1. “A Season of Significance”
NFHS BASKETBALL
“A Season of Significance”

2. A Season of Significance
Three Questions to consider:
What?
So What?
Now What?
See
Think
Reflect
Act

3. Items to Consider! The Possession Arrow Resuming Play Procedures
Blood Rule Injuries
Substitutes: Leaving
Bonus
Captains
Correctable Errors
Live Ball / Dead Ball
Game Clock
Who is Shooter?
Rebounding Fouls
Illegal Screens
Block/Charge Situations
Off Ball Fouls
Time Outs
Foul Penalties

4. To Become a Credible Athletic Official

5. To Become a Credible Athletic Official
Credible officials are……
Character-based
Competent
Committed
Caring
Confidence-builders
Communicators
Consistent
“ You can’t do a thing about the past and the only way you can prepare for tomorrow is what you do today.”
John Wooden

6. YOU CAN BE BETTER IF……. You communicate better
You don’t take things personally
You act professionally at all times
You make the extra effort
You are global in your vision
You are never jealous and you do your own job
You try to do things better
You stand up for what you believe
You are loyal and you stand by your fellow officials
You make careful and objective personal evaluations
You give an intelligent look at each side of things
You accept nothing less than the very best you can give each day
You see, think, reflect, and then act
You pull for others and are not concerned about who gets the credit

7. Philosophy? What is your role in the game?
Your role should go far beyond rules knowledge and mechanics. Acquaint yourself with the principles of tempo, advantage, disadvantage, and efficiency and you’re on your way to be the best you can. Make a difference!

8. Official’s Assessment
Did the officials interact appropriately with coaches/ student-athletes?
Did the officials have control over the game?
Were fouls and violations enforced consistently throughout the game?
Did the officials manage the bench areas appropriately?

9. Official’s Assessment
Was the game officiated according to the rules and points of emphasis?
Were there any unusual or difficult situations in your game and did you handle them correctly?
In general, did the crew fairly and consistently administer the game?

10. Keys to a Significant Season
Preparation
Enforcement
Courage

11. Preparation Conditioning Study the Rules Book
Poor conditioning can’t be tolerated or defended
To keep up with athletes – you must be an athlete – look like one!
Study the Rules Book
Too many changes in the book
Many made for ease in enforcement
Great test questions

12. Enforcement May need to change mindset
Rules are in place for a reason – must enforce ALL rules – even those considered minutiae
Ignoring any of them leads to inconsistencies – unfair to players, coaches, other officials, THE GAME!

13. Enforcement
Use preventative officiating and correct issues during pregame when possible
Understand the fine line between game management and game manipulation

14. Courage
Courage is needed to do what is right – adhering to the rules and the guidelines
You will be supported for having courage
“The past is a reference point – not a residence.”

15. Have A Significant Season!
Official Eye Chart I
REF
EOA
BASKETBALL
NC OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
20/100
20/70
20/50
20/30
20/20
Have A Significant Season!

16. Live Ball vs. Dead Ball How does a dead When does the clock stop?
ball become live?
When does the clock stop?
Officiating Live Ball Coverage? ____________________ _______________________
Officiating During a Dead Ball? __________________________________________
Personal Fouls during a dead ball? ___________________________________________

17. Live Ball vs Dead Ball How does the dead ball become alive?
When the tossed ball leaves the referee’s hand(s) on a jump ball
When the ball is at the disposal of the thrower-in ( made available)
When the ball is placed at the disposal of the free thrower or made available

18. Live Ball Coverage On the Ball, Off the Ball (Primary Coverage Area)
Know the intent and spirit of a rule
Advantage / Disadvantge
Know where the ball is
Know where your partners are
Referee the defense
Use preventive officiating

19. Live Ball vs Dead Ball When does a live ball become dead?
After a goal is made
After an unsuccessful free followed by a throw in
After an unsuccessful free throw followed by another free throw
After a held ball
When the official blows the whistle (exception)
When time expires for a period (exception)
After a foul
After floor violations
After a free throw violation by the throwing team

20. Live Ball vs Dead Ball When does a live ball become dead? Exceptions:
1. When a try or tap is in flight and the official blows the whistle, time expires, or there is a foul other than player control
The ball remains alive until the try or tap has ended
2. When a free throw is in flight and the official blows the whistle or a foul occurs when the ball is in flight
A free throw ends when it’s successful, not successful, the ball touches a player or floor or becomes dead
3. Continuous motion situations unless time has expired
4. When an opponent swings arms or elbows excessively the ball does not become dead immediately until the try or tap is successful or unsuccessful
5. A violation by the opponents on a free throw
Delayed dead ball

21. Game Clock When does the clock start? When does the clock stop
When the ball is legally tapped on a jump ball
When the ball is touched by a player inbounds after an unsuccessful free throw
When a throw in touches a player in bounds on the court after it is released by the thrower
A foul
Technical
Personal
A violation
Free Throw
Floor Violations
Inc. BI and GT by Offense
Basket interference & Goal Tending by Defense
Held Ball
Timeouts

22. Dead Ball Efficiency 20 % of the game/80% of problems?
Points To Consider:
During a dead ball you are the center of attention
During every dead ball you will have some communication to make.
Quick and Efficient
Clear and Crisp
Get the ball into play as quickly as possible
Don’t Be a Whipping Post
Handle Challenges as the Occur (adversity)
Basketball Rules Fundamentals (Page 72)

23. Resuming Play To prevent delay in putting ball in play
Timeout or the intermission between any quarter
Administering official shall sound the whistle indicating play will resume
Place the ball at disposal of thrower
If violation occurs, repeat the procedure for opponent
Following a violation by one team only, on next delay access a technical foul
Following a violation by both, any further delay by either is a technical foul.
Rule 10, Art. 5, a. : consuming a full minute through not being ready to start either half.

24. Correctable Errors Failure to award a merited free throw.
ART Officials may correct an error if a rule is inadvertently set aside and results in:
Failure to award a merited free throw.
Awarding an unmerited free throw.
Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
Attempting a free throw at the wrong basket.
Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
ART In order to correct any of the officials' errors listed in Article 1, such error must be recognized by an official during the first dead ball after the clock has properly started.
ART If in Article 1e the error is made while the clock is running and the ball dead, it must be recognized by an official before the second live ball.

25. Correctable Errors
ART If the error is a free throw by the wrong player or at the wrong basket, or the awarding of an unmerited free throw, the free throw and the activity during it, other than unsporting, flagrant, intentional or technical fouls, shall be canceled.
ART Points scored, consumed time and additional activity, which may occur prior to the recognition of an error, shall not be nullified. Errors because of free-throw attempts by the wrong player or at the wrong basket shall be corrected by applying 8-1 and 2.
ART If an error is corrected, play shall be resumed from the point at which it was interrupted to rectify the error, unless it involves awarding a merited free throw(s) and there has been no change of team possession since the error was made, in which case play shall resume as after any free-throw attempt(s).

26. Fouls
A FOUL is an infraction of the rules which is charged and is penalized.
Personal foul
is a player foul which involves illegal contact with an opponent while the ball is live, which hinders an opponent from performing normal defensive and offensive movements. A personal foul also includes contact by or on an airborne shooter when the ball is dead. NOTE: Contact after the ball has become dead is ignored unless it is ruled intentional or flagrant or is committed by or on an airborne shooter.
Common foul
is a personal foul which is neither flagrant nor intentional nor committed against a player trying or tapping for a field goal nor a part of a double, simultaneous or multiple foul.

27. Fouls
Technical foul is: a. A foul by a nonplayer. b. A noncontact foul by a player. c. An intentional or flagrant contact foul while the ball is dead, except a foul by an airborne shooter. d. A direct technical, which is a technical foul charged to the head coach only because of his/her actions. (Refer to Technical Foul Penalty Summary) e. An indirect technical, which is a technical foul assessed to a head coach as a result of a bench technical foul being assessed to team bench personnel (disqualified player) or a player technical foul being assessed to a squad member for dunking or grasping the ring during pre-game warm-up or at intermission. (1-3-5, through 5, ,2)
Team foul is any personal foul or technical foul which is charged to either team. All team fouls are counted to reach the bonus free throw.

28. Possession Arrow Setting Direction of Initial Arrow Control
Placed at Disposal
Free thrower
Thrower
Using the Alternate Procedure
Rule 6-4

29. Primary Coverage Areas
Both C and T should close down on shots.
A. The Trail official has primary responsibility for the area above the free-throw line extended to the far lane line extended and outside the three-point arc to the end line.
B. The Center official has primary responsibility for the area from the near lane line extended to the near sideline and the near half of the key area.
C. The Lead official has primary responsibility for the near half of the key area and inside the arc below the free-throw line extended.
D. Both C and T should close down on shots.
NFHS Three Officials' Mechanics