THESE
REFLECTIONS OF THE EXPERIENCED REFEREE ARE WOVEN FROM MULTICOLORED SHADES IN
COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE BASKETBALL GAME - PLAYERS,
COACHES.!!!== = TO LIVE A PIECE OF LIFE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AS A REFEREE IS
A VERY DIFFICULT AND INTERESTING JOB.= = = PSYCHOMOTOR REFEREE IS TO MAKE FAIR
DECISIONS AT ANY STAGE OF THE GAME, FOR WHICH IN THE FOREGROUND HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN AND REMAIN THE OFFICIAL RULES OF THE GAME,=== "SEE-KNOW-DECIDE"
- IMPROVE THIS TRIAD THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN ANY
RANK OF THE COMPETITION!!! IN THIS ASPECT "ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE"
WITH THE PLAYERS, IN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, IS ANOTHER REQUIRED SKILL LEVEL OF
THE REFEREE.===MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALWAYS BE A FAIR
ARBITER!!!----------------------------------------------------------
ЭТИ РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ МНОГООПЫТНОГО АРБИТРА СОТКАНЫ ИЗ РАЗНОЦВЕТНЫХ ОТТЕНКОВ В ОБЩЕНИИ С УЧАСТНИКАМИ БАСКЕТБОЛЬНОЙ ИГРЫ - ИГРОКАМИ, ТРЕНЕРАМИ.!!!===ПРОЖИТЬ КУСОЧЕК ЖИЗНИ НА БАСКЕТБОЛЬНОЙ ПЛОЩАДКЕ В РОЛИ АРБИТРА - ОЧЕНЬ ТРУДНАЯ И ИНТЕРЕСНАЯ РАБОТА.===ПСИХОМОТОРИКА АРБИТРА ЗАКЛЮЧАЕТСЯ В ПРИНЯТИИ СПРАВЕДЛИВЫХ РЕШЕНИЙ В ЛЮБОЙ СТАДИИ ИГРЫ, ДЛЯ ЧЕГО НА ПЕРВОМ ПЛАНЕ ВСЕГДА БЫЛИ И ОСТАЮТСЯ ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ПРАВИЛА ИГРЫ,==="ВИЖУ - ЗНАЮ - РЕШАЮ" - СОВЕРШЕНСТВУЙТЕ ДАННУЮ ТРИАДУ НА ПРОТЯЖЕНИИ ВСЕЙ КАРЬЕРЫ В ЛЮБОМ РАНГЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ!!! В ЭТОМ АСПЕКТЕ "УМЕНИЕ ОБЩАТЬСЯ" С УЧАСТНИКАМИ ИГРЫ, В СПЕЦИФИЧЕСКИХ УСЛОВИЯХ, ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТСЯ ЕЩЁ ОДНИМ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫМ УРОВНЕМ МАСТЕРСТВА АРБИТРА.===ГЛАВНОЕ - БУДЬТЕ ВСЕГДА СПРАВЕДЛИВЫМ АРБИТРОМ!!!
ЭТИ РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ МНОГООПЫТНОГО АРБИТРА СОТКАНЫ ИЗ РАЗНОЦВЕТНЫХ ОТТЕНКОВ В ОБЩЕНИИ С УЧАСТНИКАМИ БАСКЕТБОЛЬНОЙ ИГРЫ - ИГРОКАМИ, ТРЕНЕРАМИ.!!!===ПРОЖИТЬ КУСОЧЕК ЖИЗНИ НА БАСКЕТБОЛЬНОЙ ПЛОЩАДКЕ В РОЛИ АРБИТРА - ОЧЕНЬ ТРУДНАЯ И ИНТЕРЕСНАЯ РАБОТА.===ПСИХОМОТОРИКА АРБИТРА ЗАКЛЮЧАЕТСЯ В ПРИНЯТИИ СПРАВЕДЛИВЫХ РЕШЕНИЙ В ЛЮБОЙ СТАДИИ ИГРЫ, ДЛЯ ЧЕГО НА ПЕРВОМ ПЛАНЕ ВСЕГДА БЫЛИ И ОСТАЮТСЯ ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ПРАВИЛА ИГРЫ,==="ВИЖУ - ЗНАЮ - РЕШАЮ" - СОВЕРШЕНСТВУЙТЕ ДАННУЮ ТРИАДУ НА ПРОТЯЖЕНИИ ВСЕЙ КАРЬЕРЫ В ЛЮБОМ РАНГЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ!!! В ЭТОМ АСПЕКТЕ "УМЕНИЕ ОБЩАТЬСЯ" С УЧАСТНИКАМИ ИГРЫ, В СПЕЦИФИЧЕСКИХ УСЛОВИЯХ, ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТСЯ ЕЩЁ ОДНИМ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫМ УРОВНЕМ МАСТЕРСТВА АРБИТРА.===ГЛАВНОЕ - БУДЬТЕ ВСЕГДА СПРАВЕДЛИВЫМ АРБИТРОМ!!!
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11.
As our confidence grows, so
should our humility at twice the rate. Humility
plus confidence is a beautiful combination. Those two forces are a double-edged
sword. If you can filter your confidence with humility than you will avoid
walking on the fine line between confidence and arrogance. Confidence is a
major key in being successful but having the humility to offset that is even
more crucial.
22. Don’t lower the bar for
marginal contact at the rim. Set the bar high early. Have the pain tolerance to be able to take a
punch and not have a glass jaw for contact. When plays are up in the sky let
athletic players be athletic.
33. When you develop others you are
developing yourself. To leave a real footprint on this craft, find a younger
official that is eager to grow and teach them the good habits that you’ve
learned through your experience. Find the fulfillment in the success of the
ones that you’ve helped. “Your growth before mine.” 4. Your season is not defined by your postseason assignment.
Do not be discouraged if you don’t receive the postseason game you thought you
deserved. There’s a lot of good officials out there. Be the first to
congratulate someone on their achievements.
Conversely, don’t get overly excited
if you do. You’re only as good as your last game. Don’t get gassed. Stay even
keel. If you step on the basketball court every time and treat each game as a
championship game, then you won’t be disappointed if you don’t receive any at
the end of the season.
5. Be a
responder. Not a REACTOR. Either you are one or the other. Either you control your situation or
the situation controls you. When we react, it’s a rushed answer or a forced
reply. To me, it feels like there is less time being spent on the decision
without critical thinking. When we react, there usually is an emotion present
that can cloud our judgment. Therefore, it shows our personal face rather than
our professional one.
When we respond to a situation, or play, or a
question, comment or concern it reveals our professional face and it allows us
to control the situation. A response is a counter punch. A response doesn’t
waste any time thinking about the problem, it focuses on finding the answer.
Taking a moment to process the situation first, then responding accordingly in
a positive manner.
The next time you feel duress:
Take a deep breath.
Think.
Then Respond.
It will help improve your play-calling,
communication, game management and much more.
Follow these order of operations on the
basketball court and you will start to see and feel more patience, poise,
confidence and you will be in control of the critical moments of the game.
Reaction vs Response is also available in podcast form. Click below for full
episode.
6. Coaches
never behave the same way. But we have to deliver that professional service
every time.
The behavior of the coaches are similar to Steph Curry’s jump shot-they have
unlimited range. The broad scale of personalities that we can encounter on any
given night can vary like a weather forecast. Be prepared to hear a range of
comments from ”this is the best crew all year” to ”you’re the worst ref I’ve
ever seen” and everything else in between.
We, on the other hand have to bring a certain
excellence and professionalism every single night. We hold the responsibility
to be the more effective communicator for the game. There can be no lapses or
inconsistencies in our service. “We treat everyone like ladies and gentlemen,
not because they are. It’s because that’s what we are.”
7.
Explanations should contain basketball terminology.
Include this terminology when giving
explanations to players and coaches:
Act of shooting | Airborne shooter
Freedom of movement | Displacement
Offensive initiated contact | Vertical defender
Established | Maintained | Legal guarding
position
Laterally | Obliquely | Moving forward
Illegal contact | Incidental contact
Unnecessary |Excessive | Severe contact
Wind up| Impact | Follow through
Time and distance| open angle
Point of contact | closed look
Vulnerable position | Potential for injury
Jumped A to B | Jumped straight up
Verticality |Vertical plane | Defender wasn’t
vertical
The shooter has the right to land| Landing
space
Defender was retreating | Designated spot
Continuous motion | Before the shot
Fumble | Interrupted dribble
Player control | Team control
Point of interruption |Ball is at disposal
Correctable errors | Tap or Try for goal
Pivot foot | 3 steps
Unsportsmanlike conduct | Taunting
Clean strip | Screener too wide
Live ball | Dead ball
8. Be genuinely happy for someone when they move
up. Be the
first person to congratulate a peer that moved up to the conference that didn’t
hire you. These are the moments to let your humility shine and be a great
partner both on and off the court.
9. Sometimes, plays have elements of a foul but
never evolve into anything illegal. For instance, the quick grab that never turns
into a hold, the push off that doesn’t create any displacement, the tactile
touch that doesn’t turn into a hand check. We are speaking about the incidental
that never becomes illegal. Let it start-develop-finish then decide. Have a big
picture view of plays.
10. Be your own worst critic but your biggest
champion. Diagnose
what your weaknesses are and focus on improving them. Identify what your
strengths are and triple down on them. No one has more context on you than you.
Be your own biggest critic while always maintaining that ultimate self-belief.
11. When we
try to ”sell” a call it decreases our believability. We are not in the sales business and
there is no reason to sell or oversell a call. As long as we are 100% certain
when we blow the whistle, there’s nothing to prove. Referees oversell when they
feel the need to prove that they got the call correct. If you don’t believe it,
then we won’t believe it.
Just present strength, confidence, sharpness
and conviction every time without over signaling. The less you overcompensate
the more believable you become.
12. Own your third. Be selective when we call
out of primary. According to Mark Wunderlich,
NBA officials who call out of their primary have percentages that are lower
than the worst play-caller on the staff. This means our correct call percentage
on whistles outside of our primary would rank us at the very bottom. It’s
important to be selective at picking and choosing which plays to call out of
primary. That is one skill that can set you apart.
Here are three examples of potential plays to come get:
•plays that are game-changers.
•plays thay everyone in the gym sees except the closest official.
•During a fast break or mid-rotation when the crew is vulnerable.
There will be a few times each game that the crew will have to call out of
primary. Just remember that our accuracy significantly decreases when doing so.
Don’t come out of your primary to paint the corners. Throw a strike right down
the middle.
13. Be very approachable and courteous yet firm.
This is another great combination of styles to pair together. Serve them with
kindess and an unwavering solidarity. This recipe will ensure that we hold and
maintain the leverage.
14. The most opportune time to approach a coach
with any issues you have is following a time-out. This is one of the best moments to engage with a coach if they’re any
issues that you need to address. There’s a 15–20 second window of time where
you can usually catch a coach in her/his most calm state. This is when the
coaches are most open to being good listenters. This is a golden opportunity
for you to dictate the terms of the dialogue and RUN THE GAME. Execute this
technique in a firm and courteous manner.
15. Technical
fouls should be emotionless. Our demeanor should appear calm and unphased. It can be perceived as an irritant
if we point at the player that we called a technical foul on. What’s more, it
can also be seen as ”taking it personal.” After you call the technical foul
don’t provide any explanations until you report the foul to the table. We have
to always put the game first and everything else follows.
16. Half
art/half science. Being a basketball referee is both an art and a science. The key is
finding the perfect balance between both. First, you have to be a scientist.
Our science is the rules, the mechanics, the positioning and any other area
that develops your knowledge of the system. Once you’re a scientist then you
can begin to find your way as an artist. The art is your application of the
science. The play calling, the communication, the game management and the
intangibles. It’s the blend of both that will make you special.
Follow me here…
You CAN’T be a great artist if you’re not a
great scientist. You CAN be a great scientist but never develop as an artist.
The reason why you are a part of CROWN REFS is
because you’re aspiring to be both a great scientist and an artist. Thanks for
being here.
17. Don’t let anyone’s actions or overreactions
influence our decision making. Don’t get
peer pressured into changing your mind when you hear yells, screams, groans,
moans, complaints, disagreements and other reactions. Taking one second to
doubt yourself is a complete waste of time. Stay focused, stay
patient and respond accordingly.
18.
We’d rather be late and right than early and wrong. “It’s a good thing we are not on a
time limit. The game is already hard enough.” That could be your response the
next time a coach or player questions the timing of your whistle. It’s better
to take an extra second to process and be correct on the plays that require
more time to officiate.
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