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Jeremy; The best book or books that you can read are the RULES !! If you know what the rules are it's hard to stump a good official. If you want to expand your knowledge further there are several good brouchures from 'REFEREE' magazine. One is 'Making the Call'the inner game of sports officiating. There is another one out there that I think is called the twenty something do and don'ts of officiating. These are both obtainable through Referee Magazine. One of the most important things is to get as much experience as possible at ALL levels of competition, and don't be afraid to learn from that experience. Don't take what the coaches and fans say to you personal.
" BE PROFESSIONAL AT ALL TIMES " Good Luck !!
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I think the NF Case book is pretty good, I read in it a lot. Referee magazine's "Basketball Officials Guidebook Volume 1, Mechanics for a crew of two" is pretty good. Go to http://www.referee.com and I tink the publications are listed under one of the tabs. Good luck.
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I enjoyed "Calling the Shots: My Five Decades in the NBA" by the (in)famous Earl Strom. It's out of print, but Barnes and Noble's web site can find you a copy.
I'll also cautiously recommend "Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball" by Dave Pallone. Yes, it's about baseball, and yes, there's the whole homosexuality issue, and yes, Pallone was a "scab" ump. The book is really more about officiating, though, and has a lot of interesting insight on the craft and the people. "Psychology of Officiating"Â*by Robert S. Weinberg and Peggy A. Richardson looks interesting, but I haven't read it yet. |
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He also talks about his ABA days, his very early NBA days when officiating even at the NBA level was just a "second job" and about how Darryl Garretson ruined NBA officiating. He gets into real depth about his theory of how games should be called and of the role of the official on the court. Frankly, this book is worth the price for the anecdotes alone.
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