Latest |
| 16th March 2025 |
A supplement to the IFAF tackle rules relating to helmet covers is now available. |
| 8th February 2025 |
The Italian translation of the tackle rulebook is now available. |
| 30th January 2025 |
An Italian translation of the MOFO is now available. |
| 15th January 2025 |
An updated Dutch translation of the MOFO is now available. |
| 15th January 2025 |
The Dutch translation of the tackle rulebook is now available. |
7th January 2025 |
The 2025 IFAF tackle rulebook has now been published. See the PDF and HTML versions.
The official summary list of rule changes is available here (in PDF format).
Printed copies of the rulebook will shortly be available here. |
16th October 2024 |
Jim's jotting on intentional fouls. |
28th October 2023 |
The Spanish translation of supplement 19-02 is now available. |
21st October 2023 |
A supplement (19-02) to the IAFOA Manual of Football Officiating relating to pre-snap action: Team B movement and signals has been published.
If you have an idea (or even better, a draft copy) of some material that could supplement the MOFO, please let me know. |
26th September 2023 |
A second Spanish translation (this one from Spain) of the MOFO is now available. |
5th September 2023 |
The Portuguese (Brazil) translation of the MOFO is now available. |
5th September 2023 |
The Portuguese (Brazil) translation of the IFAF Flag rulebook is now available. |
3rd August 2023 |
The Spanish (Latin America) translation of the MOFO is now available. |
23rd April 2023 |
The German and Russian translations of the IFAF Flag rulebook are now available. |
19th April 2023 |
The Spanish translation of the IFAF Flag rulebook is now available. |
15th April 2023 |
A supplement (19-01) to the IAFOA Manual of Football Officiating relating to stadium clock operations has been published.
If you have an idea (or even better, a draft copy) of some material that could supplement the MOFO, please let me know. |
14th April 2023 |
The 2023 IFAF Flag rulebook has now been published. Download it as a PDF here. |
13th March 2023 |
The slides from the mechanics changes presentation given to IFAF Europe officials by Jim Briggs can be found here. |
18th February 2023 |
The Dutch translation of the MOFO is now available. |
21st January 2023 |
The new IAFOA Manual of Football Officiating (MOFO) has now been published.
The 19th edition is once again the most comprehensive book ever written on the mechanics of football officiating. There is new material on "hurry-up plays" and VIP coin tosses, plus hundreds of major and minor improvements to the mechanics we use. On 6C field goals, C now goes under the posts with B and, on 4/5/6C pass plays, the wing officials are to stay at the line of scrimmage until they know where the pass is going. Penalty enforcement can be speeded up by assuming a coach's clock options. Video review is improved by the introduction of key phrases to use. All this and more!
In the PDF version, revised text is marked in blue and major changes are marked by a box. In the HTML version, changed text has a beige background.
The PDF version can be downloaded from here, the HTML version is available here.
Printed copies are now available here. |
18th May 2021 |
A new flag mechanics quick start guide is now available. |
2nd May 2021 |
The new 4th (2021) edition of the flag mechanics manual is now available. |
15th January 2016 |
IAFOA is open for membership. We welcome anyone who is an American football official.
We want the next generation of officials, whether they want to work international games or not, to have access to the best possible training and leadership from those officials who currently do work international games.
Sign up for free by registering on our Forum. Then contribute to the many discussions that take place there.
IMPORTANT: Your username on the forum must display your full real name and your profile must show your country of residence - if not your registration will be declined. |
