Course Overview

This course is designed to train new adult lacrosse officials.

There are a series of recordings of our zoom calls this January as well as individually recorded presentations assigned as homework. Each covers key aspects of officiating rules and mechanics.

Take your time working your way through these lessons! We understand that this is a lot of information.

Here is the 2026 Rookie Training Plan Document. This document lays out the zoom calls we conducted this January and contains important links to documents and charts that you may find useful. You can always go back to these recordings to review by clicking the links to our YouTube Channel (@galaxref.com)

Our website, Galaxref.com, is another place with lots of information for you to review including information our Uniform and Equipment page.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me, Greg Hite, at [email protected] or 770.689.9782. I will be more than happy to assist you!

Enrolling in a Free Course

1. Free: Free courses require an account but no payment transaction. Please use the email you have in Arbiter!
2. Course: Navigate to the “Courses” page on the galaxref.com (under the Resources tab) and click “2026 Make up Session.”
3. Register & Enroll: Clicking on the course will take you to the Log in menu, click the Register Now button at the bottom if you don’t already have access.
4. Start Learning: You will receive a confirmation message. Click Start Course to begin immediately.
5. Exit and Resume: Exit and sign back in to pick up where you left off.
6. Complete Lesson: Watch the recording and when done, please be sure to click the completed button on the right hand side for each lesson!

Make sure to click the Complete Lesson button after each lesson!

Please let us know if you have any questions at [email protected].

Agenda

Here is the agenda for the course; each lesson consists of a number of videos (either our recorded zoom call or a series of individual recorded presentations) and is then followed by a short quiz.

Lesson 1: The Basics

1. Key Definitions
2. Field, Goals, Ball and Game Equipment
3. Game Personnel, Officials Uniform and Equipment
4. Clock, Mercy Rule, and Overtime and Crosse & Equipment

Lesson 2: Positioning and Game Play

1. Positioning, On Off Official, & Settled Situations
2. Out of Bounds and Offsides
3. Substitutions and Restarts
4. Counts, Over and Back, & Stalling
5. GLOA Game with Commentary Video and Goals

Lesson 3: Fouls

1. Personal Fouls
2. Technical Fouls

Lesson 4: Assessing Fouls

1. Play on, FDSW, & When to Throw a Flag
2. What Foul to Call
3. Signaling, & Administering Fouls
4. Game Management

Lesson 5: Faceoffs and Crease Play & Goalie Privileges

1. Faceoffs
2. Crease Play and Goalie Privileges
3. Pregame Responsibilities