‘Hey guys! I have a question!’ A lot of the messages we’ve received in the most recent weeks started with these words or more or less similar to that. So we decided to help you guys out with a FAQ.
What do you have? -41- And why?
Are you in for another interesting clip of charge/block ? Cause we are! We can’t get enough of it to be honest. Do you have interesting clips that you want the followers in our community to give their opinion on? Drop us a line on e-mail (info@officiatingscool) or DM on the socials. Check this one out and tell us what you have and why? Charge? Block? No call? We’re looking forward to your answers. Lees verder “What do you have? -41- And why?”
What do you have? -40-
Okay, so we assume you guys started thinking about violations yesterday, perhaps even talk about it with collegues or friends. One of the things that came up at our headoffice is that sometimes it happens oh so quick.
Take for example the situation in the clip down below. Are we having a violation here? And if we do: Would you call it? If so: Yes. If not: Why not??
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You need to go where you got to go to see what you got to see
One of the most important rules we have in Officiating: You need to go where you got to go, to see what you got to see. Position is key and everybody knows the phrase: ‘Look for spaces between the players’ If you don’t manage to get ahead of play -and hey: we’re all human- nasty things can happen as shown in this clip: Lees verder “You need to go where you got to go to see what you got to see”
What do you have? -39 –
Violations are kinda special occasions in a game. As we have stated before we encourage you as referees to use them as tools to take control of the game. By correctly covering your violations you will push the teams to think: ‘Hey what are we doing?’.
In the clip down below we see a nice situation. The question may be easy: Violation or not? But as always we are specificly looking for the ‘why’
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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-“
Offensive fouls #refresh
Normally spoken one will call more defensive fouls in a game than offensive fouls. People that have lived to see otherwise are kindly invited to share their stories with us 😉 Lees verder “Offensive fouls #refresh”
What do you have? -37-
Let’s tip off the day with a play that should not be too hard to call. But in the answers we’re looking for the full package: What do you call and why? And how will you proceed?
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”