Basketball Referee

Basketball Referee

Rndballref

20 Years Experience

Chicago, IL

Male, 60

For twenty years I officiated high school, AAU and park district basketball games, retiring recently. For a few officiating is the focus of their occupation, while for most working as an umpire or basketball referee is an avocation. I started ref'ing to earn beer money during college, but it became a great way to stay connected to the best sports game in the universe. As a spinoff, I wrote a sports-thriller novel loosely based on my referee experiences titled, Advantage Disadvantage

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Last Answer on September 20, 2019

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I love basketball and I'm good but it seems like everytime I play a game of 5 on 5 I tend to get nervous and have a lack of confidence . I'm very good but I just get nervous any suggestions on how to not get nervous ?

Asked by Josh over 9 years ago

Are you nervous playing organized basketball? The way to calm your nerves and to hone your skills is to play basketball against similar age/skills outside in a park where you just play for fun. That experience transfers to organized games.

If you are in posession of the ball while in front court, and the opponent tries to snatch the ball and thus hits the ball but the ball hits you before the ball bounces off to backcourt, and you run and regain the posession is it a backcourt?

Asked by JT almost 9 years ago

If the defender knocks the ball away and the offense player loses possession (and therefore team possession) then there is no backcourt violation even though the ball bounces off the offensive player.

So watching a game in a women's basketball game and a player take a knee and gives the ball to the ref. In this scenario what qoils happen

Asked by Zacg almost 9 years ago

In NFHS rules, if you are not dribbling and your knee touches the ground it is travelling.

player A gets fouled. player B steps to line and hits front end of 1&1. ref notices the wrong player shot the free throw. does free throw from player B count? what should happen?

Asked by midd44 about 9 years ago

The made free throw is canceled. Put the correct player on the line for a one and one

When does the 5 seconds for inbounding commence after a made basket under HS rules? We had a steal and a breakaway layup while the opposition was giving each other stinkeyes in front court. Thx.

Asked by Rodk over 9 years ago

The rulebook says that the count starts when the ball is at the throw in team's disposal.

On inbound is it a violation if ball touches net before touching player

Asked by Ref over 8 years ago

No violation.

Where is the ball put into play after an over and back violation?

Asked by Mike over 9 years ago

At a point nearest to the violation.