Football Officials Guidebook: Mechanics for Crews of Four and Five Officials

All the mechanics information you need to know for crews of four and five officials are packed into 304 pages in 30 chapters. Updated for this season, Football Officials Guidebook offers over 200 of Referee’s exclusive PlayPic™ and MechaniGram™ illustrations to help you visualize every move you’ll need to make, from the coin toss through your postgame review! This book applies to all levels of play.

This new edition provides thorough coverage of philosophy of signals, basic mechanics, penalty signaling sequences, reporting fouls, flag and beanbag use and reading and understanding keys. Additional chapters separately cover four- and five-person crew mechanics involving the coin toss, free kicks, plays from scrimmage, goal line plays, scrimmage kicks, and much, much more! Over 100 caseplays ensure you’re ready to hit the field and end-of-section quizzes test your knowledge to find your strengths and weaknesses.

No other book on the market presents all the four- and five-person mechanics information in such a clear, concise manner or with such superb graphics as the updated Football Officials Guidebook.