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Competitive Sports

2023 Basketball Training

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Whistle While You Work

  • Types of whistle vary with each sport
    • What can a whistle signify in basketball?
    • Most important tool you have in basketball
      • What about other sports?
        • Soccer
        • Flag Football

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Violation versus Foul

  • How does an official differentiate between a violation and a foul?
    • Open Hand (Palm open) = Violation
    • Closed Hand (Fist) = Foul
  • Whistle + Open or Closed hand determines next steps on the court

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Time to Switch

  • You blow your whistle and close your hand
    • What happens next?
  • You blow your whistle and open your hand
    • What happens next?
  • Switching happens when?
  • Rotations happen when?

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The Presentable Official

  • Visual Perfection
    • Perception is reality
    • If participants doubt you based on your appearance, they will doubt your ability to officiate before they’ve even seen you blow your whistle

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The Four Positions

  • Lead
  • Trail
  • Center
  • Clock Operation
    • Communication with and without talking

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The Captain’s Meeting

  • Body Language
    • From you and from the players
  • Hand Signals/Movements
  • Points of Emphasis
    • What are yours?
  • Speak Directly and Confidently
    • Expectations

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The Jump Ball

  • And we’re off…

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Table

Rotation

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2022 Basketball Training

Fouls

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Hit

  • Illegal contact is anything that hinders the freedom of movement of the opponent
    • Disrupts the RSBQ
      • Rhythm
      • Speed
      • Balance
      • Quickness

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The following are hand checks:

  • Placing two hands on a player
  • Placing extended arm bar on player
  • Placing, and keeping, a hand on a player
  • Contacting a player more than once with the same hand, or alternating hands

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***one “Hot Stove” touch is allowed***

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Hand Check

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  • Interfering with a player’s freedom of movement

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Holding

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  • Pushing or moving into a player’s torso
  • Offensive player cannot push to gain an advantage

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Push

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  • Impeding the progress of an opponent, with or without a foul

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Blocking

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  • Commonly referred to as a charge
  • A foul committed by a player while he or she is in control of the ball

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Player Control

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  • Usually an illegal screen
  • A foul committed by a member of the offensive team

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Team Control

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  • Non-contact foul by a player
  • Foul by a non-player
  • Intentional or flagrant foul while the ball is dead

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Technical Foul

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  • Contact that neutralizes an opponent’s advantage
  • Excessive or severe contact

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Intentional Foul