Sometimes players try to trick refs into giving their opponent a foul. And sometimes they manage to do so. In order to be able to make the right call it is important to understand what happens on a court. We’ve found a clip with lots of nice examples and rewinds. Just take a little time to watch them and see if you understand what’s happening. Would you call the foul or the flop??
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Refresh: the traveling-rule
Rewatching some gametapes from this current season I noticed I am losing a step or two in criteria of traveling violations. Yes off course one remembers that the traveling rule changed recently, but somehow it looks like I’m calling the old criteria. I might be the only one who does, but I doubt it, so here’s a great video by Peter McDonald about the updates we’ve had. Lees verder “Refresh: the traveling-rule”
Words of wisdom: 4 x 4 x 2 = 3
From time to time our head coach Bob Bhania will share some thoughts with the highly appreciated visitors of this site. We kindly invite you to react and discuss to the topics in our facebook forum or on instagram Lees verder “Words of wisdom: 4 x 4 x 2 = 3”
Handchecking (refresh)
If you feel during a game it’s getting out of hand there are several things you can do. Besides decently covering the violations (we’ll come back to that one later this month) there’s a certain kind of fouls that always causes a lot of turmoil in sloppy games. Time to bring back the tape down below: Lees verder “Handchecking (refresh)”
Keeping focus
Everybody once in a while gets a game where the score will very soon be clear about who is going to win. Teams that have like 30 points in between them before halftime will sometimes lead to referee-teams losing focus. Hey, we are human! Lees verder “Keeping focus”
Words of wisdom: the business of officiating.
From time to time our head coach Bob Bhania will share some thoughts with the highly appreciated visitors of this site. We kindly invite you to react and discuss to the topics in our facebook forum or on instagram Lees verder “Words of wisdom: the business of officiating.”
Why a 3po camp and is it interesting if I never do 3po??
In recent days some people have gotten in touch with us to hit us with the same question. It might be useful to share the question and our answer with you guys. In general the question was: Is it useful for me if I never get to do 3po games to participate in a 3po camp? Lees verder “Why a 3po camp and is it interesting if I never do 3po??”
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For the sixth time in a row the International Eastercup in Moabit Berlin will host a refereeclinic and just like in previous years Bob Bhania wil highlight the staff. The tournament and the clinic take place from April 9th to April 13nd. Officiatingscool.nl will take care of organising the event in cooperation with the Lions from Moabit. Lees verder “Subscriptions are open!”
Refereecamp in Paris a big succes.
We noticed a nice development in France, where BP14, one of the clubs in Paris,took up the nice challenge of organising a refereecamp. We decided to get in touch with one of the main guys in the club Lucas Diquelou. Lees verder “Refereecamp in Paris a big succes.”
Words of Wisdom: Arrow of time and Superman

From time to time our head coach Bob Bhania will share some thoughts with the highly appreciated visitors of this site. We kindly invite you to react and discuss to the topics in our facebook forum or on instagram Lees verder “Words of Wisdom: Arrow of time and Superman”