Officiating's Cool

I’m sure that everybody studied the new traveling rules over last summers, and let’s be honest: we know better than coaches and players who are complaining.  Let me ask that one again: Do we really?
Peter McDonald made a great video about the new traveling rules. It’s a nice refresh for all us refs and even for players and coaches. Great work Peter! Lees verder “Traveling – Let’s get it right!”

We’ve been away from officiating for a while due to private circumstances, but were back on court last week and had a great comeback game so now it’s time to work on the site again too!

Charge/block will never stop being  a spectacular topic where players and refs will have different opinions. So make sure you know the rules!  Lees verder “Charge block refresh”

Okay season has started for lots of us. Yours truly was on court twice last weekend and had to give his first Disqualifying foul in like 12 years. But the game is on! That means we need to up our game. No more freeweeling like perhaps in preseason sometimes is the case. It’s time YOU make the call!
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After last seasons  refresh of the rules, it’s always nice to find somebody who has been playing with the same rules, and is better at video-editing than your faithfully.
Clips and explanation about U fouls!

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One of the best things about season being on its way again is the return of the never ending ‘charge/block’ situations. One can never see too many clips so we have a new nice one. Several nice situations in the clip below. Why don’t you take some to your pregame next weekend and talk about them in your team. Might help a bit in finding the same line!
Lees verder “Charge or block?”

Most of you referees will have at least a little past as a player. And I don’t know about you guys but I always hated those opponents hands all over my body.
Guess what: There are rules against it!! And it’s very very very important to cover your handchecking decently. Your game will be so much easier if you do.  Lees verder “Handchecking – including clips!”

As you all will remember the traveling rules changed. It’s now illegal to use the same foot for two consecutive steps. Cliptime!  Lees verder “Refresh (2) Trrrraveling”

As you probably all remember the rules around traveling changed a lot last year. It took me a while to get adjusted to it.

Take a look at this clip and tell me if you would call the travel yes or no.  Lees verder “Refresh question- Traveling”

Some, or perhaps the most of us went months without calling a game, and I bet there are referees that even went a while without actually watching a game.

Therefor it’s smart to refresh a little about something that changed last year. The U foul found some new situations, and they are in the clips and the documents after  the break.  Lees verder “Refresh! U Fouls”