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2010 NISOA Refresher Test

John Puglisi — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:29:58 +0000

The 2010 NISOA Refresher Test is now available for download. This year, members will submit their answer sheet online. Answer sheets must be submitted before the annual rules interpretation meeting. All active members (including new members) are required to submit an answer sheet to maintain their good standing status. The procedure for taking the refresher test is:

Download the test from our website. We recommend printing the test and writing your answers on the test itself.
Log on to the web site and fill out your answer sheet. You do not have to fill out the entire answer sheet in one session. When you click on the 'save and submit' button, your answers will be saved. You may come back and finish at any time before the annual rules interpretation meeting.

The 2010-2011 NCAA Soccer Rules Book has not been published as of this date. You may use last year's rules book and the summary of the 2010 rules changes as references as you take the test. Please post any questions in the comments section.

2009 NISOA Refresher Test

John Puglisi — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:39:21 +0000

The 2009 NISOA Refresher Test is now available for download. This year, members will submit their answer sheet online. Answer sheets must be submitted before the annual rules interpretation meeting. All active members (including new members) are required to submit an answer sheet to maintain their good standing status. The procedure for taking the refresher test is:

Download the test from our website. We recommend printing the test and writing your answers on the test itself.
Log on to the web site and fill out your answer sheet. You do not have to fill out the entire answer sheet in one session. When you click on the 'save and submit' button, your answers will be saved. You may come back and finish at any time before the annual rules interpretation meeting.

As always, you may use the NCAA Soccer Rules Book as a reference when you take the test. Please post any questions in the comments section.

Other Chapter Fitness Tests and Rules Meetings

John Puglisi — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:42:26 +0000

Thanks to John Leavy for providing the following nearby NISOA chapter testing schedule for 2008:

NJ Metro ISOA - August 9, Saturday - Drew University, Madison, NJ - Physical fitness test and Interpretation meeting - 8:00 am registration, 8:30 start.
ISOA-NJ - August 9 - Mercer County College - Fitness test at 8:00 am. Interpretation meeting follows the fitness test.
Eastern PA and Delaware - Saturday, August 16, Saturday - Villanova University - 7:30 am start for the fitness test. Interpretation meeting follows the fitness test.
Westchester/Rockland ISOA - Rules Interpretation information is here.

NY Metro ISOA members who attend these (or any other non-NY Metro ISOA) rules interpretation meeting are required to attend three of the four scheduled business meetings to meet the NISOA requirement to attend 3 business meetings.

2008 NISOA Refresher Test

John Puglisi — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:13:06 +0000

The 2008 NISOA Refresher Test is now available for download. This year, members will submit their answer sheet online. Answer sheets must be submitted before the annual rules interpretation meeting on August 23, 2008. All active members (including new members) are required to submit an answer sheet to maintain their good standing status. The procedure for taking the refresher test is:

Download the test from our website. We recommend printing the test and writing your answers on the test itself.
Log on to the web site and fill out your answer sheet. You do not have to fill out the entire answer sheet in one session. When you click on the 'save and submit' button, your answers will be saved. You may come back and finish at any time before August 23, 2008.

As always, you may use the NCAA Soccer Rules Book as a reference when you take the test. Please post any questions in the comments section.

NISOA Fitness Test

John Puglisi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:11:19 +0000

June 4, 2008
4:00 pm	to	6:00 pm
July 12, 2008
8:00 am	to	10:00 am

The chapter will adminster the NISOA physical fitness test at C.W. Post University in Brookville, NY on the stadium football field (FieldTurf). Get the test events (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and scoring criteria.

2007 NISOA Refresher Test

John Puglisi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:07:09 +0000

The 2007 NISOA refresher test and answer sheet is available for download. Please complete the test, print the answer sheet, fill it out and mail it to Steve Lewin. You must submit an answer sheet by August 27, 2007 to remain a member in good standing. You may bring the answer sheet with you to the annual rules meeting.

We are not sure when the 2007 NCAA Soccer Rules Books will be mailed to you but in the meantime, you can view an electronic version of it on our web site. As always, the refresher test is 'open book.'

Makeup NISOA Fitness Test

John Puglisi — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:28:00 +0000

July 24, 2007
5:00 pm	to	7:00 pm

Due to the unusually large number of members who have not taken the NISOA fitness test at either of the chapter's scheduled tests, we will offer a makeup NISOA Fitness Test at Murphy Field on Fordham University's Rose Hill campus at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Members who did not attend either of the scheduled tests will be assessed a $50 fee if they choose to take this makeup test. Optionally, you may take the NISOA Fitness test with another chapter provided they are accepting guests.

Members who wish to improve their score are invited to attend the makeup test as well.

Other NISOA Chapter Fitness Tests

John Puglisi — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:05:29 +0000

The NY Metro ISOA chapter has administered our final scheduled NISOA fitness test for the 2007 season. NY Metro ISOA members who have not yet taken the NISOA fitness test will have to make arrangements with other chapters to take the fitness test and have the results reported directly to Joe Danbusky. The New Jersey chapter and several New England chapters will administer NISOA fitness tests later this summer.

UPDATE: Makeup NY Metro NISOA Fitness Test Scheduled

NISOA Fitness Test Medical Forms

John Puglisi — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:03:47 +0000

As always, the Executive Board strongly recommends members get a complete physical evaluation from their medical professional before taking the fitness tests. Bring this form to your medical professional, ask them to fill it out and bring it with you to the fitness test.

If you choose not to get a physical evaluation, please complete this form and bring it with you to the fitness test. Members will not be permitted to take the fitness test until they submit one of these two forms to the Executive Board at or before the fitness test.

Passing the NISOA Fitness Test

John Puglisi — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:15:40 +0000

In 2003, NISOA completely revised the events in their physical performance test. The new events, 12 minute run, "The Pro-40 Test", "Brazilian AR 50 meter test" and "The 30 meter shuffle" were developed based on the findings of leading researchers in the field of Soccer Referee Physiology. New scoring criteria were developed. In 2005, NISOA revised their policy to require renewing members to pass the fitness test with a minimum average score of 1.0 for the 4 individual events to maintain their member "in good standing" status. A full description of the policy, fitness tests and scoring criteria is available here.

The current NISOA policy as well as the current terms of our constitution allows the chapter (at its discretion) to place a renewing member who does not pass the fitness test under probation and assigned a game as an official for assessment purposes. This provision works well where there is a traditional NISOA Chapter Assignor. However, the NY Metro Chapter does not have a chapter assignor. Games are assigned exclusively by conference assignors such as ECAC, ISOAB, Atlantic 10, and Region XV. The chapter's executive board cannot ensure members who fail the fitness test will have an opportunity to be assigned a game for assessment purposes. It's a Catch 22. (more...)