by Silbo | Jul 21, 2020 | Officiating, Training
The National Federation of State High School Associations has opened up their Learning Center to the public for free for a limited time. These free digital training courses will provide you the foundation to become an official or level up with a new sport. All of...
by Silbo | Jul 14, 2020 | Officiating, What to Wear
Using Appearance to Establish Credibility as a Sports Official How important is appearance? You know when your significant other goes that little extra on the ‘going out’ look, and it somehow makes YOU feel good about yourself? That’s how important. When they look...
by Silbo | Jul 13, 2020 | Officiating, Ump-Attire.com, What to Wear
Football is the most popular sport in America, with millions of people tuning in to college and NFL games, keeping track of their fantasy team, or practicing for the family Thanksgiving game. This popularity trickles down to flag football, a non-contact version of the...
by Ryan Christian | Jul 7, 2020 | Officiating
I’m writing my first-ever blog! Silbo CEO, Brendan Szulik, and I have talked extensively in the past three months about the return of sports after this pandemic-driven hiatus. We’ve discussed even more how this will impact sports officials. When he asked me to type up...
by Silbo | Jun 26, 2020 | Officiating
Sports officiating is a great opportunity to stay involved in sports while also making some extra money, but how do you get started? There are a lot of unique stories about how individuals first started officiating, but these are the typical steps. Step 1:...
by Silbo | Jun 24, 2020 | Officiating, Ump-Attire.com, What to Wear
Kickball is growing in popularity, especially as an adult recreational sport. Copying a good chunk of the ruleset over from baseball, kickball is an easy sport for baseball and softball umpires to pick up and is typically pretty approachable for new sports officials...
