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Meeting Minutes for SCBOWBO
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Everett Community College Gymnasium 1815-13th Street Everett, WA 98201
9:10 AM - Kevin Stride called the meeting to order. He then introduced guest speaker Scott Fetterly. Scott is a PNBOA (Seattle) official who has officiated many years of HS basketball (including several state tournaments) and has college basketball officiating experience as well.
Pregame topics should include rivalries and team styles. Bring as much info to the pregame as you know. Do a pregame conference, even if you have worked many, many times with a particular partner. All teams deserve your A game. Whatever game you are assigned to should be thought of as the "game of the night." As a young official, take the small steps to get better instead of thinking you want to go directly to the top. Officials who try to hurry too fast often struggle when they get there. He stressed that officials working a JV game need to stick around and watching the varsity game. They should also attend district and state tournament games. You can get better by watching other good officials. Improve every off-season. Attend camps every year (either attend or observe). Find a mentor. Use your mentor. Your mentor should be someone who is where you want to be. Scott's motivations and longevity can be attributed to taking the game seriously, preparing for every game, taking care of his body, loving the game and having a fear of failure. The ideal pregame includes all assigned officials with lots of time together before the game. That doesn't always work out due to traffic, working subvarsity games etc. The R should not be a dictator in the pregame conference. All officials should contribute. Talk about things we can do that will keep us out of trouble. Communicate how to show when officials are receiving or giving up plays. Discuss the pass and crash play. Talk about the center having the confidence to call plays that he/she has open looks on in transition. All non-basketball-plays need to be called by someone! Never have 2 opponents unwatched. Watch both teams as they go to their huddles during a time-out. Talk about preventative officiating and dead ball officiating. Discuss BI and GT if the teams are athletic. Go over last-second shot procedures. Tell your partners the one thing you are working on for the night. During a game, be willing to be open and honest so that the crew can make adjustments as needed. Get together at time-outs when necessary.... especially towards the end of a closely contested game.
GYM MANAGEMENT: Find the game management person when you arrive at the gym. Ask them if they are going to get the officials and the teams from the locker rooms at the specified times. Find out if they are going to escort us off the floor. Who handles blood on the floor? Where will they be during the game? Where will be exit the floor? Build some rapport with the game manager. Look the facility over. Look for dangerous situations such as water coolers too close to the floor or volleyball standards too close. Are the folding chairs too close to the sidelines? Little things become big things! During warm-ups, get rid of rubber bands and illegal headbands. Meet with the captains and get a feel for them. Don't leave messes for other crews to have to deal with. GAME MANAGEMENT: If the JV officials are catching too much heat from a JV coach, varsity officials can have a quick word with the JV coach at halftime. It has worked many times. Officials on the varsity game should be careful to not overload officials on the JV game with too much information. We need to deal with footstomper coaches and jackrabbits and non-stop complainers. If the assistant coaches are complaining, deal with it through the head coach. GAME AWARENESS: Be aware if a partner has had several calls in a row or if a partner hasn't had any calls. Pick up on things like a coaches signal that means for the team to go into a full-court press. Recognize the offensive sets enough to know where the screens will be. Know if the defense is in a zone or man-to-man. They are zone if the guard cuts through the key and the defender does not follow them. If you have an out-of-control parent in the stands, find the game manager and have them deal with it. Ask the gym manager who the student section supervisor is. Parents want to see a good game where the officials are in control. ALWAYS BE PROFESSIONAL.
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