Potential and Returning Officials,
Our reduced number of members the past couple of years has increased the game load for everyone. ILOA Directors, Officers and Committee Chairs are working hard to address recruiting and training to lessen the load on current members and to make training more approachable for new recruits.
One initiative currently under way is to recruit and train more high school-aged Junior Officials. For those of you working MaxLax this offseason, you will see them getting on-field instruction at the lower-level games.
In addition, we are also strongly encouraging youth programs to schedule Sunday play days with multiple teams. This will enable us to assign these Junior Officials and hopefully reduce the quantity of weeknight games.
This program will not entirely eliminate the need for more adult officials, so please continue to spread the word to anyone who might be interested in officiating.
As always, you can direct prospective officials to our website for training information, to register to receive training emails from the ILOA, or to check our training calendar.
We will continue to update details as they firm up.
Happy holidays and we look forward to seeing you all at training!
