[oldcoach]

The biggest problem I have with the officials in the 15th is that they spend to much time explaining to the coaches. They are going to make mistakes, that's human nature. But if I am not mistaken, they are trained to call games with blinders on. Meaning watch what goes on between the lines not the antics that the coaches and fans are doing.:ref2:

Other than a week long camp in the summer, I don't know of any training for officials. I do know they have an annual rules clinic where they get a lecture from someone from the KHSAA. A long time ago, the state told our officials to let the kids play more. The problem with that is that all officials now have to make a judgment call on a foul they see as to whether to call it. It drives me nuts when the officials are told to call hand checks more closely and let them mix it up in the paint. It makes it very difficult to call the games. What we see as a foul may or may not be one based on what the officials have been told by the state. The days of "Call it the way you see it" left the game long ago.