Failure to do so will make the official ineligible to work the level of the state playoffs, district, regional and finals. The points of interest to officials who plan to attend are highlighted accordingly. The responsibility of administering the field clinics will rest with the selected host associations. Officials must attend the rules clinics at the regularly scheduled schools. A Field Clinic is a workshop type session, which usually lasts over a two-day period, weekend days.
Officials get both lecturing and hands-on approaches to officiating a particular sport.
It is required as described earlier, i.e. new officials must attend one clinic in the first three years, and veteran officials must attend one clinic every four years. The host association conducts these clinics. Attendance at Field Clinics directly affects an official s eligibility to work state series competition at any level. The list of regularly scheduled schools is made available to the associations and is also listed on the web site. All officials must attend this clinic once a year.