Referee B I G

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

While I value this forum as a tool to gain knowledge, many of the inside jokes I do not get...
What does Steve Wellmer have to do with my question?

Ch1town:

My post was not meant to make fun of you. As many people will tell you I honestly make valuable contributions to this forum from time to time. (Ouch, I just think I broke my arm, trying to pat myself on my back. ) And before I made my post, a number of members of this forum gave some good examples of officiating "big" and helping one another to be better officials is the number one goal of the forum. But I just couldn't let a Steve Wellmer joke go by. I am sure that if some of us have not driven you to ask Mark Pagdett to start sharing his meds with you by the start of next season, I hope that we can get you to join in the Steve Wellmer drinking game. That is all I am going to say about the drinking game but I am sure that some of our fellow officials will be glad to fill you in on it.

Have a good summer season.

MTD, Sr.

MTD, Sr -
I didn't take it in a bad way, I was just trying to understand the joke as I'm not in loop on many of them. FTR, I've always valued your contributions to the board.
Have a great summer too sir!

[26 Year Gap]

If you go with belted pants, chances are you will never pull a Welmer.

[rsox34]

The phrase "Referee Big" is not just the lastest camp speak--Goerge Toliver has been using the phrase at his camp for over a decade. Ed Rush Sr. defines it as Projecting a Presence when you referee. Carry yourself where you exude an aura of being in command.

Basically means to officiate like you are the crew chief/R in your crew. By refereeing big you show you are in control and can be believed.

[Tio]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

Will someone please explain "how to" referee big & provide examples?


Thanks!

Also commonly referred to as Court Presence.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rsox34

The phrase "Referee Big" is not just the lastest camp speak--Goerge Toliver has been using the phrase at his camp for over a decade. Ed Rush Sr. defines it as Projecting a Presence when you referee. Carry yourself where you exude an aura of being in command.

Basically means to officiate like you are the crew chief/R in your crew. By refereeing big you show you are in control and can be believed.

Were you bored?

[HoopsRefJunior]

The feedback I received this summer at camp was similar. For me it is posture. I have a tendancy to bend at the waist occasionally on certain calls -- usually when I move forward to "sell the call". I don't do it all the time, but when I give a preliminary signal (ie., hold or hand-check) at the spot of the foul I occasionally finish with my shoulders rolled forward and I slightly bend at the waist. The clinicians said they were knit-picking, but that is why we go to camp -- to polish our game. The recommendation -- and I worked on it at camp -- is to stand more upright (with better posture) through those particular calls.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by HoopsRefJunior

The feedback I received this summer at camp was similar. For me it is posture. I have a tendancy to bend at the waist occasionally on certain calls -- usually when I move forward to "sell the call". I don't do it all the time, but when I give a preliminary signal (ie., hold or hand-check) at the spot of the foul I occasionally finish with my shoulders rolled forward and I slightly bend at the waist. The clinicians said they were knit-picking, but that is why we go to camp -- to polish our game. The recommendation -- and I worked on it at camp -- is to stand more upright (with better posture) through those particular calls.

Great advice. I'll have to stop jumping up in the air and throwing my arms up while I yell "Yahoo!" every time I call a technical. Maybe I should start yelling "Google" instead.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by HoopsRefJunior

The feedback I received this summer at camp was similar. For me it is posture. I have a tendancy to bend at the waist occasionally on certain calls -- usually when I move forward to "sell the call". I don't do it all the time, but when I give a preliminary signal (ie., hold or hand-check) at the spot of the foul I occasionally finish with my shoulders rolled forward and I slightly bend at the waist. The clinicians said they were knit-picking, but that is why we go to camp -- to polish our game. The recommendation -- and I worked on it at camp -- is to stand more upright (with better posture) through those particular calls.

Similar to how it's been put forth to me. I'm 6' 5". Whenever I've heard that I'm not referee'ing big it's when I have bad posture or my signals are weak and/or presented too low.

[Referee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I know a few guys that officiate that way.

Peace

We have WAY TOO MANY guys that look like this in Miami...

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by Referee

We have WAY TOO MANY guys that look like this in Miami...

http://www.imageno.com/thumbs/20080707/3jdck69br97a.jpg

Isn't that Cameron from Ferris Buehlers Day Off? Is he still driving his dad's Ferrari?

So he ref's with you in Miami? Buehler? Buehler?