Overview

There are a large number of new junior players each year. These players need to be trained as scorekeepers and as second officials. Well-trained support officials will greatly assist in the smooth running of tournaments. Each juniors' team will be required to have a certified scorekeeper and a second official by April 1st of each year. Certification is valid for two years.

1. Only approved JODP clinicians may present junior officials' clinics. The OVR has 60 certified clinicians throughout the region, available to give your team/club a clinic for scorekeeping, second refereeing, or both. Certified clinicians may be found at www.ovr.org/juniors/jodp/clinicians.php.

2. The standard fee for a single clinic, which may include more than one team or club, is a $75 stipend for either scorekeeping or second refereeing, or $100 if teaching both. If you would like to add a scrimmage, with on-court evaluation, during which your players may complete the certification, appropriate additional reimbursement should be discussed when setting up the date and time with the clinician.

3. Clinicians will supply attendance information to Gary Hesse following each clinic. They will also enter players' information online, provided that the club has already registered. If the players are not yet registered, the club director is then responsible for entering the players' attendance.

4. During tournaments up to April 1st, scorekeepers will be formally rated by the extra official, and second officials will be formally rated by the first official. The candidate must work the entire match. If the respective official passes the individual, the official will sign the rating form and return it to the candidate. The coach and/or club director will record the players that have been successful. The official will also sign a certification card for the individual. These cards will be similar to the OVR membership card. Blank certification cards and rating forms will be supplied to tournament directors to have available at each tournament.

5. For tournaments after April 1st, the team must supply a certified scorekeeper and second official, who must present their cards. Otherwise, the coach(es) must work the function for which the team does not have a certified official, with priority is given to the scorekeeper function if there is a single coach.

6. Certifications will be valid for two year except if there is a major change in either of the Official's functions (for instance, the scoring change in the 1999-2000 year).

Certified Clinicians

Certified JODP clinicians are listed at www.ovr.org/juniors/jodp/clinicians.php. Contact Gary Hesse (hesse@ovr.org, 513-844-6636 /h, 513-289-2329 /c) if you are a professional official in the OVR and would like to become a clinician.

OVR Scorekeeping Presentation

The following presentation details scorekeeping in the Ohio Valley Region. This presentation can be displayed with PowerPoint, or with the free PowerPoint Viewer 2003.

• OVR Scorekeeping Presentation (4.10 MB, zipped PowerPoint)

For Additional Information

For questions regarding the Junior Officials' Development Program, contact