Everything can be prepared we always say, and we really believe that. That’s why we urge everybody to watch as many clips as you can. Not only full games , to see how your signals are looking , or if your closedown is perhaps too far away, but also clips of sequenses our collegues had to deal with. This one is really awesome, and it took me three reruns to only realise it was not the end of the period! What do you have? On the floor? Act of shooting? Offensive foul? Lees verder “What do you have?”
2025 Refereecamp NXT STARS
As promised before we would bring you some more information about the Clinic we’ll be doing at the NXT STARS International Basketball Tournament that will take place in Weert, the Netherlands this year. We take pride in the cooperation with the local club Prismaworkx/Basket Academy Limburg and thank them for their trust and cooperation. .
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Foul or flop?
We know we have to protect shooters right?? Players that are airborne are vulnerable to crappy landings and shitty injuries that might come along. But sometimes shooters are trying to trick us into believing there was a contact with the defense. So it’s a case of foul or flop, what do you guys have?
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Refereecamp on NXT Stars Tournament 2025 in Weert
A new tournament will take place in Weert later this year. The NXT Stars International Tournament will start on May 28th and finish on May 31th. The tournament will host an U30 refereeclinic organized by Officiatingcool.nl. Headcoach of the coachingstaff will once again be famous mountaineer and refereecoach Bob Bhania, who in his illustrious career has coached countless referees to as high as FIBA referee. Lees verder “Refereecamp on NXT Stars Tournament 2025 in Weert”
activating your body before the game #websession
Sometimes we see refs reluctantly warming up before the games they are about to do. Two or three laps jogging and that’s it. During halftime it’s often even less. Lees verder “activating your body before the game #websession”
Words of Wisdom: Pressure & Performace
From time to time our head coach Bob Bhania will share some thoughts with the highly appreciated visitors of this site. See down below for todays Words of Wisdom
What goes up must come down…
It’s one of the most universal laws: what goes up must come down. Just like in the clip down below, but from a referee POV, what do you think, is the call correct or would you go for a no call? Lees verder “What goes up must come down…”
Individual Officiating Techniques
We assume most of you have heard about Individual Officiating Techniques by now, but perhaps some have missed the official explanation by their comittee. FIBA is there to help and they have put together a handout about individual officiating techniques. Applying these techniques will most certainly help you improve your game, so why not give it a try! You might like what you see 😉 . Lees verder “Individual Officiating Techniques”
Contact! Reminders
Basketball is a non contact sport they say. Well, there’s a thing or two to be said about that. We as referees have to judge occuring contact and deem it influential or not. The video down below might help, and at least will trigger you in contemplating: What will I allow today and what not?
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Websession Individual Officiating Techniques
A few weeks ago we noticed that Individual officiating Techniques are not as widely known as we assumed. IOT is developed to help us as referees make better decisions on court, which will make our job even more fun to do! So let’s learn from the best! Roberto Chiari , a two time olympic referee and very experienced referee instructor shares his knowledge about IOT. It’s very worth watching!! Why not start improving your knowledge before the next game you are going to do!