High School Football Official – Team Communication

Let’s talk about the official communication of the high school football team

It is vital that as a team you have fluid communication between each position on the pitch. This is important for any level of soccer. how do you have college football team We break down our communication as follows:

Soccer team communication signs –

• Linesman and Line Judge (Wings) – A fist stretched out to the side – represents the closest player off the line. This is used to communicate that their man is off the line, and they signal to each other to count players in backfield if they both show this signal. This is specific to an illegal formation: not enough players on the line.
• Linesman and Line Judge (Wings) – A palm to the cheek represents an unbalanced line, telling everyone to look for player numbering, ineligibles, and position issues.
• All Officials – Two crossed fists, two bet signals – more than ten yards to gain for a first down
• Linesman and Line Judge (Wings) – When a play ends at the sideline, two arms held palms facing the sideline represent ‘Player Out of Bounds’. The clock will start on the next plugin
• Linesman and Line Judge (Wings) – When a play ends at the sideline, two arms held palms facing the field of play represent the ‘In-Bounds Player’. The clock keeps ticking
• Linesman and Line Judge (Wings): On a passing play behind the line of scrimmage, the wings may have to point the direction of the ball. If the pass was backwards, this signaling is done by placing an open hand to the side. If the pass was forward, no signal is needed. This is critical if the defense recovers a ball passed backwards in bounds or goes out of bounds to mark the new spot for the foul.
• All umpires: start the clock, this is done by swinging one arm in a large circle in front of the body (called winding the clock).
• All referees: stop the clock to indicate that the progress of the game has been stopped out of bounds. This is done by crossing your arms above your head twice.
• When a first try is reached, the process consists of stopping (winding) the watch twice and then restarting it. This indicates that the first down has been reached and the referee will start the clock on ready to play.
• All umpires will rotate each fist over the other to indicate that the next play will provide protection for the center on punts, field goals, and/or attempts.
• All Officials: Some teams will fist bump on top of each other to indicate that after the next play we will stop the clock in unison; this is used as a reminder for each member of the team.
• All referees will raise their fists upwards to indicate that they have counted their respective teams (attack or defense, depending on the referee) for eleven players. This is done to indicate that there are not too many players during a play.
• It is vital that you communicate as a crew how the signaling is done. The signals must be consistent and must be discussed before the game.