PTI C4r Rec-Ball REFEREE CLASSES
               
          Registration is from 8:45am to 9am, and classes begin at 9am.
           Students may bring their own paintball gear for C4r practicum.

The PTI C4r certification course consists of a half day of classroom instruction, followed by a half day on the field. Advanced registration cost for this instruction is $160 ($180 at the door, if space is available).  Tuition includes over $100 worth of materials including a free deluxe professional referee jersey (black and white stripes with embroidered PTI logo), Extreme Rage Referee Goggles with full head protection, and a special aluminum clip board with a large document storage compartment. 

This new course provides advanced training for recreational game referees.  The class is broken up into three groups, and the groups take turns as referees, players, and spectators.  Actual detailed scenarios are conducted, and even the spectators get into the action.  You never know where a paintball marker will turn up!  Personal evaluations and grades are given to every class participant.  There is no written exam for this class, and everyone has a ball, but everyone walks away with critical refereeing skills. Some of the players may stay at the field to play paintball following the class.

Class participants are invited to bring their own markers or goggles.  Field rental markers and goggles will be provided free of charge, and even the paint is furnished for the class scenarios!

     
Referees are taught how to adjust goggles properly. This may be especially important on smaller players, as the head strap sometimes slips down off the back of the head, reducing tension and making it easier for the goggles to slip out of place.

 

All markers are chronographed prior to the first game. Referees are taught how to recognize some of the more common cheater techniques they are liable to see at their fields.

 

 
Players actually shoot paint as they carry out orchestrated scenarios during the referee PTI training classes.

 

 
Immediately following each scenario, the game is halted, players insert barrel plugs and lay their guns on the ground, then goggles are removed to discuss scenario details.  The referees are usually surprised to hear what actually happened, and learn quickly how they should have acted. Everyone has their turn at being on the referee team.

 

Photos courtesy of John Kemper, who also appears in this picture of the largest C4 class we have ever graduated.