Eyeopenercamp 2023: 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 6th to april 10th in Berlin. In this article we take you quickly (in 24 secs  😉 ) along a couple of reasons to subscribe.
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What do you have? -38-

In Dutch we have a saying that is ‘ Niets is wat het lijkt’ which translates to: Nothing is what it seems to be. Or do we as a referee crew think it is what it seams to be. We invite you to check the play below. We played it several times, and as the options are given in the beginning of the clip we could not help but being able to understand every single option. Now looking for our never ending goal to reach consensus on the play. What do we have in this case and why? Lees verder “What do you have? -38-“

FIBA Referee Maternity Plan a big assist to female referees

MIES (Switzerland) – Women play an important role in basketball as game officials and FIBA is committed to developing and leveraging female referees across all levels.

As part of ensuring that women can pursue refereeing careers while also having fulfilling lives off the court, basketball’s world governing body has launched the FIBA Referee Maternity Plan for 2023. Lees verder “FIBA Referee Maternity Plan a big assist to female referees”

What do you have? -36-

On the higher levels most of the times the players will know the difference between a goaltending or an interference. Fans might be less likely to understand the difference, let alone correctly asses a situation. On the regional level or lower national levels players might have a difficult time doing that too. And I for myself, as it’s not likely to happen more than 2 times a season sometimes get suprised by the occasion. Therefore we invite you to grab your rulebook (or the App) and check the definition of goaltending and the definition of interference. After you’re done reading we invite you to check the following clip and share your opinion on what you have?
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IOT Fundamentals

Individual Officiating Techniques (IOT) is the most important foundation for either 2 Person Officiating (2PO) or 3 Person Officiating (3PO). It is evident that in the past 15 years there has been a heavy focus
on 3PO (namely for the mechanical movements of the referees on the floor). This has led to a lack of knowledge in how to actually referee individual play phases in the game – this being the fundamental
skills that referees need to possess in order to process and facilitate the correct decision. These are inherent skills of IOT and are similarly relevant to both 2PO and 3PO. Lees verder “IOT Fundamentals”