Summary: Today’s guest on the “Lessons from 2017” series of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Joe Frollo. He's a longtime youth football official, serving as a head referee with organizations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. He joined USA Football’s communications team in 2010 and currently serves as senior manager of education, working alongside football experts to create online courses for coaches, officials and parents. In the podcast, Frollo talks about officials' roles in games beyond making calls, coach-official interaction and more. Follow Joe on Twitter: @Joe_Frollo Show notes 0:45 Why Frollo got into officiating 2:10 How the game perspective is different when officiating 4:25 How to set the tone for a game as an official before the game starts 9:20 How coaches can best communicate disputes with officials during the game 11:00 The benefits of interacting positively with officials 13:45 How coaches can help fix the shortage of officials 15:45 A sneak peek at Frollo's National Conference presentation
