Please Help Me Understand (illegal screen)

[Kelvin green]

Since youre a new ref get with an experience ref and learn how to referee the defense.
Youve seen enough basketball to know what the player is going to do, drive-shoot-pass-dribble-
You hae to open yourself and not watch the ball but know that screens are coming. By refereeing the defense you'll know when the Offense will set scrrens but by watching defense you'll know how many steps the defender took to plow the screen, etc.

Referee off ball hard and anticipate he screen. The cheap screen if you pick it up right is the fun call, it cleans things up when you make it, the good coaches watch officials and know what we watch for. I have been in several games where after calling a coule of illegal screens turned to players and siad somthing like --- you know how theyre going to call it clean it up...

Even if you call it against his team, if you call the illegal screen (particularly the obvious ones early) know you are working hard at off ball/referee defense and.. They'll respect it. With a lot of coaches now- If I call one early-- They either ask what the kid did wrong, or as I run by I'll tell the coach, and more often not the coach says--yeah I saw it, cause they did. If you call it consistent they'll respect it. The illegal screen calls often times set the tones of the game- If you call it loose elbows will get higher, and wider, and things will get rough. Get it early and you'' have less problems in the 4th