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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 02:38pm
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Camp - Best Lecture Topic

What is the best topic discussed at camp that helped you the most? How and Why?

We are putting a camp on this year and we want to keep it fresh.

Thanks in advance.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 03:48pm
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Have someone talk about professionalism and what is expected of officials...also maybe have someone talk about attitiude - controlling what you can and not worrying about what you can't.
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I recommend a lengthy discussion on the topic of anticipation of calls. We've discussed the pros and cons of this many times here and I think this topic is one of the most important and influential on how games are called. Also, if you are working mostly with HS level officials, stress making the same call the same way from the opening tip to the closing horn. If you are working mostly with NBA level officials, be sure to give them red pens so they can strike through the sections in the rulebook on traveling and palming - assuming there are any in the first place.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 04:00pm
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Have someone talk about professionalism and what is expected of officials...also maybe have someone talk about attitiude - controlling what you can and not worrying about what you can't.
I have only been to one camp, but they did talk quite a bit about professionalism and what it means to you as an official. Then they discussed what they expect from the official. Being new to the profession, I thought it was a good place to start.
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Conflict resolution. Deontology. How the two work together to manage a game.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 04:49pm
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Deontology ???

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Deontology.
"Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use". Ernest Hemingway

Ernie may know them. I certainly don't. Deontology ???

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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 05:05pm
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Anticipate The Play, Not The Call ...

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I recommend a lengthy discussion on the topic of anticipation of calls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO9EJ...eature=related
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 05:59pm
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Two topics that were very helpful to me were:

1) What to cover in a good pre-game conference with your partner(s);
2) Things that help you in trying to "move up" or get hired.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 06:41pm
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One that should be discussed, but I have never heard is COURAGE.

What does that mean? Here's a quick sample:

Having the courage to make the tough call.
Calls in the last few minutes of a game,
and especially calls that are correct, but other refs don't normally make,
the willingness to call an intentional foul,
the willingness to T a coach or player.
Not allowing unsporting behavior to go unpunished, not allowing a coach to intimidate and get a call for his team by yelling at the officials.
Making the calls for which the fans boo.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 07:02pm
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One that should be discussed, but I have never heard is COURAGE.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 07:53pm
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Did you ever notice how much the Wicked Witch of the West looks like Billy Packer? Here's Packer with Jay Bilas.

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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 08:22pm
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What is the best topic discussed at camp that helped you the most? How and Why?

We are putting a camp on this year and we want to keep it fresh.

Thanks in advance.
Correctable Errors.

Make up some casebook plays and instruct campers how to fix a correctable error. Also, tell them how to handle the coaches in those situations.
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Old Tue Jun 03, 2008, 08:28pm
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[QUOTE=Mark Padgett] We've discussed the pros and cons ... QUOTE]

I know I missed some board time but when did we discuss the Sonics? oh whoops they were the cons that were pros.... or was that Heidi Fliess who was a pro and a con?
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