Sidelines: Finding success where coaches and referees meet

If you could get what you want from officials, would it give you an advantage over your competition? This book will show you how to make officials want to work with you and for you. That's a big win.
Daniel Rothamel is using his 18 years as a high school and NCAA referee to make you a better coach by giving you the secrets that will improve your relationship with officials so that you can focus on winning.

Wouldn't it be great if you could spend less time being frustrated by officials and more time coaching your athletes during games?

Through his thousands of interactions with coaches of all levels, Daniel has developed tactics and strategies that will make you a better coach by improving your relationship with game officials. Improving that relationship will allow you to focus on what really matters-- coaching your athletes.

You wouldn't go into a game with out a game plan for winning, and you should approach the referees the same way. This book will teach you tips and tricks that you can use to create a game plan for the officials that will put you on the path to success.

You'll learn:

• What motivates officials and how they are a lot like you.
• What officials really want from every game they officiate.
• The philosophy that guides every official, and how you can use that philosophy to your advantage.
• You'll learn Samford's Law.
• The importance of having a game plan when you deal with the officials and how you can use it to win with them.
• What to do pre-game to set yourself up for success with the officials.
• How to interact with officials during the game to help you get what you want.
• How to use the post-game time to reinforce your commitment to a positive relationship with officials.
• How to handle game-changing situations when officials screw up.
  
• How all of this works together to help you earn the respect of game officials, administrators, and league directors.

You'll learn many more tactics and strategies as well, but even if you only remember the ones on this list, you'll be a better coach for it.

The things you'll learn in this book can by applied by any coach of any sport. Whether your sport has referees, officials, umpires, or all of the above, you can use the strategies and tactics from the book to create a game plan that will help you win with the officials.

From a purely competitive standpoint for you as a coach, reading this book will give you an advantage over many of your opponents who haven't read it.

While your colleagues remain frustrated by the officials, you'll be able to interact with officials frustration-free, which will have a positive impact on your games and your athletes. When you and your athletes aren't distracted by frustration with referees, you can call focus on winning.

Coaches and referees spend most of their time together on the sidelines, it's time for us to start working together. Referees spend a lot of time training for their interactions with coaches. By reading this book, you'll have similar training for your interactions with referees.

Once you start working with the officials on your games, you'll see that cooperation is the surest path to success.

When referees and coaches work together, everybody wins.