Officiating's Cool

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 verder “Traveling (another refresh)”

We all know that in moneytime the game will be on the line. Some people freeze during stressy situations, others need that pressure to elevate their performance. George Postalian is a Canadian referee and refereecoach who conducted an interesting lecture for Basketball Canada. We like to share it with you. Lees verder “The final two minutes of a game”

Wowzers! Over fourty people engaged in texting us over yesterdays clip. We can safely say you guys like the question, so here’s another one: Charge or fake?? What do you call and why?
And please people: if the question is charge or fake, let’s not bring up that you think it is blocking, because you think it is. Cause: if you can’t explain it, don’t bother calling it!
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In recent years the players were trying to outsmart referees and making all kinds of theatre (sometimes cabaret) to make us believe they were hit. To stop these shenenigans FIBA issued a new rule: whenever a player is trying to make everybody believe his opponent has committed a foul, we should warn the player. And if it happens again we should T the player. So far so good. But check the clip below and share us what you have. A charge or a fake? (or as some say: A flop)
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One of the first things we learned at school a long time ago was that we cannot go through people on a basketball court. And it turned out they were right. So in the clip down below we have a situation that we all have seen before. Fast break, player goes up for a score only to find a defender in his way. Question of the day: Do we have a charging foul here yes or no?? Lees verder “What do you have? -44-“

Yesterday we stated that 3po is the best way to cover a game. We as referees do need to take into account that there really is not an excuse for not covering off-ball in that system. In the clip down below you’ll see something happening off-ball. If you don’t see what’s happening at first run the tape again.
And then let us know: Are you calling a foul here (and if so: What sort) or is it a no call situation. And as always: please tell us why! Cause if you can’t explain it, don’t bother calling it! Lees verder “What do you have? -43-“

Stuff can happen so fast we stated a couple of days ago. It’s not only violations that can happen really fast. Fouls do too. It’s one of the reasons our job is so challenging as referees. And one of the reasons 3po was invented: to have better coverage. So let’s urge all federations to rebrand their strategie and make 3po the standard for all categories. Yes you’ll need more referees, but calls will be better, so play will be better too. And let’s not forget you’ll have more people that think officiating is cool.
Anyway: here’s another interesting clip. Do you call a personal foul? Unsportsmanlike? Or do you consider it a no call?? If you do: Tell us why. And let’s leave the technical for the coach out of the discussions 😉 Lees verder “What do you have? -42-“