Rock Valley Sports Officials Association
BEFORE THE SEASON
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Register at www.Gotofficials.com
“MUST” be a licensed w/IHSA (sport: FB)
RVOA website
Pay RVOA membership dues - $40
Order your required Equipment & uniform
Attend remaining classroom training dates
Attend on-Field training – 2 required
Read the Rules/Part 2 Definitions
Crew & game assignments
IHSA Test & Rules Video
• Part I Exam – Available 8/12 – 9/16/14
– Print out test and complete
– We will review questions & answers on 8/25
meeting.
• Rules Video – Available 8/12 – 9/16/14
Classroom Training
• 2014 REMAINING MEETING DATES:
August 11, 18, 25 @ RVC, Bldg. PEC Room 0202
September – TBD
• Special Guest Speakers Confirmed:
• Tony Lombardo / NCAA Div. I – Monday, 8/18
– DPI/OPI
On-Field Training Dates
List on www.rvofficials.com – Sign-up!
• Wednesday, 8/6– Harlem HS (N. Field @ 5:30pm)
• Thursday, 8/7 – Harlem HS (N. Field @ 5:30pm)
• Friday, 8/8 – Rockton Family Sports Complex @ 5pm
• Saturday, 8/9 – Genoa Middle School @ 9am (4 games)
• Tuesday, 8/12 – Belvidere Central Middle School
@ 6pm (2 games)
Mentors
Your crew chief in all cases is your
assigned mentor, though feel free to
contact either one of the members below:
1.Pete Ducato
2.Dan Pritchard
3.Eric Cunningham
4.Todd Carlson
QUESTIONS?
National Federation of State
High School Associations
2014
NFHS
Football Rules Changes
Take Part. Get Set For Life.™
Targeting
Rules 2-20-2 (NEW); 9-4-3m (NEW)
EXAMPLE: SHOULDER TO THE
HEAD
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an
opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm,
hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting may be called for
contact against any opponent, including the runner.
© REFEREE ENTERPRISES INC. 2012
Targeting
Rules 2-20-2 (NEW); 9-4-3m (NEW)
EXAMPLE: FIST TO THE HEAD
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an
opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm,
hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting may be called for
contact against any opponent, including the runner.
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Targeting
Rules 2-20-2 (NEW); 9-4-3m (NEW)
EXAMPLE: ELBOW TO THE HEAD
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an
opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm,
hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting may be called for
contact against any opponent, including the runner.
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Targeting
Rules 2-20-2 (NEW); 9-4-3m (NEW)
EXAMPLE: FOREARM TO THE NECK
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an
opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm,
hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting may be called for
contact against any opponent, including the runner.
© REFEREE ENTERPRISES INC. 2012
Targeting
Rules 2-20-2 (NEW); 9-4-3m (NEW)
A blow to the helmet by two linemen in the free blocking
zone is not necessarily a targeting foul.
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Targeting
Rule 9-4-3m (NEW)
Illegal Personal Contact
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an
opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm,
hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting may be called for
contact against any opponent, including the runner. Note
that the passer in this play is also a defenseless player.
Targeting is a 15-yard penalty for illegal personal contact.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
A new definition for a defenseless player has been added. A
defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical
position and focus of concentration, is especially vulnerable
to injury.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: OUT OF THE PLAY
B6 has chosen not to participate further and is obviously out
of the play. He is considered to be defenseless.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: KICKER
After a kick (PlayPic A), a kicker who has not had a
reasonable amount of time to regain his balance after the
kick (PlayPic B) is a defenseless player.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: PASS RECEIVER
A pass receiver attempting to catch a pass, or a pass
receiver who has clearly relaxed when the player has
missed the pass or feels he can no longer catch the pass, is
considered defenseless.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: KICK RECEIVER
A kick receiver attempting to catch or recover the ball is
considered defenseless.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: PLAYER ON THE GROUND
A player who is on the ground is considered defenseless.
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Defenseless Player
Rules 2-32-16 (NEW); 9-4-3i(3)
EXAMPLE: FORWARD PROGRESS
STOPPED
A runner already in the grasp of an opponent and whose
forward progress has been stopped is defenseless. Contact
on the runner could also be considered targeting.
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Free-Kick Formation
Rules 6-1-3b (NEW); 6-1-3c (NEW)
After the ready-for-play has been signaled and until the ball
is kicked for a free kick, team K must have at least four
players on either side of the kicker. As shown in the
MechaniGram, K is guilty of a dead-ball foul.
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Free-Kick Formation
Rules 6-1-3b (NEW); 6-1-3c (NEW)
On a free kick, from the time the ready-for-play is signaled
until the ball is kicked, no K player other than the kicker may
be more than five yards from his free-kick line. The
formation in the MechaniGram becomes legal when the ball
has been declared ready-for-play.
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Free-Kick Formation
Rules 6-1-3b (NEW); 6-1-3c (NEW)
The formation in the MechaniGram becomes illegal when the ball
has been declared ready-for-play. K3, K4, K5 and K6 are all more
than five yards from their free kick line. No K players, with the
exception of the kicker may be more than five yards behind the
kicking team’s free kick line. A player satisfies this rule when no
foot is on or beyond the line five yards behind K’s free kick. If one
player is more than five yards behind the restraining line and any
other player kicks the ball, it is a foul.
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Force
Rule 8-5-1b (NEW)
K1 blocks R2 into the ball. The accidental touching of a
loose ball by a player who was blocked into the ball by an
opponent is ignored and does not constitute a new force.
The result of this play is a touchback.
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Roughing the Passer
Rule 9-4-4
No defensive player shall charge into, or commit any illegal
personal contact foul listed in Rule 9-4-3 against the passer
who is standing still or fading back, because he is considered
out of the play after the pass and has not moved to participate
in the play. Grasping of the face mask is considered roughing
the passer.
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Forward Progress
2014
RVOA
Forward Progress
Forward progres is a definition that must be applied on
virtually every play. Rule 2-15-1 says it is the end of
advancement of the ball towards the opponent's goal.
Barring an inadvertent whistle or the runner’s helmet
coming off, the runner’s advancement can end four
ways:
1. He is down by rule;
2. His forward progress is stopped;
3. He steps out of bounds; or
4. He loses possession either by handing, passing, or
kicking the ball (voluntary), or by fumbling (involuntary).
Forward Progress
• The runner may lower his head when contacted to gain
yardage, but he cannot use his head to butt, ram or punish
an opponent. The illegal helmet contact rules apply equally
to all players.
• The runner may also ward off would-be tacklers, but he
cannot kick them or otherwise deliver a blow. The runner
may stiff arm and use a hand on an opponent’s helmet or
face mask but just like any other player, he cannot grasp or
pull the tackler’s face mask. The hand must be open and in
advance of the elbow. Also, the runner cannot butt or ram
opponents using his helmet as a weapon.
Inbound Plays
• Although running plays are easier to deal with than passing
plays, difficulties arise if you don’t have a consistent
methodology for determining the forward progress spot.
• When the runner gets “lost” in a cluster of linemen in the
middle of the field, it can be difficult to determine the exact
forward progress spot. When the runner’s voluntary
movement is stopped, the whistle should be blown.
Remember on some occasions, defenders will relax when
they hear the whistle while the runner fights on, giving the
ppearance of a premature whistle.
Sideline Plays
• If the runner steps out of bounds, the forward progress
spot is the foremost point of the ball when the runner
touches the ground out of bounds. That applies
regardless of whether the ball is held inside or outside
the sideline.
• For tackles near the sideline, determining the forward
progress spot can be challenging. If the runner’s forward
progress spot is stopped in the field of play, even if he is
subsequently thrown out of bounds, the clock is not
stopped, but if he went out of bounds before his forward
progress was stopped, the clock is STOPPED.
Forward Progress POE
• Position yourself off the field
• On every play know your down & distance signal and confirm
verbally with your crew.
• No need to run into the field of play on every play.
• Come in and sell your call on close first downs and goal line
plays, typically 10 yards and in. Get to that goal line and work
backwards.
• Square off ALL plays!
• Never turn your back to the field of play & players!
• After each play confirm down with crew.
• Punch back only for players off the LOS, we don’t punch
forward for being on. Don’t coach kids, they are either on or off.
• After ball becomes dead, watch players!