35-Year Basketball Official reveals the realities of high school officiating.
For any athlete, coach, or parent, this information is a must-watch to better understand how to work with referees, even if you disagree with calls. Turns out, most people don't actually know basketball rules, and your fiery taunting of referees is not helping, but hurting your team.
Special thanks to Bret Kinghorn for being willing to answer the tough questions and provide these valuable insights.
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Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:55 Getting Started in Officiating
2:30 How to Become a High School Ref
6:05 How Referees are Evaluated
9:54 How to Talk to Referees
12:32 Are Make Up Calls Real?
13:48 What is a Charge?
15:07 How to Handle Missed Calls
18:04 Players Talking to Referees
19:20 Parents Talking to Referees
21:15 Throwing a Parent Out
22:41 Trigger for a Technical
23:55 Personal Relationships with Coaches
25:31 Humanizing Officials, Coaches, and Players
27:50 Game Preferences
28:25 What Makes a Good Coach or Player?
30:02 Do Officials Know Good Players?
33:05 Flopping Rule
35:10 What is a Travel?
39:55 Rules that Aren't Rules
41:58 The Art of the Call vs By The Book
44:55 Rivalry Games
48:10 Not Working Games with Certain Coaches
50:03 Worst Thing a Parent Has Said
52:32 Funny Parent Stories
56:00 Referee Shoes and Uniform
59:06 Clothing Mishap Story
1:00:52 Handling Injuries
1:03:22 Throwing a Jump Ball
1:03:54 Over and Back Rule
1:04:32 Equality is NOT the Job
1:06:52 Player Trash Talk
1:08:30 Does Arguing with Refs Help?
1:10:37 Official Shortage
1:13:24 Greatest Athletes He's Officiated
1:17:15 Bothered By Missed Calls
1:18:00 Why Referee?
