Getting Assignments
Generally speaking, the best way for an official to fill his/her schedule
is to:
- Register in each sport officiated with the Michigan High School
Athletic Association.
- Actively take part in an officials association, including scrimmages
and in-season mechanics sessions. This allows the official to stay
current on rules and mechanics, discuss play situations and learn how to
handle situations with coaches and athletes.
- Communicate your desire to officiate a particular sport with the
assignors who distribute these games/matches, or in some cases, the area
athletic directors of individual schools.
There are several conferences within driving distance of our members.
Some of them have independent assignors who assign all levels, from middle
school through varsity. Others use one or more assignors for the varsity
level, with the schools assigning the sub-varsity levels themselves. Talk to your sport-specific trainer and fellow officials regarding which athletic directors do
the assigning themselves for some of the sports and levels at their
schools.