Next season in here already

For many of us the season was over about two weeks ago. And for many of us we need to begin to train now, yes now. The one thing we can count on as a high school official is the players age will stay the same. The players are about 14-18 years old, some younger, some older.

We as officials are getting older every year. In fact I don't think that we have any officials who are younger than 20 years old. That means most of us are in our 30's, 40's or 50's, the players aren't.

Players today are playing year round, their coached year round and the HS aged player is better than they were when most of us played. Their better trained, stronger, quicker and play faster.

So if you want to be in position to see plays you need to be as fit, strong and fast as you can be. So the older you are the sooner you need to start. If you need to lose some weight, start today.

Lastly, we talk a lot about being professional. Part of being professional is appearance, fitness and the ability to run in order to see the whole play correctly. Be a professional, everyone involved is counting on you.