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Mentoring Program

  • Goal: Confident and Qualified Referees
  • Purpose: To help our Referees improve and advance. 
  • Mentoring is less formal than assessing. It occurs whenever more experienced officials offer guidance and support to less experienced ones.
  • If you are interested in improving, gaining confidence and receiving more competitive games mentoring is for you. 
  • A NOCRA Mentor is a loyal adviser entrusted with the care and education of our referees.
  • NOCRA sponsors a mentor program that helps to fill the gap between the instruction that referees receive in clinics and the real-time demands of officiating.
  • Mentors provide practical guidance, support, and protection for our Youth Referees
  • The NOCRA Mentor Program  adds structure, consistency, and quality to the tradition of referees helping each other


If you would like to receive mentoring complete the Referee Advancement Form.

NOCRA - North Orange County Referee Association