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About the Work

This didn't start as a survey. It began with a statement the industry hadn't made — and a voice that did.

01 / Origin

One presentation — and validation from a respected voice in our community.

In 2011, I was sharing a presentation with officials — "The F.I.T. Official."

The argument: the sports industry has studied every athlete on the floor and never once studied the people who run the game.

That same year, at a Pac-12 summer training, I heard John Adams — the NCAA Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating — say something to the room that grounded me. Not because it was new. Because I'd spent that entire year making the same argument.

"You are professional athletes. Take care of your bodies."

The late John AdamsNCAA Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating · Pac-12 Summer Training, 2011
02 / The F.I.T. Framework

Fundamentally In Tune.

The 2011 presentation wasn't a wellness talk. It was a direct challenge to how officials think about the relationship between their physical and cognitive condition and their performance. Three arguments were at its core, and none of them have aged out.

The Reality
There is no off-season.
Pre-season, regular season, post-season. Spring and summer aren't a break — they're when you raise the bar. The officials who show up ready in October didn't start getting ready in October.
The Edge
Mental toughness is a physiological condition.
Mental toughness isn't a mindset you choose — it's a physiological edge. Your fitness level directly affects your awareness and composure during the most stressful moments. The composed official isn't just mentally stronger; they're physically better prepared to be.
The Truth
Fitness affects the call you make.
The ability to recall and apply a rule correctly under pressure is directly influenced by your fitness. Fatigue and dehydration don't just slow your body — they slow the decision. The right call starts long before the opening play.
03 / Game. Crew. Self.

Game. Crew. Self. One System, Not Three.

Game
What all of this is for.
The two hours on the floor, the field, the ice. Nothing in this system exists except to make sure we're sharp when it matters — the angle, the composure, the decision — when a close game comes down to the final possession.
Crew
The people doing this with you.
No bench, no sub, no performance staff standing by. The officials beside you are the closest thing to backup this job has — and crew chemistry is built the same way any team's is: by people who are actually prepared to be there for each other.
Self
Not the selfish third — the one the other two count on.
Taking care of yourself looks like it's about you, and it isn't only that. A depleted official shows up weaker for the Crew and slower in decision making for the Game. Self isn't indulgence — it's the infrastructure the crew depends on. Address it, and everyone in this — your crew, the players, the game itself — gets the better version of you.
04 / Where it stands now

The same question, getting real answers.

Every player in the building has a performance staff. We don't — we never have. We've always figured it out ourselves. This is the first place we do it together.

Three things we're tracking:

What the job requires of our bodies and minds
What officials are doing to maintain themselves
Where the gaps are, and how to close them

The survey is where that record starts.

05 / What we're building

Crew Chemistry.

Community
Built by one of us, for all of us.
Research
Mapping the physical and cognitive demands of officiating from the inside.
Platform
The survey is the foundation. Content and resources follow the data.
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