Games are starting this week as November 28 marks the start of the regular season.
I still have 10 of you who haven't picked up SCISA jackets. Please get them ASAP.
Unfortunately, due to a handful of football teams still being in this hurricane-lengthened football season, we've had a number of changed games, canceled games, and rescheduled games. If you cannot accommodate the change, that's fine, just decline the assignment, there's plenty of officials who can take your place. It's just unfortunate if it doesn't work with your schedule.
Along the same lines, we've had a rash of JV girls problems. This week alone, four girls JV teams have folded (Hemingway, Carvers Bay, Johnsonville, Green Sea-Floyds). Of course, they'll now want to play the JV boys game on the varsity days at 4:30 or 5pm which will force varsity games to tip later. More importantly, it will cause many of you to lose game assignments becuase these games are being moved to varsity days when you already have assignments set. That's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. This seems to be an epidemic in these small communities. Hemingway coach told me yesterday that they graduated around 125 students last year, but only brought 50 total 8th graders from the middle school.
Points of Emphasis
Found a cool article about being an NBA referee as a former NBA player: give it a view and read the article. Here's what jumped out at me: Leon Wood, one of the two officials mentioned in the article and sole official in the video, works out 2.5 hours a day (90 min cardio, 60 strength). Do you work out 2.5 hours a week? Do you even lift, bro?
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/03/leon-wood-haywoode-workman-nba-players-to-refs/
Enforce The Rules
- This is especially important this week. Follow the rulebook regardless of our personal feelings about a specific rule. There is no room for personal interpretations. Especially as it relates to our new and less-seasoned officials. Veterans, they're looking to you to do the right thing. I rely on you to do the right thing and follow our prescribed mechanics and rules.
Shirts/Uniform nonsense
- If the undershirt is visible, it MUST match the torso color of the jersey. All other accessories (headbands, wristbands, leg sleeves, arm sleeves, tights and compression shorts) must be the same color on each player and on all members of the team. Permitted colors are white, black, beige or the dominant color of the jersey. PENALTY: The player not conforming cannot participate until the offending item meets the rules requirement.
Ball Handler Contact
-The mere act of contacting a ball handler with an arm bar, placing two hands momentarily on the ball handler, keeping a hand on the ball handler or touching the ball handler more than once must be ruled as a foul. This includes a post player. Whether or not these actions have an impact on the ball handler's ability to play is not relevant as per the email we all received last week.
Tip of the Week
Exercise patience during rebounds. If a player gets some minor contact and still handles the rebound cleanly, the contact is probably incidental. If the rebound is lost as a result of the contact, then a foul is needed. Having a slower whistle provides the opportunity to get a better feel for judging this situation.
I still have 10 of you who haven't picked up SCISA jackets. Please get them ASAP.
Unfortunately, due to a handful of football teams still being in this hurricane-lengthened football season, we've had a number of changed games, canceled games, and rescheduled games. If you cannot accommodate the change, that's fine, just decline the assignment, there's plenty of officials who can take your place. It's just unfortunate if it doesn't work with your schedule.
Along the same lines, we've had a rash of JV girls problems. This week alone, four girls JV teams have folded (Hemingway, Carvers Bay, Johnsonville, Green Sea-Floyds). Of course, they'll now want to play the JV boys game on the varsity days at 4:30 or 5pm which will force varsity games to tip later. More importantly, it will cause many of you to lose game assignments becuase these games are being moved to varsity days when you already have assignments set. That's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. This seems to be an epidemic in these small communities. Hemingway coach told me yesterday that they graduated around 125 students last year, but only brought 50 total 8th graders from the middle school.
Points of Emphasis
Found a cool article about being an NBA referee as a former NBA player: give it a view and read the article. Here's what jumped out at me: Leon Wood, one of the two officials mentioned in the article and sole official in the video, works out 2.5 hours a day (90 min cardio, 60 strength). Do you work out 2.5 hours a week? Do you even lift, bro?
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/03/leon-wood-haywoode-workman-nba-players-to-refs/
Enforce The Rules
- This is especially important this week. Follow the rulebook regardless of our personal feelings about a specific rule. There is no room for personal interpretations. Especially as it relates to our new and less-seasoned officials. Veterans, they're looking to you to do the right thing. I rely on you to do the right thing and follow our prescribed mechanics and rules.
Shirts/Uniform nonsense
- If the undershirt is visible, it MUST match the torso color of the jersey. All other accessories (headbands, wristbands, leg sleeves, arm sleeves, tights and compression shorts) must be the same color on each player and on all members of the team. Permitted colors are white, black, beige or the dominant color of the jersey. PENALTY: The player not conforming cannot participate until the offending item meets the rules requirement.
Ball Handler Contact
-The mere act of contacting a ball handler with an arm bar, placing two hands momentarily on the ball handler, keeping a hand on the ball handler or touching the ball handler more than once must be ruled as a foul. This includes a post player. Whether or not these actions have an impact on the ball handler's ability to play is not relevant as per the email we all received last week.
Tip of the Week
Exercise patience during rebounds. If a player gets some minor contact and still handles the rebound cleanly, the contact is probably incidental. If the rebound is lost as a result of the contact, then a foul is needed. Having a slower whistle provides the opportunity to get a better feel for judging this situation.
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