Arizona Football Officials Association
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Link to: AzFOA Member Area and website sign-in

Next Board Meeting is Monday July 14, 2008 at 6 PM at the AIA Office
The Board has made it's recommendations for classification of SVO's to the Commissioner.
Log on to the Member Area and follow the link.

Meeting Dates for 2008

We have set the dates for events leading to the start of our 2008 season. Here they are......

Kickoff Meeting - 8/4 - Moon Valley HS - 6PM
(Check-In 5:00 - 5:45)
White Hat Seminar 7/26 @PCDS 9AM - 12PM
Coaches Meeting 7/26 @PCDS 1PM - 4 PM
Area Rules Meetings Start 8/5 .... See meeting links in left side bar.

Keep in mind that while somewhat decided at this point, these are subject to change. Please check back as we get nearer.

The Areas previously meeting at the AIA office and Scottsdale will combine and meet at Phoenix Country Day School.

The season will kick off on Aug 29 for a few teams.
Friday, Sept 5 is expected to be the first full schedule.

  

All please note......

Our bowling outing has been cancelled as we were not able to obtain enough commitments prior to the deadline.
Thanks to those who did respond. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Kick-Off meeting.

Some schools are introducing a new offense. To put it gently, it will make officiating our games more... well.... "challenging". Get a leg up on what you might see this year. Go to www.a11offense.com for a preview.
The Aloha Hawaii Videos used for training last year are available for you to download to your PC!!!
Log into the Member Area to download and review !!
The Annual 4A-5A All-Star Game was held June June 14 at Surprise Stadium.

Your AzFOA was represented by:

From L - R

L - John Curfman
B - Bob Sietsema
R - Ken Wolf
H - Rick Stillion
U - Dave Formosa



Hochuli

Hall of Fame Inductees Honored

Ed Hochuli,
Robert Salviano Sr, and
Robert Salviano Jr
were inducted into the
AzFOA Hall of Fame
at the Kickoff Meeting
on July 17, 2007.

Read More

Honored in 2006 were
Randy Rossler and Tom Frazier.

Honored in 2005 were John Kelly, John Toppi and Bob Madrid.

Honored in 2004 were Ed Trexler, Earl Yost, Herman Harold, Joe Gustafson and Jim Murphy.




Salviano Sr.

 

Salviano Jr


Our State Rules Co-Interpreters, Bob Sietsema and Don Cerimeli invite you to frequently check the "Inside the Rules" link in the left sidebar.
If you have a question that remains unanswered, then click on the "Submit a Question" link. We have posted answers to may of the questions posed during the past season. Use the link to see what the rulings were.

We need your help !!!
Recruiting new officials that is. With the increasing number of schools and youth football the demand of more officials is very critical. Please consider friends, family and acquaintences and contact one of us if they have any interest in joining us. We'll take it from there.

Steve Johnson- 480.882.2155 or 602.284.5511
or John Mahoney - 602.316.3618


Referee Magazine has a whole library of books on officiating to help you advance and stay sharp.
Click Here
to go to their site.
White Hat Seminar and Coaches Session Presentations

Please save these to your PC and then open them from your PC. It'll be faster and you'll always be able to reference them.
You'll need Microsoft Power Point to view them.

2007 White Hat Power Point Slide Show (You will have better performance if you save this to your PC first, then view it)

Philosophies for officiating were outlined during the recent
White Hat Seminar. It's important all of us call our games
the same way. Save this MS Word document and review it often.
Officiating Philosophies

The 2007 Football Section of the AIA Manual has been posted. Follow the Inside the Rules link for this.

Several questions have been asked to clarify the new rule regarding penalty enforcement in 10.4.6 and 10.4.7. There are new case plays posted for these rules. See the Inside the Rules Section and click on Case Plays for New Rules..

 

AzFOA Member Benefits

The Board is commited to improving the quality of officiating in our state. You can help by joining us. If you are not a member yet, please use the link on the left to the membership application. Fill it out and mail it with your membership fee.

Portions of our site will become available only to members a little later this year.

Please join us to continue to promote the Best High School Football Officiating Organization in the Nation!

AzFOA Membership Form

AzFOA On-Line Signup


Get a leg up on the new season. Follow this link to the rule changes approved for 2008 !!

2008 Rule Changes

This link will take you to the NFHS site where you will find other resources you can use.

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