has improved his game by offi ciating numerous summer recruiting events in Georgia, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic. In 2011, Prince received a scholarship to attend US Lacrosse National Convention in Baltimore, hosted a second developmental clinic in Alabama and attended the US Lacrosse Local Enrichment and Development (LEAD) clinic in Orlando at the US Lacrosse Under-15 National Championships.
“Whenever I get a chance to work at these tournaments, I feel like I’m getting better,” said Prince, who’s now a district- rated offi cial following his successful completion of a clinic at the US Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament. “Consistency is the holy grail of
offi ciating — it’s what we strive for,” said Gordon Corsetti of the Georgia Lacrosse Offi cials Association. Offi cials want consistency through a whole game. Coaches may want it from game to game. Parents may want it from state to state or region to region.“There’s a disconnect in how each region offi ciates,” Corsetti said. “Having those national standards set by US Lacrosse is a huge step forward.”
Corsetti recalled reading the rulebook as a seventh-grader
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Colorado Springs, Colo. Bethlehem, Pa. Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Park City, Utah Park City, Utah Madison, Wis. Madison, Wis. Amherst, Mass. Amherst, Mass. San Jose, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Jose, Calif.
LAREDO = Lacrosse Referee Development LEAD = Local Enrichment And Development
Level 3 session in Colorado last summer — earning certifi cation to work college games as part of a three-man crew. Corsetti wanted to give back to the
sport he loved. Others, like parents Pat Takahashi and Dave Bagdan, decided to don the stripes when their children started playing. “I just got hooked,” Bagdan said.
Bagdan now is on the board of the Northern California Lacrosse Referee Association, which uses USL curricula for its training. Takahashi’s background as
a physical education teacher helped her learn how to offi ciate girls’ lacrosse when her daughter decided to start playing in
US Lacrosse staff and volunteers during the June production of video content for the online component of US Lacrosse OEP Level 1 programming.
and being “thrown out there” to offi ciate a youth game in Georgia. A former college player, Corsetti became a member of the GLOA in 2008, progressed through training programs provided locally and through US Lacrosse and attended a Lacrosse Referee Development (LAREDO)
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Walnut Creek, Calif. Takahashi helped to develop a program that trains about 70 high school students to offi ciate youth games. Her local board recently won the Susie Ganzenmuller Observers Program grant, which provides for observation and feedback for offi cials. “We have a community of people who truly care about the game being played safely and fairly,” Takahashi said. The US Lacrosse OEP staff includes active offi cials Charlie Obermayer and Liz Brush, who helped set national standards.
“Recruiting, training and then certifying our US Lacrosse offi cials
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Massachusetts and across the country is critically important to the continued responsible growth of the game,” said Tom Spangenberg, president of the Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League, one of the nation’s largest. “We have a strong and growing partner relationship with the Eastern Mass Lacrosse Offi cials Association, and we have doubled down our efforts to train and certify junior offi cials to ensure we have a second offi cial on our youth games. Eventually we look to have a steady fl ow of new quality referee candidates to add to our existing pool of quality referees to then assign to our 7,000-plus games each spring.”
It may be some time before Alabama hosts 7,000 youth lacrosse games in a spring. But when that time comes, Prince and others will be ready thanks in part to the US Lacrosse OEP. LM
The US Lacrosse Offi cials’ Education Program (OEP) is a membership-driven program made possible in part by donations to the US Lacrosse Foundation, the philanthropic arm of US Lacrosse. To support the responsible growth of the sport, please consider making a donation at
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