Virginia Officials

WALOA Annual General Meeting

• Sunday, February 5th, 9 am- 3 pm - Annandale High School

New Officials

• Feb 11, 9 am-4 pm 

  • Colonial Forge HS, 550 Courthouse Rd, Stafford

• Feb 18, 9  am-4 pm

  • AOC Key Solutions, 14420 Albermarle Pointe Place Ste 200, Chantilly

Returning Officials

As we prep for the 2023 season, the standard requirements will be in place.

• Complete Google Form (need this done to start assignments)

• USA Lacrosse Membership (make sure email is the same as Arbiter or it does not "see" it)

• Background Check Through USL (part of USL membership process)

• VHSL Registration ( https://whistleapp.vhsl.org/)

• VHSL Test

• 6 hours of Professional Development

For professional development, here are the options:

• Area 4 Google Meets/Zoom Calls (Sundays 7 pm- 8 pm)

  • TBA

• USA Lacrosse Annual Rules Exams and Professional Development Courses for Officials (required for ALL)

• NILOA Officials (NILOA Annual Meeting counts as 4 hours)

• 2023 USA Lacrosse Convention (in-person presentations as well as on-demand if released in time)

• Past US Lacrosse Convention Presentations on USA Lacrosse Website - log in first (https://uslacrosse-nle.myabsorb.com/#/catalog/fe2c2c33-e16e-4bab-8800-815f780c4731)

• Georgia Lacrosse Officials Website (https://galaxref.com/resources/presentations/)

• Past US Lacrosse "You Make The Call" videos (https://www.youtube.com/c/USLacrosseOfficialsDevelopmentProgram/playlists)

• Gordon Corsetti "Failure" Presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_2YbFj5Qs)

• GLOA YouTube Page (https://www.youtube.com/user/GLOAWebmaster)

• WALOA AGM

• VHSL Clinic (not sure if in-person or virtual or on-demand)