referees (Western):

• SHOK - How to avoid problems on kick situations with an emphasis on scrimmage kicks. 

• The common problems with the goal line, and scimmage line, and how a review in pregame might avoid these mistakes.

Umpires (Eastern):

• Common problems on scrimmage plays with respect to zones and keys, how umpires can coordinate zone coverage with other officials during the game.

Head Linesmen (Central):

• Cross-field communication with fellow wing, signals, etc., that can be used on formations, legal and illegal. 

• Making sure both wings are on the same page as far as legal and illegal formations

• Soft-spot coverage and how to communicate.

Line Judges (Fairfield):

• Don't hustle too much. 

• Getting down the field too fast can be as bad as not moving. 

• Review zones of coverage for LJs during punts, and regular scrimmage plays, and things that are missed.

Back Judges (Eastern):

• Various coverages on different formations, a review.

•  What is the BJ's key on any given play, and what are the common mistakes that lead to problems?

Eastern:

• Review of off-ball officiating during a run and pass play.

• Review of out-of-bounds play coverage by all officials with emphasis on areas of coverage by officials not primary to out-of-bounds play. 

• When a late hit becomes a late hit? On run plays? On pass plays?

Fairfield:

• Scrimmage Kicks - Keys, zones prior to and during the kick. 

• What to look / anticipate in scrimmage kick situation (punts v. field goals). 

• Position-by-position review of pre-snap and at-the-snap keys, zones of coverage once the kick is off, etc. 

• Concentration on punt plays with some review of FGs.

Central:

• Legally downfield or illegally downfield: 

• What are the restrictions for interior lineman, covered ends? 

• With or without contact? 

• When can a lineman go downfield on a pass (passes beyond the LOS and behind the LOS.)

Colonial:

• Legal Shifts, illegal shifts, what is a shift? 

• When can an interior lineman can move to another position, when he is restricted? 

• What eliminates the restriction? 

• LOS requirements on each down. 

• What the numbering requirements are in a scrimmage kick formation on downs other than fourth, and then fourth.

Western:

• Review of kick-off mechanics as now in the manual. 

• What are our keys and zones? 

• What do we miss and why?

• Calling the offside play: 

• When it has to be a foot down beyond the line, when it has to be a pane of glass.

New Haven:

• Penalty enforcement: 

• When we get confused. 

• When does a pass play become a run play? 

• Does it make a difference in penalty enforcement? 

• Special enforcements by rule that do not come under the "All But One".  

• Mechanics on penalty enforcement - a review.

New Officials:

Part 1: What to expect as an official

• Uniform, expenses

• How each official is and what they do

• Coaches, parents, players

• Progressing as an official

• Never watch a football game the same way again

Part 2: Rules that you thought you knew

• DPI

• Encroaching

• Automatic first downs

• Touching a kick

• Goal line and its effect on a kick

• A kick is a kick 

• A field goal attemot is the same as a punt (see above)

Part 3: 10-yard line to 10-yard line officiating

• Forward progress from behind the runner ALWAYS

• Always know down and distance

• Dead ball inbounds

• Face out on a QB play

• Mirror killing the clock

Part 4: Goal line plays

• At the same go to the goal line EVERYTIME

• NEVER come off the goal line EVER

• If play ends inside the 2-yard line and is NOT a score COME IN HARD

• See entire play before doing anything

• CANNOT MAKE MISTAKES AT GL

Part 5: Q&A