Officiating's Cool

We bet there’s not a ref who does not recognize the situation filmed in the clip. Your covering off ball like never before, and a player from the offensive team comes into the paint, falls down and looks at you in disbelief. Are you aware of what happened and are you sure you got it covered?? What would you do in the follwing situation? Once again: we are not looking for just a call… we are looking for explanations. Let’s train ourselves in explaining what we call. Because ‘If you can’t explain it, don’t bother calling it’

Lees verder “And suddenly the player is on the floor, looking at you in disbelief”

Let’s dive into one of the most disputed calls there will probably be in our amazing sport. charge/block! What do you have in this situation that was clipped by our recent birthdayboy Sam Yu. Lees verder “Charge block again!”

The situation in the next clip is one we all recognize from our own games (we hope).  Do we call a block or is the defense legal on the next play? And remember: explain what you call, that way you will help our other followers understand what’s happening in the play, and that way we can all help eachother improve our performance! Lees verder “What will you call?”

We have stated many times before that it is extremely important to cover your violations. If a foul gets called after we have (by accident) ignored a violation, we are doing the defense harm. And it’s less costly to make a mistake on a violation, than on a foul, because if you call a foul, you take away 20 percent of the players lives! Can you imagine the frustration of a player? Check the clip below and see for yourself. Disclaimer: the clip is not shown to roast the referee, it is to understand what happens in a play and how you all can improve because once again: calling the violations will make your life easier on court. Lees verder “Cover your violations!!”

Sometimes the line between making a call and swallowing your whistle for a no-call is very thin. And if you make a call, the line between offensive and defensive is very thin. As is the case in the clip below. We’d love to hear your opinion on the play, so share your decision and most of all: don’t be shy, please tell us why?
Lees verder “Thin lines, but we need to understand what and why!”

Don’t you just hate it when it happens like in this clip here below?? You have great position, ball goes out of bounds and you point in a direction. You are so confident that you saw it correctly but bodylanguage of the players seems to indicate the ball should have gone the other way.  What do you do in this situation?
Lees verder “Tell us what you have?”

You guys seem to be enjoying the clips we put on. The views are going through the roof these days!  So here’s another one from last years Worldcup. We sincerely hope to be able to watch games soon with people in the stands, cuz it looks much more like the real thing to us. But what do we take from this one?? What’s your decision?
Lees verder “What’s your decision?”

As we cannot stress enough the importance of understanding clips to become a better referee, the same goes for: Cover your violations. It will make your life on court very much easier. The play in this following clip should not bring too much troubles, but still: be aware of the possibility it happens! Make sure you see what is happening, for there can always be that player of coach who will challenge your call. And if you can’t explain your call, don’t bother calling it!
Lees verder “Violation or not? What will you do?”

After a short break due to other obligations we’re back with a nice clip where an interesting situation occurs. We’re curious: What would be your call and why??And let us be frank: the why is much more interesting than the what. Let’s help eachother understand why we call stuff in the way we do. It’s the first step to understanding what is unfolding before our very eyes. Lees verder “What you gonna do?”