2008 US Lacrosse Men's Officials Convention Schedule

[LaxRef]

OFFICIALS’ 2008 CONVENTION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, January 18th

8:00 - Noon: Assignor/Observer’s Mtg. (Invitees Only), Marriot Lvl 5, Salon D
1:00 - 5:00PM: MDOC Board Meeting, Marriott Level 5, Salon J
1:00 - 3:00: NFHS Rules Interpretation Meeting: Marriott Level 5, Salon I (EYE)
3:00 - 9:00: COC Executive Board Mtg, Marriott Level 5, Salon K
3:30 - 4:30: Darrell Benson: Ref MD- Creative Techniques for Diagnosing the Health of Your Lacrosse Contest
4:30 - 5:30: Mike Williamson: Rules, Rules, Mythical Rules
7:00 - 8:00: Convention Keynote: Mike Eruzione, Convention Ctr. Ballroom A-B
7:00 - ?: Group Field Trip- Phila. Wings vs. Rochester, meet in the Marriott for car, taxi, and subway (Broad Street Line South to end) pool to Wachovia Ctr.- Cheer on your MDOC V.P. Tom Sutton- Crew Chief!
8:00 - 9:30PM: MDOC Scholastic Officials Committee Mtg., Marriott 305

SATURDAY, January 19th

8:30AM – 1:15PM, NCAA COC Clinic, Marriott Level 5, Salon E:
8:30AM - 9:00: COC Business Meeting
9:00 - 9:20: Connie Hurlbut- USILA Director of Officiating Services
9:20 - 9:40: Bob Curcio- USILA Director of Observations
9:40-11:00: NCAA Clinic (Kimber/Winters)
Chuck Winters: Rule Changes
Warren Kimber: NCAA Video, Discussion, NCAA Tournament Assignments
Walt Munze: Rules Discussion
11:00 - 11:15: Break
11:15 - 11:25: Chuck Cohen – Longevity Awards
11:25 - 11:35: Butch West: Bernie Ulman and Frenchy Julien Awards
11:35 - 11:45: David Seidman: New Mechanics – Face-Off
11:45 - 1:15 Keynote- Jim Buriak and John Creasy: Conditioning and Agility Skills for On and Off-Field Injury Prevention for Officials
2:00 - 3:00: Experienced Officials: Harold Buck- Dead Ball Officiating
2:00 - 3:00: New Officials: Buzz Lynn- Starting Off on the Right Foot- Part 1
3:00 - 4:00: Experienced Officials: Andre Sanders: Conflict Resolution
3:00 - 4:00: New Officials: Nick Tropiano- Starting Off on the Right Foot- Part 2
4:00 - 5:00: All Officials: Al Blau: Lacrosse Officiating is Easy!
5:00 - 6:00: All Officials: Referee X: Officiating Tips You’ll Never See in Writing

SUNDAY, January 20th

9:00 - 11:00: YOC Rep /DTC/Trainers Meeting, Marriott 307
Breakfast served, courtesy of your MDOC Training Committee
11:00 - 12:00: Harold Buck: How to Become a Rules Expert, Marriott 307

[laxfan25]

My only comment - it sure would be nice to see the schedule more than two days before the event. Looked at the USLacrosse site the other day - Session I, Session II, etc.
Thanks for posting this LaxRef!

[Sonny]

My only comment - it sure would be nice to see the schedule more than two days before the event. Looked at the USLacrosse site the other day - Session I, Session II, etc.
Thanks for posting this LaxRef!

Agree.... Schedule looks great though!

[LaxRef]

Posted on behalf of David Seidman:

A few minor changes:

Friday's session times adjusted to match room availability;
Sunday's room changed;
Missing room numbers added.

As to the late release of this schedule, the responsibility lies solely with me, and not with US Lacrosse or anyone else on the training committee. If you feel the need to vent your frustration over this, talk to me this weekend.


David Seidman

OFFICIALS’ 2008 CONVENTION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, January 18th
8:00 - Noon: Assignor/Observer’s Mtg. (Invitees Only), Marriot Lvl 5, Salon D
1:00 - 5:00PM: MDOC Board Meeting, Marriott Level 5, Salon J
1:00 - 3:00: NFHS Rules Interpretation Meeting: Marriott Level 5, Salon I (EYE)
3:00 - 9:00: COC Executive Board Mtg, Marriott Level 5, Salon K
3:00 - 4:00: Darrell Benson: Ref MD- Creative Techniques for Diagnosing the Health of Your
Lacrosse Contest, Marriott Level 5, Salon D
4:00 - 5:00: Mike Williamson: Rules, Rules, Mythical Rules
7:00 - 8:00: Convention Keynote: Mike Eruzione, Convention Ctr. Ballroom A-B
7:00 - ?: Group Field Trip- Phila. Wings vs. Rochester, meet in the Marriott for car, taxi, and
subway (Broad Street Line South to end) pool to Wachovia Ctr.- Cheer on your
MDOC V.P. Tom Sutton- Crew Chief!
8:00 - 9:30PM: MDOC Scholastic Officials Committee Mtg., Marriott 305


SATURDAY, January 19th

8:30AM – 1:15PM, NCAA COC Clinic, Marriott Level 5, Salon E:
8:30AM - 9:00: COC Business Meeting
9:00 - 9:20: Connie Hurlbut- USILA Director of Officiating Services
9:20 - 9:40: Bob Curcio- USILA Director of Observations
9:40-11:00: NCAA Clinic (Kimber/Winters)
Chuck Winters: Rule Changes
Warren Kimber: NCAA Video, Discussion, NCAA Tournament Assignments
Walt Munze: Rules Discussion
11:00 - 11:15: Break
11:15 - 11:25: Chuck Cohen – Longevity Awards
11:25 - 11:35: Butch West: Bernie Ulman and Frenchy Julien Awards
11:35 - 11:45: David Seidman: New Mechanics – Face-Off
11:45 - 1:15 Keynote- Jim Buriak and John Creasy: Conditioning and Agility Skills for
On and Off-Field Injury Prevention for Officials
2:00 - 3:00: Experienced Officials: Harold Buck- Dead Ball Officiating, Salon C
2:00 - 3:00: New Officials: Buzz Lynn- Starting Off on the Right Foot- Part 1, Salon D
3:00 - 4:00: Experienced Officials: Andre Sanders: Conflict Resolution, Salon C
3:00 - 4:00: New Officials: Nick Tropiano- Starting Off on the Right Foot- Part 2, Salon C
4:00 - 5:00: All Officials: Al Blau: Lacrosse Officiating is Easy!, Salon D
5:00 - 6:00: All Officials: Referee X: Officiating Tips You’ll Never See in Writing, Salon D


SUNDAY, January 20th

9:00 - 11:00: YOC Rep /DTC/Trainers Meeting, Marriott Salon B
Breakfast served, courtesy of your MDOC Training Committee
11:00 - 12:00: Harold Buck: How to Become a Rules Expert, Salon B

[Zeuslax]

3:00 - 4:00: Experienced Officials: Andre Sanders: Conflict Resolution

I've seen how this guy handles conflict.....just throw a flag. Should be a really short session....about 3.4 secs. Sorry Andrea!

[laxfan25]

Anyone know anything about the assignor/observer meeting on Firday morning? I sthat just related to COC assigning/observing? I do the HS assigning in my area and didn't know if this would be of interest or usefulness - I dind't get an invite either.

[LaxRef]

I had a great time at the convention. I got to see some old friends and made some new ones, including meeting Sonny for the first time. I enjoyed hearing other officials speak and I learned a lot.

The COC meeting was much better than some years. I thought the pacing was much better, and the keynote presentation was great. It was about injury prevention for officials, a topic I've never heard talked about before. I discovered that when I hurt my knee and missed two weeks in 2006 it was likely because I wasn't turning from backpedaling to running forward correctly! Good stuff.

I also discovered that next year I'll be in charge of putting together the men's officials program for the convention. If you're interested in speaking, or if you have other suggestions, let me know now. My goal is to have a list of speakers and topics in hand by August and ready to publicize by early October.