Players are getting smarter and faster, so we as the designated referees should develop accordingly. That means we have to be aware of what happens when players are in the act of shooting. Shooters will try to make believe they were hit against the rules, but that is not always the case. And still we need to protect the shooter. A player in the air is vulnerable. If we don’t watch carefully players will get hurt. And to avoid that we have to protect the shooter. Lees “Protect the shooter!” verder
What’s your decision and why??
Surfing around youtube you sometimes find real diamonds of clips. This one is quite interesting. I hope we don’t have to debate on this being a foul or not, but what would you decide to be the gravity of the foul??And please be so kind as to tell us why Lees “What’s your decision and why??” verder
Cover your violations!! #repost
There are some ways to make life easier on court. The cool thing is we as a refereecrew can help ourselves a lot. To make a long story short a motto (copyright by our coach Paul van den Heuvel) ‘ Cover your violations!’ Lees “Cover your violations!! #repost” verder
Traveling (refresh)
We cannot stress enough that it is important to understand what’s happening on court. The good thing with clips is that you can play them over and over to get them in your system. This video from the Italian Federation is very useful, even if you don’t speak the language. We have several Italian followers so it is with great pleasure we salute the makers of this video. Lees “Traveling (refresh)” verder
Back court violation or legal play?
Even on video this one is a difficult situation. And that’s counted with repeat and slow-mo. Can you imagine being on court and having to make the correct decision??? Please do share your opinion with us! And tell us why you think you make the correct call!
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Now what?
We will never try to tell you that officiating is easy. Off course you can make it easier on yourself in a number of ways: being in the right spot, looking at the right area of responsability, decent knowledge of rules and interpretations and so on. We absolutely feel that checking clips will help you improve. If you analyse clips, being it high level or your own games, you will grasp the essential of what has happened, and will be able to recognise things happening in one of your coming games. That said… Lees “Now what?” verder
Individual officiating techniques (1/?)
It was just january last year we at Officiating’s Cool headquarters heard the first thing about Individual Officiating Techniques. And now we like it a lot! Lees “Individual officiating techniques (1/?)” verder
U foul or Normal foul?
Alltho the criteria for U fouls are quite clear it sometimes is hard to decide weather to call a normal foul or an unsportsmanlike. It’s important to talk about stuff like this before the game to make sure that you are on the same page with your partner(s). Let’s hear it for this one! Do you call U or normal foul??? Lees “U foul or Normal foul?” verder
After the call for a defensive foul…
We all know (at least I hope 🙂 ) that the whistle for a defensive foul more or less stops play. After the call is made other regular fouls are ignored. Only Unsportsmanlike, Technical or Disqualifying would require a new whistle. Stuff that doesn’t happen very often AFTER the call is made. I remember thinking: ‘How would it look?’ as I first was explained the rule. Enter our clipping hero Sam Subby! Lees “After the call for a defensive foul…” verder
EyeOpenerCamp 2020: In 24 seconds
As we slowly stroll deeper into January we see our 6th edition of EyeOpener approaching rapidly. As you might have noticed it takes place from april 9th to april 13th in Berlin. In this article we take you quickly (in 24 secs 😉 ) along a couple of reasons to subscribe.
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