http://www.onlinebasketballclinics.com/referees-suck/ Live Online Basketball Coaching Clinics for Coaches and Players. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.onlinebasketballclinics.com/referees-suck/#comment-559 SoccerRocks Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:07:12 +0000 http://www.onlinebasketballclinics.com/?p=368#comment-559 I went to a U12 girls soccer game and the field referee was yelling at the players.

]]> http://www.onlinebasketballclinics.com/referees-suck/#comment-150 Dave69 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:58:21 +0000 http://www.onlinebasketballclinics.com/?p=368#comment-150 As a long time volleyball official (over 40 years HS, college and USVA) When I started officiating VB I went to as many matches as I could. I observed many very good officials and many very poor officials. I took from the good ones what I could and asked many times for ther critique of my matchs. I believe what made the good ones good was their work ethic and dedication to getting better at their craft and in helping young officials learn. They were never arrogant or condescending. They always took the time to explain a controversial call to players and coaches. Occasionally, I would have to work with a bad one,(HS only) at the collegiate level we were required to attend training every year and most were very good. They (the lazy HS) would show up late, unprepared to work the match, knew little if anything about the teams that were playing etc. In all my years of doing volleyball matches there were very few times I had not seen either team play prior to a match I was scheduled to work. If I could ask one thing of HS officials it would be stop being so damm lazy, do the work if you want to be paid. And shown respect by coaches, players and fans alike. And most importantly its not fair to the kids who put in lots of hours of practice to improve and you as an official do nothing to improve your game. Doesn’t seem fair does it. HS Basketball officials are the worst.

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