The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Basketball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Sun Dec 16, 2001, 11:23pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 2
Culture question

Dear Chuck,
Many people have heard similar horror stories about living in Japan, but my experience of almost 20 years is far from what you describe. Japanese coaches and officials are extremely dedicated to and love the sport. They treat anyone who loves the sport equally. In fact, I have probably been treated especially well because of being American. My colleagues value my imput regarding American basketball as well as offering a different point of view. Although I started officiating rather late, I have been given the opportunity to officiate in the national highschool championships coming up this summer and have been approached about refereeing at the semi-pro level, where many foreign players belong to company teams. The hope is that I can serve to improve communication both ways between foreign players, coaches and their Japanese counterparts, as well as Japanese referees. This discussion board is extremely valuable in providing me with the current information that I need to serve as the bridge.

__________________
samurairef
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:12pm.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1