ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Inside the Mind of a Football Official
An inside look at the world of Football Officials. Interviews and content related to officiating the greatest team sport around. Mike D the Referee will bring you information ranging from Penalties, current game content, to how you can become an official yourself. From youth, high school, college to the NFL, Mike D will help give you the insight of what goes on Inside the Mind of a Football Official.
And be sure to follow on TikTok @mike.d.the.referee On Instagram @mikedthereferee and Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@MikeDtheReferee and X @MikeDtheReferee
An inside look at the world of Football Officials. Interviews and content related to officiating the greatest team sport around. Mike D the Referee will bring you information ranging from Penalties, current game content, to how you can become an official yourself. From youth, high school, college to the NFL, Mike D will help give you the insight of what goes on Inside the Mind of a Football Official.
And be sure to follow on TikTok @mike.d.the.referee On Instagram @mikedthereferee and Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@MikeDtheReferee and X @MikeDtheReferee
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
53 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
140 episodes
since Feb. 17, 2024
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What does it take to be an effective short-wing official? On this Mechanics Monday episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee is joined by Brad Phillips from Georgia, DC Jackson from Alabama, and Krister Halvorsen from England for an international discussion about the challenges and responsibiliti…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What does it take to be an effective football umpire?
In this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee is joined by Tim Craft from Indianapolis, Indiana, and Shawn Thompson from Oklahoma for a deep dive into the umpire position and how mechanics can differ from crew to crew and state to state.
M…
What does it take to be an effective football referee or R/White Hat?
In the first episode of Whistle Talk's Mechanics Monday series, Mike D the Referee breaks down the R/Referee position using the 2026 NJFOA Six-Official Mechanics Manual as the primary reference.
This episode focuses on one of the…
What does a football assignor actually do?
In this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee sits down with Jeff Kinney from Washington and Phil Porter from West Virginia/Ohio to take an inside look at the role of the assignor and how officials are selected, developed, evaluated, and assigned to …
In this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee dives into the NJFOA Officiating Standards & Principles and the mindset officials should bring to every game.
Mike covers the three core competencies: knowing the rules and case plays, using consistent mechanics, and understanding the intent b…
Five-man mechanics look simple until you’re the one on the field trying to make every key matter.
If you officiate—or coach—save this and send it to someone who still thinks “everyone just watches the ball.”
👇Here’s the truth:
Every official has a very specific job before the snap.
The crew succe…
Rule 8 brings some of the most interesting—and sometimes confusing—situations in the NFHS Football Rules Book. In this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee is joined by Daniel Chamberlain and Coach Chip Seagle for a deep dive into scoring plays, touchbacks, safeties, force and momentum.
The …
We're back with Part 2 of Rule 9 on Whistle Talk!
Episode 2 picks up immediately with one of the most important safety-related areas of Rule 9: illegal helmet contact.
Mike D and Coach Chip discuss initiating contact with the helmet, butt-blocking, face tackling, spearing, and targeting. Coach Chip…
Rule 9 is packed with situations that can change a football game in a hurry—and in this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D the Referee and Coach Chip break down the first half of Rule 9 with plenty of rule knowledge, officiating perspective, coaching insight, and stories from the field.
The conversati…
Mike D the Referee is back with Coach Chip for one of the biggest—and most important—rules in the NFHS Football Rule Book: Rule 10 – Penalty Enforcement.
Rule 10 can be intimidating for officials, coaches, and even experienced football people. In this episode of Whistle Talk, Mike D and Coach Chip …
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