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This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  Game management is a term you will hear often repeated, especially as you progress to the higher levels. This is central from the opening puck drop to the final buzzer. […]

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This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  Communication is such an important component of being an official that merits a section of its own. Whether you are working a kids’ game on a Sunday morning, or game […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  Pre-game physical preparation is something you need to work into your routine if you want to move up. While you can get away without warming up or being prepared for […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  Having your mind prepared beforehand is equally as important. Because in your role as an official you will be faced with situations with emotional players and coaches who want to […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  A CHL linesman once told me that “linesmen go to work at the whistles”. Although it took me a while to understand it, basically for a linesman, your job is […]