Training Video Ideas

[LaxRef]

The MDOC training committee is considering putting together a video which would help newer officials identify fouls. Much of the current training material tells you what to do once you identify a foul, but not how to determine what a foul actually is. As a first thought, I put together the following list. The idea is to highlight the most important fouls that occur 95% of the time, not the more esoteric fouls. The format would be a video clip followed by a text screen showing the "answer," so that the presenter could show the clip a few times, pause, start a discussion, and then show the answer. This format would keep costs down and allow us to cover more situations. Is there anything obvious I'm missing?

TECHNICAL FOULS

***Crease violations
Goalie clamps ball outside crease, stick checked by attack
Goalie clamps ball inside crease, stick checked by attack
Goalie has possession, goalie inside crease, stick outside crease, stick checked by attack
Goalie attempts pass from inside crease, attack interferes
Goalie attempts pass from outside crease, attack "interferes"
Goalie has possession outside the crease, attack runs through the crease
Attack shoots ball, ball enters goal, then attack steps in crease
Attack shoots ball but steps in crease before ball enters goal
Attack dives across crease, ball enters goal, attack lands in crease.

***Push
From the front, with possession
From the side, loose ball
From behind, without possession
From behind with possession
Push from behind where player loses ball; make clear this is not to be called a loose-ball push
Light push, no advantage
Light push, player goes out of bounds or into the crease
Push from front with one hand on crosse

***Hold
Loose-ball, playing with free hand
Possession, holding using the crosse
Legal hold from behind or side

***Illegal offensive screening
Legal screen
Screen where screener is late
Screen where screener is set but then leans to make contact with player
Screen where screener attempts to lean and make contact but no contact is made

***Warding
Legal play with stationary arm protecting crosse
Offensive player wards
Offensive player attempts to ward but misses
Defensive player puts stick under offensive player's arm and offensive player frees his arm

PERSONAL FOULS

***Illegal body check
Legal body check from front with 5 yards of a loose ball
Legal body check from side against player in possession
Check with one hand on stick
Check against player further than 5 yards from loose ball
Check against player without ball when ball is in possession
Check against player with one knee on ground
Check below the waist
High hit
Player hit just after he turns

***Slashing
Legal stick checks
Uncontrolled stick
Slash on arm
Slash on leg
Slash on back
Poke slash to ribs
Poke slash to throat
Slash on head
Brush on head
Check on arm, not hard enough to flag
Check on shoulder, not hard enough to flag

PENALTY ENFORCEMENT

Loose-ball technical with play-on, offended team picks up ball
Loose-ball technical with play-on, offending team picks up ball
Loose-ball technical with play-on, neither team picks up ball in reasonable time frame
Loose-ball personal with flag and immediate whistle
Technical with flag down
Personal with flag down

[Sonny]

GREAT IDEA. We struggle with this same topic each and every year when training new officials. I will post a few more common foul situations when I get the chance.