Ever thought about becoming a sports official? Sports officiating allows you to be a mentor to the players because you’re enforcing the rules and uploading the integrity of the game. Officials demonstrate impartiality no matter who’s playing and good officials possess other strong character building qualities such as integrity, fairness and courage.
Officiating is a good way to give something back to the game you love while earning some additional income.
There is a need for officials to officiate youth and scholastic contests. The Southern Ohio Basketball Officials Association will be offering an instructional class for new basketball officials beginning Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. at Western Brown High School (Community Room) in Mt Orab.
Classes will meet on Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Flexible class dates will be confirmed at the first meeting in order to accommodate student schedules. A couple of Saturday classes will be used for on court training at pre-season scrimmages.
Students will meet all the requirements (25 hours classroom and on court instruction) to become a licensed OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) Junior High and High School basketball official after passing the test.
Many youth organizations now require OHSAA verification for their officials. The class costs $145 which includes books, materials and OHSAA registration.
Prospective students should contact Tim Engel at (513)235-2470 for enrollment instructions or to obtain additional information. Enrollment can be done online at: http://officials.myohsaa.org/Officials.