08/07/23- Football Online Rules Clinic for Officials Now Available

August 8, 2023 Athletic Department Blog Updates

The mandatory online KHSAA Rules Clinic for the sport of Football is now available. The clinic is required of all officials as well as all coaches (varsity, junior varsity, and freshman) whether or not the coach receives pay.

TO TAKE THE CLINIC, LOG IN TO YOUR ARBITERSPORTS.COM ACCOUNT NOT THE KHSAA WEBSITE

Go to https://khsaaofficials.org

Login using your arbiter name and password

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLINICS

• As they are a condition of postseason eligibility, in the top black bar on the main page for https://khsaaofficials.org, select ELIGIBILITY
• Select that you want the 2023-24 Football Postseason Eligibility by clicking on 23-24 Postseason
• You will see a Blue Hyperlink that says Take Online Clinic
• Go through the clinic following the instructions including any require
• Please note it may be as much as 24-hours before your score is posted

DEADLINES FOR OFFICIALS

• Through September 21 (Officials) – the Football Clinic will be online only and may be viewed at no charge during this period.
• Sept. 22 to Oct. 6 (Officials) – the Football Clinic will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($30) during this period.
• Oct 7 to Oct. 21 (Officials) – the Football Clinic will be online only and may be viewed for the makeup fee ($60) during this period. After this time, postseason penalties per Bylaw 27 will apply.

CLINIC PRESENTATION BACKGROUND

• The presentation can be viewed on most PC or Mac desktops and laptops, along with many HTML5-enabled mobile devices and tablets (to view system requirements click on the Resources tab from within the clinic once the clinic has started).
• You do not have to start and finish the module in one session. You can exit the module at any time by clicking on the “Exit Module” link on the screen, or by simply closing the browser tab. When you return to the clinic, you will be asked if you want to resume or not.
• NOTE: Even though you don’t have to watch in one sitting, you cannot simply leave the module running with a slide displayed when you are away for an extended period of time as you run the risk of not receiving credit.
• There is no certificate for online rules clinics. For coaches, your athletic director will have full visibility of whether or not you have started and finished a module.
• The slides must be advanced one at a time, manually using the player controls. At any time you can go back to review slides you have already viewed, but you can never skip slides you have not viewed.
• You will be presented with a few questions throughout that must be answered before you can proceed.
• Each person that views the clinic must be logged into their account in order to get credit. If taken using anyone else’s e-mail address other than your own (including your administrator’s), you will have to re-take the clinic.

LOGIN ISSUES

• If you are an official and have trouble logging into Arbiter, contact Arbiter (800-311-4060 or support@arbitersports.com.
• The KHSAA cannot assist with login issues for already licensed officials.

FOR PART 2 TEST WHEN AVAILABLE (OR PART 1 FOR PRACTICE)

• In the top black bar menu, select TESTING
• Open Tests will have a large blue Take Test Button on the right-hand side
• Ensure that you select the right test, as a licensed official, you will have access to a multitude of tests.
• Follow the instructions and submit your test
• Please note it may be as much as 24-hours before your score is posted

THOSE SERVING AS BOTH COACH AND OFFICIAL IN THE SAME SPORT

• Several of you may serve as officials and coaches. In that case, you may want credit for completing the clinic as both an official and a coach.
• If that is the case, complete the clinic under arbitersports.com using the instructions for the officials, then contact our office at officialsinfo@khsaa.org and request that the clinic be also applied to your work as a coach.

ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED

• Once you have finished, type https://khsaaofficials.org in your browser and hit enter
• You can then click “Switch Views” in the top-line menu to go to your local association page.
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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 280 member schools both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 215 state championships to 51 teams and 164 individuals in 13 sports and 6 sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 106,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches, and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

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