In a message dated 6/8/01 11:56:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>2. Appropriate training for officials, not just meeting to look at old
>films or discuss how things used to be.
>
Is track the only sport where an official can be certified w/o ever having
seen, much less worked, a meet? To pass the USATF test (at least in CT) you
merely have to pass the written test, which is open book and untimed.
Every other sport has a "rating session" where officials work at a pre-season
scrimmage; newbies are guided by veterans, who themselves work on applying
new rules. And once the season begins, the assigner generally puts novices
under the wing of an experienced official, who can give pointers along the
way.
As far as I know, track does nothing along those lines.
Jim Gerweck
Running Times
