REFEREE TRAINING COURSEC GRADE

SESSION OUTLINE• Introductions• Basic Signals• Mechanics• Out of Bounds• C.R.A.M.P.• The last word

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BASIC SIGNALS

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On Page 5, 6 & 7 of your booklets fill out as many signals as you know, leave blank the ones you are not sure about.

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GAME ADMINISTRATION SIGNALS

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• Two points

• Three point attempt

• Three point successful

• Cancelled basket

• Violation

• Foul

• Substitution

• Beckoning on

• Timeout

• Communication between officials and scoretable

• Player Numbers

VIOLATION SIGNALS

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• Travel

• Out of Bounds

• Double Dribble

• Carry

• Ball returned to backcourt violation

• Five Seconds (closely guarded, free throw

shooter and inbound)

• Eight Seconds

• Three Seconds

• Deliberate Foot Ball

• Out of Bounds

• Held Ball (jump ball)

FOUL SIGNALS

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We will discuss the signals for fouls later in the course.

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Click here for FIBA numbers

Click here for 0 – 99 numbers

How do you signal the following numbers?4 > 1520 > 2530 > 3540 > 4550 > 55

SIGNALING NUMBERS

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How do you signal the following numbers? 0 > 1011 > 2020 > 5050 > 99

SIGNALING FIBA NUMBERS

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CALLING FOULS TO THE BENCH

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1. Cancel/count a basket 2. Colour3. Number4. Foul type e.g. hands, block, etc.5. Penalty or direction of play6. Timeout or substitution

ASSESSMENT

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Why is it important that referees know all the correct signals?

By the end of this course, to be competent at Communication you will need to:

Put hand or fist up on every violation or foul call.

When signaling to the bench you:

1. Stand still

2. Display clear signals

3. Use a loud voice.

You will be assessing yourself with your mentor’s help each week.

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BASIC MECHANICS• Where do I move on the court?• Where do I look?

THE JUMPBALL

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AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

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In small groups, place aT (trail) and L (Lead) in your booklets next to the areas that you thinkthe referees are responsible for.

Each group will need to present their opinions.

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TRAIL AND LEAD COVERAGE

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In the same small groups, draw in the trail and lead referee.

Some people will be asked to justify their answers.

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TRAIL REFEREE

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In trail you are expected to:

• Get across to the split line to cover the players in area 3.

• Penetrate on every shot and drive to the free throw line extended and the three point line (if no players are in the way).

• Watch your areas

TRAIL REFEREE

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LEAD REFEREE

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In lead you are expected to:

• Have one foot inside the extended line of the edge of the key on shots (except from area 4) and drives to the basket.

• Be as wide as the ball when it is near the sideline in area 3 or so you can judge the gap in area 4.

• Watch your areas

LEAD REFEREE

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Transition check points

Lead as wide as the ball

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ASSESSMENT

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By the end of this course, to be competent at Mechanics you will need to:

• Be making correct trail position.

• Be making correct lead position.

• Know the areas of responsibility for lead and trail.

You will be assessing yourself with your mentor’s help each week.

VIOLATIONS• What do I need to focus on?• What are the rules?

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Write down the four times referees will call out of bounds.

OUT OF BOUNDS

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Touches anything out of bounds including coaches, supports, etc.Touches the sideline or baseline

An airborne player touches the ball and the last place he/she has touched was an out of bounds area

Touches a referee who has a part of his/her body in contact with an out of bounds area

ASSESSMENT

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By the end of this course, to be competent at calling out of bounds you will need to call all out of bounds correctly.

What is your definition of travelling?

Consider the following in your definition:• Pivot foot.• Standing player.• Moving player.• The importance of the ball.

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TRAVEL

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Is a player allowed to roll with the ball?

Is a player allowed to slide with the ball?

What if a shot is blocked back to an airborne player and he lands with the ball?

TRAVEL

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ASSESSMENT

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By the end of this course, to be assessed as competent you will need to call blatant travels. This does not mean every travel, but you need to call the obvious travels.

This week on court you should be calling some travel calls. We do not expect you to get them all, but have a go. You have nothing to lose.

You will be assessing yourself with your mentor’s help each week.

DOUBLE DRIBBLE

What is double dribble? How does it happen?

Consider the following in your definition:• Starting and ending a dribble.• Movement of the ball.• The carry rule.

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ASSESSMENT

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By the end of this course, to be assessed as competent you will need to call blatant double dribbles. This does not mean every double dribble, but you need to call the obvious ones.

This week on court you should be calling some double dribble calls. We do not expect you to get them all, but have a go. You have nothing to lose.

You will be assessing yourself with your mentor’s help each week.

We will briefly cover all other violations.

You will not be assessed on your ability to call these violations, however, if you see them then you should call them.

OTHER VIOLATIONS

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During the game, the ball is played with the hand(s) only.

A player is not allowed to:• Deliberately block the ball with any part of the leg (foot

violation). If it is accidental then it is not a violation.• Strike the ball with a fist.

HOW THE BALL IS PLAYED

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When is this rule used?

Offensive players cannot stand in their key for more than three seconds if:• The ball is in the frontcourt.• A shot has not been attempted (or has left the hands in a

shot attempt).• The ball has not been inbounded.• The offensive player is not attempting to leave the key.

A player must have both feet in contact with the court outside of the key to be considered outside the key.

3 SECOND VIOLATION

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The 5 second violation rule occurs three times:

1. To leave the hands of a player attempting to inbound the ball.

2. To release the ball on a free-throw attempt.

3. To pass, shoot or dribble the ball if closely guarded (this means a defensive player is within 1 metre and actively guarding).

Also some associations will have 5 seconds in the key for age groups at U12’s and younger.

5 SECOND VIOLATION

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Before you can learn about 8 second violations and ball returning to the backcourt, you will need to know when the ball is in the frontcourt.

The ball is in the frontcourt when:• During a dribble from the backcourt into the frontcourt, both

feet of the dribbler and the ball are in contact with the frontcourt at the same time.

• A non-dribbler has both feet in contact with the frontcourt.• It touches a player who has both feet in the frontcourt.• It touches a part of the frontcourt or an official who has part

of their body in contact with the frontcourt.

FRONTCOURT

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The count begins:

• When a player gains control of the ball in his backcourt.

• On a throw-in, when the ball touches any player in the backcourt and the team who attempted the throw-in remain in control of the ball in its backcourt.

The count ends when the ball moves into the frontcourt or a defensive player takes control of the ball.

The count resets when a foul is called.

The count will continue without a reset as a result of the ball going out-of bounds or a jump ball situation.

8 SECOND VIOLATION

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Also known as “crosscourt”.

The following have to occur for a violation to occur:

1. A player from Team A has to control a live ball in the frontcourt.

2. A player from Team A must be the last player to touch the ball in the frontcourt.

3. A player from Team A must be the first player to touch the ball in the backcourt.

BALL RETURNED TO THE BACKCOURT

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What is your definition of a foul?

CALLING FOULS

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What is your definition of a foul?

“ A foul is illegal personal contact to an opposing player which causes a disadvantage and/or unsportsmanlike behaviour. ”

In simple terms “protect the dribbler”, “protect the cutter” and “protect the shooter” will be used. What do you think these mean?

CALLING A FOUL

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THE CYLINDER PRINCIPLE

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PRINCIPLE OF VERTICALITY

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Each player has a right to occupy his own cylinder.

The player responsible for a foul will leave his cylinder and make body contact with an opposing player who has already established and stayed within his cylinder.

In small groups, watch the following video and make a judgement if you think a foul should be called.

REFEREE THE DEFENCE

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Which player were you watching in the last video, the offensive player or the defensive player?

We should be watching the defensive player in these body contact scenarios to judge the quality of the defence.

If we watch the offensive player it may look like a foul has occurred.

FOUL TYPES

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What could occur to cause these fouls?

• Hands

• Blocking

• Holding

• Pushing

• Charging (with the ball)

• Offensive foul

• Double foul

• Technical Foul

• Unsportsmanlike Foul

• Disqualifying Foul

CHARGING FOUL

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Charging is illegal personal contact, with or without the ball, by pushing or moving into an opponent’s torso.

LEGAL GUARDING POSITION

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A defensive player has established an initial legal guarding position when:• He is facing his opponent, and• He has both feet on the floor

He may raise his arms and hands above his head or jump vertically but must maintain them inside his cylinder.

A player may sidestep or shuffle in defence and lift one or both feet, as long as he initially established his legal guarding position.

THE 3 F’S

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Can anyone guess what any of the words beginning with ‘F’ might be that help us judge charge/block situations?

F F FFeet First FacingEstablished and maintained legal guarding position

Contact occurred on the torso and down

the centre of the body

The player got to the position first

If these things have all happened then call a charge.

Feet First FacingEstablished and maintained legal guarding position

Contact occurred on the torso and down

the centre of the body

The player got to the position first

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SO REMEMBER

TECHNICAL FOUL

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In small groups, discuss what you think players and coaches can do to receive a technical foul?

• Disregarding warnings given by officials.

• Disrespectfully touching the officials.

• Disrespectfully communicating with the officials.

• Baiting an opponent or obstructing his vision by waving his hand near his eyes,

• Excessive swinging of elbows.

• Delaying the game by deliberately touching the ball after if passes through the basket or by preventing a throw-in from being taken promptly.

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UNSPORTSMANLIKE FOUL

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What can a player do to get an unsportsmanlike foul?

It is an unsportsmanlike foul if:

• A player is making no effort to play the ball and contact occurs.

• A player, in an effort to play the ball, causes excessive contact (hard foul).

• A defensive player causes contact with an opponent from behind or laterally, in an attempt to stop a fast break and there is no opponent between the offensive player and the opponent’s basket.

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DISQUALIFYING FOUL

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What could a player do to receive a disqualifying foul?

A disqualifying foul is any flagrantly unsportsmanlike action of a player, substitute, coach or assistant coach.

A player is required to leave the court and cannot be in view of the game. If they refuse to leave, or if they return then the supervisor should be sought immediately.

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ACT OF SHOOTING

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In your booklets, answer the following questions:

1. When do you think the act of shooting begins?

2. When do you think the act of shooting ends?

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ASSESSMENT

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By the end of this course, to be assessed as competent you will need to:

• Make a call on all heavy situations especially on a dribbler or shooter

• Call the majority of fouls in his/her area. We do not expect you to get them all, but have a go. You have nothing to lose.

You will be assessing yourself with your mentor’s help each week.

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TRIBUNAL REPORT FORM

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Sometimes a player, coach or spectator acts in such a careless and dangerous manner that a report will be required.

What could a player, coach or spectator do to get reported?

TRIBUNAL REPORT FORM

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Before watching the following videos, have a look at

your report form.

On one side has the match information, the charges selected, choice if it is a major or minor offence and the referee details.

On the reverse side it has a brief outline of what happened.

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Level 1

varies

Need to be establishing all C Grade

competencies to be promoted

Running with mentor, unpaid

REFEREE PATHWAYWhere to from

here?Referee Grade:

Time before promotion:

Competency required:

Other information:

REFEREE PATHWAY

Level 1

varies

Need to be establishing all C Grade

competencies to be promoted

Running with mentor, unpaid

Level 2

Under 14 years of age

varies

Need to be competent at all C Grade

competencies to be promoted

Running opposite mentor, paid

C Grade

Min. 6 months

Need to be competent at all B Grade competencies to be

promoted

Work with ref coaches to improve, move towards B Grade

REFEREE PATHWAY

B Grade

Min. 6 months

Need to be competent at all A Grade competencies to be

promoted

Work with ref coaches to improve, referee Friday

night VJBL, attend A Grade school

A Grade

Min. 12 months

A grade referees can:

• Referee Junior Panel (VC)

• Be a Ref Coach

• Be a supervisor

Elite Leagues

VJBL

Big V

SEABL

WNBL

NBL

FIBA

C.R.A.M.P.• What is C.R.A.M.P.?

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CRAMP identifies the skills a referee requires to be successful

C ommunication – displays good signals and uses a loud voice

R ule Knowledge – demonstrates a solid understanding of the rules

A nticipation & Decision Making – makes good judgements

M echanics – moves to the correct position on the court

P ersonal Qualities – has correct qualities to demonstrate the skills

C.R.A.M.P.

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Developing SkillsEmerging

application of skill

Establishing application of

skillCompetent at

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CCommunication

• Put hand/fist up on every violation or foul call Emerging Establishing Competent

• When signaling to the scorebench they:o stand stillo display clear signalso use a loud voice

Emerging Establishing Competent

RRule Knowledge

To be assessed with the exam

AAnticipation &

Decision Making

• Call out of bounds correctly Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call blatant double dribbles Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call blatant travels Emerging Establishing Competent

MMechanics

• Make correct positioning on the court in trail Emerging Establishing Competent

• Make correct positioning on the court in lead Emerging Establishing Competent

PPersonal Qualities

• Wear correct uniform and be punctual to games Emerging Establishing Competent

ASSESSMENT

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Remember:

To be an apprentice referee you need to establish all skills.

To be a C Grade referee you need to be competent at all skills.

Record in the table below the total number of participants at each level.

SELF-REFLECTION

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Communi-cation

Rule Knowledge

Anticipation & Decisions Mechanics Personal

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Developing SkillsEmerging

application of skill

Establishing application of

skillCompetent at

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CCommunication

• Put hand/fist up on every violation or foul call Emerging Establishing Competent

• When signaling to the scorebench they:o stand still o display clear signals o use a loud voice

Emerging Establishing Competent

RRule Knowledge

To be assessed with the exam

AAnticipation &

Decision Making

• Make a call on all heavy contact situations especially on a dribbler or shooter Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call the majority of fouls in his/her area Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call out of bounds correctly Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call blatant double dribbles Emerging Establishing Competent

• Call blatant travels Emerging Establishing Competent

MMechanics

• Make correct positioning on the court in trail Emerging Establishing Competent

• Make correct positioning on the court in lead Emerging Establishing Competent

PPersonal Qualities

• Wear correct uniform and be punctual to games Emerging Establishing Competent