DCHOA Education Topic for 01/18/2016 - Positioning / Awareness

1. Positioning/Awareness
DCHOA January Education Meeting

2. Purpose
- To review positioning in the different officiating
systems
- Find common game situations that need
heightened awareness and identify what we
should be looking for as officials

3. Positioning
Why is this important?
- Puts officials in the best field of vision
- Helps keep officials out of play
- Aids in ‘selling’ a call
- Don’t want to end up like this
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/penguins-david-
warsofsky-injured-after-legs-taken-out-by-falling-referee-tim-
peel/

4. Positioning
Quiz
https://create.kahoot.it/#user/1e15e30d-a6b4-46e9-9646-2ab755ff714b/kahoots/created
Above is a quiz of 20 questions on positioning. Please complete as part of the
presentation

5. Awareness

6. Awareness

7. Awareness
- What does good awareness help with?
- prevent altercations
- Positioning is also key as officials must hustle and get between
players to help ensure something doesn’t break out.
- Covering for partners

8. Awareness
Split into (2) groups, referees and linesman
- Take the next 8-10 minutes and go from the start of the game
through the end and identify situations where heightened
awareness is needed.

9. Awareness
Referees
- In warmups, any equipment
violations
- Victim in any cheap penalties
throughout the game
- D coming past the top of the
circles during an altercation
- Post game handshake-make
sure good sportsmanship is
adhered to
Linesman
- Covering for your partner
- Goaltender coming out for the
extra attacker at the end of the
game
- Player coming out of the
penalty box
- Post game handshake, keep
eyes on players who might
have been on edge during the

10. Awareness

11. Awareness- Example of both good positioning and awareness

12. Awareness
Always go into an altercation with a partner.