1. Rookie-Mini Clinic Dan Rypma Rob Ruschmann Daryl Henderson

2. Welcome to the 2017-18 Basketball Season
Bene Lynn Benedict
Basketball Chair

3. Rule Meeting Attendance?

4. 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.

6. “You can’t let praise or criticism get to you
“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – John Wooden
Things I did “right”
Rule Knowledge
Basketball Mechanics
Improved Communication Skills
First Sub-Varsity Game
First Varsity Game
Things I need to work on
Desire to advance before I was ready
Not admitting you were not ready
Improper Mechanics
Lack of Rule Knowledge

7. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. - Michael Jordan
What is “NOT” trying?
FAILURE TO: Study Rule Book: Everyone one of us should open his/her rule book daily
FAILURE TO: Watch & Study Video: Hudl, YouTube, ESPN
FAILURE TO: Participate in Group Study: Schedule periodic meetings with partners on off days
FAILURE TO: Attend Summer Camps ($): It cost money but in “most” cases, it is money well spent
FAILURE TO: Ask for Peer Review: Ask for help, criticism & learn to be accepting of information
FAILURE TO: Seek out Better Partners: Sometime you just need to make a change

8. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. - Michael Jordan Therefore, What is trying?
Rule Book Study
Video Study
Group Study
Summer Camps ($)
Peer Review
Better Partners
Pregame Conference
Post Game Conference
Watching Higher Level Officials
Looking in the Mirror

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL: Huron gets strange win; SMCC routs Jefferson
NEW BOSTON – Both scorebooks showed the
But the scoreboard showed New Boston Huron girls basketball’s basketball team had a lead when the game ended Monday night.
The discrepancy between the scoreboard and the scorebooks was not discovered until the officials had left the floor.
So the game will go down as a win for Huron.
The Jets held a 13-point lead with four minutes left, but Sophia Dimilia scored 7 of her team-high 12 points in the final period to lead a Huron comeback.
Ava Dimilia added 11 points for Huron. Airport (10-2) got 15 points from Emily Swiercz and 13 from Hadley Gratz.

10. Jurisdiction of Officials / Begins / Ends
Rule 2-3 Art 2: The officials’ jurisdiction, prior to the game, begins when they arrive on the floor. The officials’ arrival on the floor shall be a least 15 minutes before the scheduled starting time of the game.
Rule 2-3 Art 4: The jurisdiction of the officials is terminated and the final score has been approved when all officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.

11. Correction to Rule: 5-6-Exceptions

13. Make the Right Call

14. Tap or Try

28. 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

29. Real Time Observations / Immediate Feedback

32. 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.

33. OK Conference “Order” of Notification
Mark Howells:
Cell:
Jim Haskins:
Steve Scholten:
Jerry Haggerty:
Mark Uyl:

34. Intentional Fouls Officials Must Enforce Rules
If All Officials Enforce this Rule Knowledgably, Confidently, and Consistently from the Beginning of the Season . . .
> the Expectation will be Set
> the Coaches and Players will Adjust
> the Aim of the POE will be Met

35. Know the rule 4-19-Art. 3
An intentional foul is a personal or technical foul that may or may not be premeditated and is not based solely on the severity of the act. Intentional fouls include, but are not limited to:
Contact that neutralizes an opponent’s obvious advantageous position.
Contact away from the ball with an opponent who is clearly not involved with a play.
Contact that is not a legitimate attempt to play the ball/player specifically designed to stop the clock or keep it from starting.
Excessive contact with an opponent while the ball is live or until an airborne shooter returns to the floor.
Contact with a thrower-in as in PENALTY 4
The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line UNTIL the ball has been released on a throw-in pass.

36. The End *WMOA Student/Athlete Award: Nominations Deadline: February 1
*Hudl: Manual Search
*Girl’s Finals / Calvin College
March 15-17, 2018
*Boy’s Finals / Breslin Center “MSU”
March 22-24