SPMT 350: Sports Officiating

Course Description

Officiating is an introductory course for students interested in sports officiating. Topics include the rules and their interpretations, definitions, signals, mechanics, ethics, exceptions to the rules and positioning. The course covers football and men’s and women’s basketball. Registration with the Michigan High School Athletic Association will be available. The course would also be valuable to those students who are interested in coaching, as the coach-official relationship is a valuable tool in one’s coaching background. The sports covered are: basketball, football and track and field, baseball and softball. There will be a practical phase as well as a lecture phase of instruction. (F, W, S).