To register:
Select "Sign up for a CE Course"
Select "Recreation
and Water Sports"
Select "Soccer Officiating
Certification"
In an effort to
serve the increasing demand for high quality youth sports officials,
Broward College has formed the Sports Officiating and Coaching
CE Curriculum for certification of new referees, umpires, officials and coaches; and in
partnership with existing sports organizations.
Florida State Referees (“FSR”) will conduct the first Grade 8 Soccer
Referee course on August 4-8, 2008 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at
the Holiday Park Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL; and will be open to
youth ages 12 through adults. Field instruction will be a mainstay
of all Broward College officiating courses.
This year, the
Florida Legislature created Broward College as one of nine pilot
state colleges, community colleges that were transformed into
four-year degree schools. Broward College’s officiating courses
will not be part of Sports Management degrees offered by Broward
College.
“The Broward
College Sports Officiating and Coaching School will offer as many
soccer referee certification courses as demand dictates; and
beginning this Fall, lacrosse umpire certification courses will
encompass both classroom and field training instruction during the
YMCA Fall Ball Lacrosse League season”, according to Advisory Board
member Bob Motta. “We believe lacrosse has already established
itself as the next great youth sport in Florida with over 130 high
schools teams competing this past Spring for the inaugural Florida
High School Athletic Association State Championships. Nationally,
youth soccer has grown beyond the expectations of nearly everyone
and there is a clear shortage of soccer referees in many areas of
Florida, which present a challenge for maintaining both player
safety and quality of games. It is our expectation that in the near
future we will see the nineteen (19) community colleges and nine (9)
pilot state colleges in Florida offer sports officiating courses
similar to the model we are establishing at Broward College”.
Future courses are listed in the
Broward College
Course Guide
beginning in August.
Select "Sign up for a CE Course"
Select "Recreation
and Water Sports"
Select "Soccer Officiating
Certification"
