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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
1) What additional training materials does IAABO have and how are these training materials different than the FED Manual?
2)What is the IAABO alternative that they recommend and use for better rotations?
3) What is the IAABO-specific way to report fouls and how/why is this better than the FED way?
Just trying to learn.......
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Let me make something very clear. My statements were not just about IAABO. My statements were to counter-act the statements you made is if IAABO or any organization could not use alternate training materials as it relates to what the NF puts in the Officials Manual. I am not an IAABO member or have any ties to IAABO directly. In my area you can join IAABO through some local associations, but membership really does nothing for you but to receive extra training material and to say you are a member if you decide to move to an IAABO organization in the eastern part of this country. I guess you will not lose some standing if you have membership and transfer to another area.
I do know that IAABO has put out literature that goes beyond the NF and this is not a very hard thing to do. I believe IAABO was the first to have a software program that put 2 and 3 person mechanics in detail. Also I have read some literature on philosophies with mechanics and other officiating things you never see from the NF.
Also my state has been one of the leads on training of officials with camps and video clips. As a matter of fact our state was approached by many other state officiating departments to get in on what we have been doing the past few years with video and PowerPoint presentations. Now there is an official's consortium of about 7 states where video clips will be available to be used for training purposes. So a clinician (president, trainer or just an average official) in my state can click on a clip from Indiana and use the clip in a presentation to train officials. My understanding the NF and even Referee Magazine are trying to get in on this and have approached our state representatives that run official's training.
I am not here to debate IAABO or what IAABO does as a whole. It also must be pointed out that the NF in the past has not expected 100% uniformity throughout their mechanics. Mary Struckoff (NF Basketball Rulebook Editor and NCAA Women's Coordinator) has made that clear when I personally asked her this question about 2 years ago when she spoke at the IHSA Official's Conference. She made it very clear that states can come up with their state mechanics and modify what the NF does. I have said this before and I am saying it now.
Peace