Welcome to the 2017-18 Basketball Season Bene Lynn Benedict Tom Kragt

Reminders Rotate / Rotate / Rotate Call the obvious

To Do List *WMOA Student/Athlete Award: Nominations Deadline: February 1 *Hudl: Manual Search *Girl’s Finals / Calvin College March 15-17, 2018

NFHS BASKETBALL OFFICIALS MANUAL 5.3 COURT COVERAGE pg. 73-74 Starting Position Lead: Lead should be located 4-6 feet off of the end line Center: Center’s home position is along the sideline, straddling the free-throw line extended Trail: Trail’s home position is at or below the top of the 3-point arc extended and along, or just inside, the sideline

Ball Rotation – Three Person Mechanic – 4:25

Making Dead Ball Live – 2:44/8:44/11:28/13:00

Traveling or Not???

Travel or Not…

Real Time Observations / Immediate Feedback

OK Conference Observers Lyle Berry / Tommy Chambers / Ralph Johnson / Kevin O’Rourke / Joe Perrin Game officials retain the “right” to request observer not enter their dressing room area during or after a contest.

OK Conference “Order” of Notification Mark Howells: mark.p.howells@gmail.com Cell: 616-312-9026 Jim Haskins: jhaskins@gpsbulldogs.org Steve Scholten: sscholten@gpsbulldogs.org Jerry Haggerty: JHaggerty@gpsbulldogs.org Mark Uyl: mark@mhsaa.com

Mark Howells Update Arbiter information. a Mark Howells Update Arbiter information. a.       Picture: Pictures can assist school athletic directors and/or game management personnel in security and identification purposes. This request to have a picture on file in Arbiter is from the OK Conference. b.       Closed Dates: Mark Howells, assignor for the OK Conference has requested your calendar in Arbiter be up-to-date. Failure to do so on your part may cause delays and/or no assignments for dates which could have been assigned to you. c.       Birthday: Most everyone likes to be wished a Happy Birthday, include this information in Arbiter. d. Game Assignments: It is your responsibility to manage your Arbiter account. Game assignments may have been posted and subsequently removed because you failed to respond to a game assignment in a “timely” manner. You have no one to blame but YOURSELF.

Monday, January 29 Announcements Time: 5:30 / Rookie – Mini Clinic Dan Rypma Time: 6:30 / General Meeting Place: Godwin High School