NASO/Referee Magazine

[Back In The Saddle]

I have bought all three of the "Working" books for basketball (Working the Lead, Working the Trail, Working the Center). I got the lead & trail books a couple of years ago (soon after they came out, I believe?) and they were very helpful to me. I was new and the info helped me improve in both areas. I bought the center book about a month ago because I was picked up by the three-whistle league. Even though I've been to three-whistle camps, I still learned some new things from the book. I have loaned them to a couple of newer officials and they seem to have been helped by them too. So I would definitely recommend these titles to newer officials.

Just a note, the lead and trail books do not cover three-whistle. Obviously the center book does. I got a spam from Referee/NASO last week offering the lead and trail books on closeout. I hope that means they're putting out a second edition that will also include three-whistle information. If so, I'll probably pick up the newer ones too. If I can pick up a couple of solid tips for less the the cost of a game fee, that's pretty good value for the money, I think.