Pinellas Area Referees, Inc.

August 6 Training Session 3

Pec — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:52:51 GMT

OKAY....Announcement 2
PAR Training: Session 3
When:            Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 - 8:00 pm "tonight!"
                      @ Oak Grove MS
                      Rules 3 and 5

and Saturday, August 9, 10:00 - 11:30 am
@ I have no clue where we are meeting yet????

                      Rules 6, 7 and 8

Training Ground Rules:
·    Please be prompt. Times were selected to give you time to be there when we start the meeting.
·    Don't come empty handed. Important topics will be discussed. Bring a pad, pencil and rule books.
·    Please do not interject a lot during the meeting. The session is timed to cover certain points the first hour. Write down questions or comments, etc; then:

· During the last half hour, we will entertain questions, comments etc: WE MUST BE GONE BY 8:15!

Oak Grove is located at
1370 North Belcher Road
Clearwater

From south county, take US 19 north, @ Nursery Road where McDonald's is, take a left(west) to Belcher Road; Right on Belcher; school on the left hand side. There is one entrance to the school. It is on the north side. DO NOT GO IN THE BACK. WE ARE NOT IN THE GYM. In the front parking lot, drive all the way to the south side of the building. My classroom is in the SE corner of the building. The door is right there.

Not sure of the location for Saturday yet. We need a ST Pete location.

Onward and upward,

Bob Pecorelli
Training Director
Pinellas Area Referees
( c ) 418-7218
bear75@tampabay.rr.com

PAR Training Schedule 2008-09

Pec — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:08:27 GMT

PAR Training for 2008-09

Date	When	Topics
21-Jun	9:30-10:30	Registration/Training Schedule/Dress/New Rules/Mechanics/Advanced Officiating
21-Jun	11:30-12:30	Officiating 2 Crew………... and ………..Officiating 3 Crew
21-Jun	2:30-3:30	Registration/Training Schedule/Dress/New Rules/Mechanics/Advanced Officiating

22-Jul	evening	Official Manual Changes and Emphasis / and Rule 4
26-Jul	Saturday	Rules 1 & 2
6-Aug	evening	Rules 3 & 5
9-Aug	Saturday	Rules 6, 7 and 8
21-Aug	evening	Rules 9 & 10
23-Aug	Saturday	Court Coverage and Game Management
26-Aug	evening	Mechanics/Review and Practice Test

6-Sep	Saturday	Official Manual Changes and Emphasis / and Rule 4
16-Sep	evening	Rules 1 & 2
20-Sep	Saturday	Rules 3 & 5
30-Sep	evening	Rules 6, 7 and 8
4-Oct	Saturday	Rules 9 & 10
15-Oct	evening	Court Coverage and Game Management
1ct	Saturday	Mechanics/Review and Practice Test

	*note	Exact times to be determined

Correction on Training / My Fault / Saturday is Different

Pec — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:27:03 GMT

THIS IS A CORRECTION!

PAR Training: Session 1 and 2

When: Tuesday, July 22, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

@ Oak Grove MS

Tues. Rule 4, Plus More

and Saturday, July 26, 10:00 - 11:30 am

@Gibbs High School

Sat.: Rules 1 & 2

Tues and Sat: They are two separate meetings. They are different.

I apologize for the mis-communication about Saturday. Saturday is not the same as last night (Tuesday). From July 22 thru August 26, all topics will be met. Then, on September 6 thru October 18, we will do it again. The Tuesday night meeting was an important one. Among many of the topics, we discussed was Rule 4, which is the most important chapter in the rule book. That meeting will be repeated on September 16 if you missed it last night.

Training Ground Rules:

Please be prompt. Times were selected to give you time to be there when we start the meeting.
Don't come empty handed. Important topics will be discussed. Bring a pad, pencil and rule books.
Please do not interject a lot during the meeting. The session is timed to cover certain points the first hour. Write down questions or comments, etc:
During the last half hour, we will entertain questions, comments etc:

Note:

The meetings were designed for the St Pete area and for somewhere in north county. Originally we were to meet at the Countryside library. Unfortunately, they had no board or AV equipment. This past weekend I received permission to make the change to Oak Grove. We are looking for a site in the north county area for future meetings, however Oak Grove has everything we need. Hopefully, for those in central to north county, you will see it as a great location. Anyone that can find another meeting site, for future meetings, call me. I am open to suggestions. It would be great to have a board or AV equipment.

Last, it is extremely important for any officials between 1-3 years to get an early start on training. I hope to see many officials off to an early start this Saturday.

Oak Grove is located at

1370 North Belcher Road

Clearwater

From south county, take US 19 north, @ Nursery Road where McDonald's is, take a left(west) to Belcher Road; Right on Belcher; school on the left hand side. There is one entrance to the school. It is on the north side. DO NOT GO IN THE BACK. WE ARE NOT IN THE GYM. In the front parking lot, drive all the way to the south side of the building. My classroom is in the SE corner of the building. The door is right there.

Gibs High School

Around 9:50 am, we will meet in the front parking lot by the gym door. From there we will go to a classroom.

Onward and upward,

Bob Pecorelli

Training Director

Pinellas Area Referees

( c ) 418-7218

bear75@tampabay.rr.com

PAR's Annual Ref Camp

AC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:29:03 GMT

Our 2nd annual Ref Camp has come and gone, congratualtions to Largo who took home the coveted trophy! The Board would like to thank Pecorelli and his crew for conducting the trainings and Terry Jones and his crew for handling the evaluations. We couldn't have pulled it off without you.

If you didn't make it out you missed a great training opportunity. For you 1st and 2nd year officials that stayed home this was a good chance for you to be seen by our new booking commissioner. So if you are wondering why you aren't getting more "next level" games once the season starts look at yourself first before you start bad mouthing the BC.

Kudos to all the other members that came out and participated. Let us know what you thought, any improvments we should think about making next year. Stayed tuned to the website for more upcoming trainings!

House Rules

AC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:19:41 GMT

Do us all a favor and make sure we follow the below rules...

- Keep it clean
- Respect others
- Don't hate
- Don't use language you wouldn't use with your mom

Help Wanted

AC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:15:16 GMT

Any official that needs help staffing summer leagues, tournaments, etc. let us know.

Any Good Camps Out There?

AC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:13:15 GMT

Let us know if you have come across any upcoming camps that might benefit our fellow officials.

Moving Players off the Block

AC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:11:51 GMT

What are your thoughts with moving the kids up one lane spot like it was 3-4 years ago? Like or dislike?

NBA Finals

AC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:07:24 GMT

Do the Celtics have enough to close out the Lakers tonight?