2020 SPC-TASO-Football - Mechanics Training Clinic

[ElvisLives]

The 2020 Mechanics Training Clinic for Football Officials, sponsored by the South Plains Chapter - Texas Association of Sports Officials - Football Division, will be conducted on Saturday, May 16, 2020, 8 am - 4 pm, at the state-of-the-art Football Training Facility and Indoor Practice Facility, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
This clinic is for all officials desiring to learn football officiating mechanics, including fundamental individual techniques and advanced crew officiating and coordination concepts.  The basis of instruction is the TASO Manuals for Crews of 3, 4, 5, and 7 Officials (with reference to the CCA manual, as appropriate).  Focus will be on crews of 5 officials, but with additional drills specifically designed for crews of 7.

Cost = $50 pre-registration, $55 on-site. Includes light breakfast and lunch.

Two hours of classroom training in the Team Room of the Football Training Facility, then on-field training in the Indoor Practice Facility.

Registration information coming soon.

Unless hereafter prohibited by Texas Tech University, this clinic will go on, despite the ongoing national health concerns. Precautions will be taken to limit/eliminate physical contact between participants.

[Etref]

CDC new guidelines is to ban any groups of 50 or more for the next 8 weeks.

[ElvisLives]

CDC new guidelines is to ban any groups of 50 or more for the next 8 weeks.

That's 9 weeks from the 15th, when the guidelines were issued.  So, come on!
If something changes, obviously, we'll advise.  But, at this moment, we plan to carry on.

[dammitbobby]

If I'm alive and we aren't living in caves, I'm going to try to make it.

[ElvisLives]

Our “IT guy” is on spring break, so the “announcement” with links to registration forms and a site map will be posted to this site, the SPC site, and the TASO web site as soon as he can get them uploaded and linked.  That might not be until after next Monday, but we’ll get ‘em up as soon as we can.

[TexDoc]

The 2020 Mechanics Training Clinic for Football Officials, sponsored by the South Plains Chapter - Texas Association of Sports Officials - Football Division, will be conducted on Saturday, May 16, 2020, 8 am - 4 pm, at the state-of-the-art Football Training Facility and Indoor Practice Facility, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
This clinic is for all officials desiring to learn football officiating mechanics, including fundamental individual techniques and advanced crew officiating and coordination concepts.  The basis of instruction is the TASO Manuals for Crews of 3, 4, 5, and 7 Officials (with reference to the CCA manual, as appropriate).  Focus will be on crews of 5 officials, but with additional drills specifically designed for crews of 7.

Cost = $50 pre-registration, $55 on-site. Includes light breakfast and lunch.

Two hours of classroom training in the Team Room of the Football Training Facility, then on-field training in the Indoor Practice Facility.

Registration information coming soon.

Unless hereafter prohibited by Texas Tech University, this clinic will go on, despite the ongoing national health concerns. Precautions will be taken to limit/eliminate physical contact between participants.

Robert, I didn't want to say anything about this and other clinics until things developed a bit further.  It is highly doubtful there is any spring football for college or high school this spring season.  Listening to the experts, we are going to be dealing with this for at least a couple of more months, if not even longer.  It would be highly irresponsible to try to have any type of clinic any time soon, IMHO.  TASO should be working on contingency plans for summer rules clinics.  It is likely those are canceled as well, at least the requirement for everyone to attend one.  There's always the option, of course, to utilize the online clinic, but the cost is such that they want to drive everyone to the in-person clinics.  They should already be looking at changing that requirement and preparing a good online course/clinic.  Once again, my opinion. 

Quite honestly, football season for next fall might be in question as well.  Let's hope not.

[JasonTX]

Listening to the experts...

There's the problem right there.

[TexDoc]

There's the problem right there.

I think the problem is exactly the opposite.  We haven’t been listening.

[dammitbobby]

need a like button for the above post

[Etref]

 

[ElvisLives]

WE REGRET TO REPORT THAT, DUE TO THE ONGOING NATIONAL HEALTH CRISIS, THE 2020 SPC-TASO-FOOTBALL MECHANICS TRAINING CLINIC HAS BEEN CANCELED.  We hung on, and held out, as long as we reasonably could.  But, with the Big XII canceling virtually all spring athletic activities - period - we did not want to put Texas Tech in a position of having to deny permission for us to use their facilities, even if federal/state/city/ restrictions are lifted by the date of the clinic.  So, we simply opted to cancel.
Thank you for your understanding.

South Plains Chapter
Texas Association of Sports Officials - Football Division

[dammitbobby]

Completely understand, hope it can be rescheduled in the summer maybe.

[Getting Fat]

There's the problem right there.

Jason's comment is going to age like milk...