Officiating Basketball is designed to assist individuals in becoming a better official and improving the experience for you and the student athletes. The course covers fouls against the ball handler, screening, post play, block/charge, intentional fouls, technical fouls, and a general overview of characteristics that help to make a person a better official. Officiating Basketball provides insight into the mechanics of making a correct call and shows examples of high school games to illustrate when calls should be made.
This course can be used as a stand alone assignment for students or teachers can use this to develop their unit/lesson plans.
Study the rules and learn the hand signals and vocabulary needed to become a certified official for each sport desired.
Identify game responsibilities of each official in a game setting (sport specific).
Identify the components of game responsibilities of an official: uniform, promptness, knowledge, and self-confidence.
