2011 District 11 Mentor Program

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Below are the mentors and guidelines for the 2011 season and beyond. 

New officials and mentors, look for your name below. 

Name	Books from	Position	Menor(s)
Bradley, Rudolph	Georgetown	U	Gerald  Parker & Rick Hosler
Gallagher, Pete	Little River	U	Ken Quaglia
Mammes, Rob	Carolina Forest	L	Paul Rowe
Sims, Donald	Myrtle Beach	L	Mike Mullinix
Urik,Larry	Myrtle Beach	L	Bryan Fink & Gary McMeekin
Cocke, Tom	Carolina Forest	LJ	Jake Rosiek
Davidson, Justin	Carolina Forest	LJ	Bryan Murphy
Riggins, Jeff	Conway	LJ	Jim Tolman

Mentoring Guidelines

Guidelines for Mentoring Inexperienced Football Official (Excel Format)
	This is a guideline for the mentoring of inexperienced football
officials.  The intention of this guideline is not to replace our officials manual but to add clarification
to it when training an official.  It is also not intended to be position specific.
1)	Mechanics: Start with the basics.  Positioning.
	a) For Free Kick- Make sure they know what a free kick is.
	1) Kickoffs
	2) After a safety.
	3) Don't worry about the free kick after a fair catch ( or awarded fair catch ) this rarely
	happens and most likely will only confuse the inexperienced official.
	b) For Scrimmage kicks- Make sure they know what a scrimmage kick is.
	1) Punts
	2) Field Goals
	c) Pre- Snap Position.  -What are you looking for.  Dead Ball Fouls.  Alignment of
	players.  Players on and off the line of scrimmage.
	d) Positioning immediately after the snap:  Once again what are you looking for.  We
	should encourage these young officials to be zone specific in their field coverage.
	Discuss who it is that you read when the ball is snapped.
	e) Positioning near the goal:  Both going in or coming out.  What are you responsible
	for.  Who signals a score ( only the official that sees the score ).
	f) Duties between down: Who count players and what signals are used to verify.
	g) Positioning for Measurement of a first down.
	h) Positioning and what to tell the referee when a penalty has been called.
	i) Position during time outs- Emphasis that all are to record, confirm and inform.
	j) Position between quarters:  What are your duties.
	k) Halftime Positioning:
	l) Post game positioning:  Leave the field immediately.  If at a sub-varsity level, you can
	talk to your friend later but get off the field and together.
	It is my opinion that repetition is one of the keys to anyone doing a good job.  Show the
	inexperienced official the proper mechanic's and positioning techniques and then let
	him do it over and over again until it becomes useable.
2)	Live ball:
	a) Reads of a play.
	b) What are you looking for.
	c) What penalties will most likely occur in your area of responsibilities.
	d) Spotting of the ball ( primarily for wing officials ).
	e) Out of bounds plays.  Running and pass.
	f) Scrimmage Kicks:  Where do you go pre-snap and where do you go post-snap.  What
	are you looking for.
	g) Throwing the flag:  The importance of it being on the proper yard line.
	h) Communication - With Coaches, Players and most importantly your fellow officials.
3)	Presentation, Pre-game and Post-Game:
	a) The uniform.  How is it to be worn.  Set an example.  Facial hair ( is he groomed
	properly).
	b) Pre-Game:  Encourage prompt arrival at sight.
	c) Post-Game: Providing information to lineman ( summary of penalties ).  Discuss
	with them the peer rating system and how it works.  No discussion regarding events of
	the game outside of the officials dressing area ( unless to alert local director or state
	office ).
4)	Disqualification: All officials are to record information and all should be willing to communicate
	disqualification to high school league and local director ( if on sub-varsity level ).