Hoops

Officiating Directions and Code of Conduct

The standard of basketball in Victoria is a lot higher than that of SA too - it comes from having a greater population and more people to choose from.

In my opinion the standard of refereeing in SA won't improve until we get rid of the abuse and inappropriate behavior from players, spectators and coaches, which hopefully the new officiating directions will help to do. Of the few referees that SA does have, a huge percentage give it away before they have enough experience to be a 'strong, well-trained' ref, due to the fact that they are abused week in, week out and don't enjoy it.

Lenovo, in what way are you offering this 'constructive criticism'? While I don't doubt that there are referees that act this way, perhaps this attitude is a defence mechanism to maintain composure and control during a difficult situation on the court? I know I myself sometimes have to use a similar thing in order to deal with players/coaches that don't respond to anything else. If you have some feedback for the referees, approach the evaluator/court supervisor and ask them to pass it on, or approach the referee after the game when the heat and emotion has died down from the situation. If they are anything like myself, they will really appreciate the feedback and the fact that you made the effort to pass it on.

I can't speak for anyone else obviously but I realise that many coaches and players have been around for a lot longer than us 'up and coming' referees. However, when on the court referees have to be in control of the game. If you are criticizing/critiquing a referee during a game (as opposed to asking for an explanation or interpretation) then you are in control - we can't be influenced during a game by the constructive criticisms that everyone is willing to throw out there. For example, if I were to act on something an opposition coach said and that changed the way I was refereeing I'm sure you would be pissed!

We do appreciate your concerns and we do appreciate your feedback. It just needs to be given to us after the game :)

Are we talking Seniors during the week, Juniors or both? And is it a specific ref or refs that you say are allowing this to happen? Cant say Ive seen anything as a pattern happening but Im not there every night. Has anyone brought this to anyone like a Court Supervisor's attention?

And will anybody address my questions re the onus on ALL eg Coach, Player, Spectator and Official to go by the directions and guidelines? Or will this just become a ref bashing topic?

Can someone clarify the "someone will be badly injured at Southern" please? And is this the stadium where "the UIC is the worst ref in the stadium?"

Just a point re the coach not sitting down and throwing something- is he/she not showing dissent and therefore not setting the correct example to their charges? I thought a lot of directions accross the board- coaches, players, officials and parents- have been introduced. Why pick on one group?

I was at the West vs Southern U20's grand final tonight... was just wondering why West got the ball at halfway with 2 seconds left. They called a timeout BEFORE the foulshots, so how can what happens after a foulshot be determined by something that happened before? Shouldn't they have only get the ball at the half if the Tigers hit the foulshots, then West called a timeout? If the Tigers player had missed the 2nd foul shot and West grabbed the rebound, would the clock have stopped and they could have taken the ball to the half? I don't think so.