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- Issue 57, October 15, 2005 Issue 57, October 15, 2005 In this Issue:
Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray
TO: Officials I want to welcome our new officials, observers, corporate sponsors, athletic directors and coaches to MACBOA and thank everyone who attended the MACBOA Clinic on September 18. I also want to thank Frederick Community College for hosting our Clinic and am very appreciative of our corporate sponsors for their kind generosity. All officials on staff must work to maintain the mission, values, and goals of MACBOA for the 2005-2006 season and beyond. Please visit www.assignbyweb.com/macboa and keep current with the “E-Board Notes” section daily. Please be sure to keep your information on Assignbyweb up-to-date. Failure to do so could result in loss of game assignment(s). Also, some of you failed to select the correct state of residence when you entered your address. Please check this and make the necessary correction. Please close out all dates that you are not available on Assignbyweb. Do not e-mail, fax or mail me your closed dates. All assignments will be made on Assignbyweb. You will have no more than 48 hours in which to accept an assignment. If you encounter any problems with Assignbyweb, please contact this office via email (dgray@macboa.org) or telephone (301-283-6807). All paperwork should be in by now. If you have not sent it – do not bother unless you spoke to me in advance and received approval to do so. K&K (Beth Andrews) will be sending me a list of officials who purchased liability insurance with them. If you purchased insurance with K&K, please send me an email (dgray@macboa.org) so that I will be able to confirm your name on the list. All officials are required to work two (2) scrimmages. A list of scrimmage assigners was given to each Clinic attendee. If you live within two hours of school, you must be there at least 45 minutes before game time. Crew Chief/Referee -if you are conducting a rules clinic on the rules changes and points of emphasis, obviously you will need to be there earlier. I hope that everyone is physically and mentally prepared for another great year. I understand that there is no perfect game officiated, coached or played. We all make mistakes. A near perfect officiated game is when officials have few mistakes on their part. There are mistakes, however, I will not tolerate: arriving late to a game; wrong free throw shooter on line; missing a goal tending or basketball interference call; or saying the inappropriate things to coaches. We are professionals and I expect everyone to conduct him or herself in a professional manner when representing MACBOA. CLOSED DATES: Please "ALL Division I, II & III officials" get your closed dates into www.AssignBYweb.com/macboa asap. You must enter all dates for a specific month and then “Submit,” then move to another month and follow the same process. Please take care of your administrative matters. Reminder: *No LATE ARRIVAL TO GAME SITES!!
Coaching Box/Bench Decorum: Officials should be conscious about severe coaching box infractions and address this issue with specific emphasis on travesty of the game or abuse of officials in mind. If the Coach is 1 step to 2 steps outside the coaching box calling out instructions out, then DO NOT assess a technical foul. If a coach is one step out of the coaching box or in the coaching box and not abiding by the bench decorum rule then it is a technical foul. Be respectful. Answer reasonable questions. Roughness: Because of the emphasis on controlling roughness, officials will call fouls and not talk players out of fouls. Remember that two (hands, forearms, legs) of anything is a foul and must be called. Do not lose control of games. Be in position to see through plays by getting good sight lines and angles. See a basketball play, “normal contact” then “judge the 1st illegal act”! Use good judgement. I'm looking forward to a successful 2005-06 season. If you have any questions and need clarification on any issues, please contact me at 301-775-4088 or via e-mail at dgray@macboa.org. It is my goal to respond to each inquiry within 36-hours. TO OBSERVERS: Thank you for your time and the expertise you bring to MACBOA. Please have your MACBOA sweater/vests on when you arrive at your assignments. As discussed, please introduce yourselves to game administration, to the Head Coach and or the coaching staff before the game. TO ATHLETIC DIRECTORS/COACHES: If the crew assigned for your game has not arrived by 60 minutes before scheduled game tip-off, please follow the Emergency Procedures. A copy of the Emergency Procedures can be found on the MACBOA web site at www.macboa.org. You MUST notify the MACBOA office, in writing, immediately of any schedule changes. You can provide this information via fax or e-mail (dgray@macboa.org). The MACBOA office will confirm receipt of the information when received. If the change occurs on the date of the scheduled game, you must speak to someone directly about the change (e.g. Donnee Gray, Vedia Gray, Willie Jones,). Please take a few minutes at the conclusion of each game to complete the Coaches Game Report. This information is very important to the evaluation process of all MACBOA officials. CCA Basketball Officiating Manuals Women’s Crew of 3 Mechanics Changes Mechanics Points of Emphasis Men’s Crew of 3
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Orders may be placed in any of the following convenient ways: Follow this link: CCA Basketball or call 800-733-6100 or 262-632-8855 2005-6 NCAA Basketball Rules & Interpretations Book & Resources
2005-2006 Officiating Video VHS and DVD 2005-2006 Men/Women Rule Changes 2005-2006 Women’s Points of Emphasis 2005-2006 Women’s Mechanic Changes All MACBOA officials are required to take and pass periodic tests as stated in your 2005-2006 contract. Please cut and paste the following test and then complete the test with your answers. You must mail your answers to the MACBOA office. DO NOT FAX your answers. Your test answers must be postmarked no later than October 20, 2005. All MACBOA officials are required to take and pass periodic tests as stated in your contract. You must mail your answers to the MACBOA office, Post Office Box 98, Bryans Road, MD 20616. DO NOT FAX your answers. In order to receive credit, your Rules Test must be have been postmarked no later than October 20, 2005, in order to receive credit. Please take care of your administrative matters! 2005 – 2006 Basketball Rules Examination
Contributing Article: Using Power to Officiate Effectively By Carl A. Dudley
Now is the time to start preparing for success in officiating in the 2005/2006-basketball season! It is upon us, the excitement, the competition, the heartache and pain. As Dick Vitale will definitely say at the beginning of the season, “It’s show-time baby!” The ultimate goal of any basketball official, officiating at any level of basketball, should be to give their very best every time he/she steps on the court. The official has serious obligations to the game of basketball, to the players and coaches, and ultimately to themselves to be effective in executing their duties. To help the official achieve their obligations, there must be a profound understanding of the power the official possess and how to use it effectively while officiating their basketball game. One way the official can begin to understand the power is to ask some very tough questions. Questions like, “What is the most powerful tool do I possess to help me achieve my objective? Is it my whistle or is it my mouth?” Or “Is my most powerful tool my presence on the court with a clean, crisply pressed uniform and my shoes shined?” Asking questions like these will help the official develop the power that they possess and if the questions are answered honestly, the official will be in the position to give their best in executing their duties while on the court. One possible reason why an official may not truly give their best is because there may be a misunderstanding of the amount of power and influence that they possess. According to Webster’s Dictionary, power is defined as “(1.) A person, group, or nation having great influence or control over others; (2) The ability or capacity to act or perform effectively.” The basketball official is a person who definitely has a lot of influence over the game of basketball; with a profound understanding of the power they possess, there is a high probability that the official will be effective in their performance. To add some insight and increase the officials’ understanding, an analysis of the power an official has is necessary. From an officials’ perspective, there are two types of power the official is working with to be effective in officiating a basketball game. The two types are position power and personal power. Position power is the extent to which the official has rewards, punishments and sanctions to bring to bear in reference to the game of basketball, specifically, the players and coaches. The power tends to come from above the organization. Depending on the level of basketball the official is referring in, the organization can be the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), or the Federal International Basketball Association (FIBA). The power is delegated down from the organization to use rewards or sanctions and information needed to make necessary decisions. Under position power, there are four power dimensions that the official should have an explicit understanding of to be effective; these categories are legitimate, coercive, connection, and reward. The saying “it’s only a pick up game if there are no referees” best illustrates the legitimate power an official has. The officials’ uniform is one aspect that legitimizes a game. By virtue of being certified and affiliated with the organization (NCAA, NFHS, FIBA, etc.), the official is granted this particular power dimension. A second power dimension that is granted by virtue of the officials’ position is coercive power. The official uses this dimension of position power when attempting to force or change bad performance to good performance. The official can force basketball players from playing a low quality/sloppy basketball game by making foul calls such as hand checking and pushing. These types of behaviors players demonstrate can cause small problems that can easily escalate into large problems, plus it diminishes the quality of the game being played. When the official uses his/her whistle when the infraction is observed, the quality of play within the basketball game can be enhanced tremendously. Another way the official can be effective in influencing the quality of play within the game is to use a third power dimension; connection power. Connection power is the use of power of knowing people that can influence and make decisions. Let’s say that two teams are playing a very competitive and heated basketball game. The emotions are high between the players, the coaches and fans. A definite fan of Team B is getting out of control because they feel the official is making judgments against his team and creating a disadvantage. Team B’s fan is not shy in letting the officials know his displeasure with the judgments and vocalizes direct threats that are disrupting the players on Team A and the play of the game. Players from Team B have begun to mimic their fan and taunt Team A players. The official can use their connection and legitimate power by stopping play of the game and seek out the game administrator to discuss removal of the belligerent fan. In addition, the official can summon the captains of Team A and Team B to advise them to get their teammates to get control of their emotions and begin to play quality basketball. In the midst of the emotions and possibly confusion, the official can use the fourth power dimension, reward power. Reward power is having the power to correct decisions and judgements that has disadvantaged a specific team. Let’s say that prior to the chaotic moments, the official called a technical foul on a player on Team B for taunting. While the official was talking with the captains and administrator, Team A identified A2 to shoot the free throws. After the dust has settled down, the official resumes play of the game with administering the free throws to A3. The observant official recognizes the wrong free thrower shooting the free throw and uses their reward power dimension and corrects the correctable error and places A2 as the correct free thrower. This action contributes to the quality of play of the basketball games because the official used their power to get the call right. While position power is granted to the official by virtue of wearing the stripes and being a member of an association/organization, it is power that can be utilized effectively, however, if used alone, the official will have a hard time in achieving their best. In order to be effective, the official should combine the use of their personal power with their position. Personal power is the extent to which officials gain the confidence and trust of those people they are trying to influence. When officials use their personal power, they have the respect of the players, the coaches, fans, and administrators. These people feel good about and are committed to the officials and see their individual goals as being satisfied by the goals of the official; a well played basketball game! Under personal power, there are three power dimensions: information, expert and referent. As the old cliché goes, “information is power.” This is a true statement in all aspects of life and officiating. Information is power in its purist form because officials use information to make be effective in their judgements and mechanics. The pre-game conference is imperative because the officials can talk about a variety of things from making judgements early on in the game like hand-checking and cleaning up the rough play in the middle to proper game management and maintaining bench decorum appropriately. The information that is communicated within the pre-game conference basically gets the team of officials working on the same “sheet of music.” When that happens, the team will definitely achieve the goals and live up to the expectations and obligations to the game of basketball. While on the court, the official can use the second personal power dimension of expert power to be effective. Expert power is basically knowledge of the rules. If the official’s goal is to be effective and get the “calls” right, the official not only must know but also understand the rules of the game. Let’s say for instance that during the game, Team A coach has a misunderstanding of this season’s point of emphasis and palming rule. With every judgement against A1 for palming, the coach’s frustration grows and the coach becomes highly emotional. During a time out called by Team A, the coach comes to the official and asks the official about the interpretation of the palming rule. The effective official has definite understanding of the rule and effectively explains the rule to the coach. Now that the coach understands the rule more clearly, the coach’s emotions have been diffused causing the coach to coach their team and not the officials during the rest of the game. The official used their expert power of communication effectively, which maintained the integrity of the game being played. The communication is the key to success and if the official has the ability to communicate effectively, the official has used the third personal power dimension, referent power, effectively. With referent power, the official uses people skills like charisma, empathy, and respect to gain the confidence of the players and coaches. These skills and power create the perception that the official truly cares about the game being played and they influences the people involved in the game effectively. By reading this article, the official has taken a first step in preparing for the 2005/2006 basketball season and experience success. With a clear understanding of the dimensions of position and personal power, the official now has the opportunity to be extremely effective in executing their duties and upholding the quality of the game. The official is classified by the behavior that they exhibit on and off the court. In today’s generation of basketball officials, the individual official cannot “march to their own beat,” but must continuously improve on the leadership that has been empowered to them. It is the personal responsibility of the official to continue to analyze the position power and influence that is granted by being an official and further develop their personal power. By doing so, the official will be able to honestly say that the most powerful tools that they possess is a combination of both their position and the knowledge they possess. When all dimensions of position and personal powers are used appropriately, the effectiveness is high and the official can truly say that they have given their best while on the court officiating/leading the greatest game ever invented. Good luck this season and make the time to reflect and improve your effectiveness every-time you step on the court. The players, the coaches and fans deserve nothing less from you. Live up to it this season and exceed everyone’s expectations…even yours! New Corporate Sponsor: No. 1 Gear
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