FIBA Asia Referees Camp 2004

FIBA Asia Clinic For International Referees 2005 Kuala Lumpur

FIBA Asia Referees Clinic

13-14 April 2005

Kuala Lumpur

Officiating is being in the right place at the right time to make the call. Positioning is the key factor. There is a high correlation between the location of the Official and the accuracy of his decisions in respect to the incident.

Officiating is not an easy task. The players are big and fast, the pace of the game intense. It is difficult to control or even see everything that happens. Good Officials try to follow the play away from the ball, but of course, just as everyone else, there is always the tendency to focus on the spectacular scoring plays.

An Official’s greatest virtue is consistency. It is important to try to call the same play the same way, irrespective of the stage of the game or other pressures.

The best Officials have an easy authority, a rapport with players and coaches, the ability to keep a calm and steady presence in the most demanding circumstances, a thorough understanding of the game and acute powers of observation. They are intelligence people in excellent physical condition.

Basketball is a game of passion, of involvement and commitment, requiring Officials with a FEEL FOR THE GAME.

When you become an Official, you will never again see the game as a mere spectator. Nevertheless, it is still a game and should be enjoyed by everyone.

FIBA Asia Clinics for Commissioners and National Instructors 2005 Kuala Lumpur

• INTRODUCTION
  
  The development of basketball of a country depends in great measure on the refereeing, and with that understood, in great measure on the philosophy of the game and its variables.
  
  The quality of the refereeing in any country is the responsibility of the National Instructor, the development of our refereeing rests on the commitment and effort of our Instructors in expanding the training and massive participation of the personnel with the objective of improving the quality and quantity of potential future referees and the ones that are active. Consequently, Instructors should establish a teaching and learning process with objectives and goals (of short and long term) with strategies adjusted to the reality and particular situation of their country for:
  
  In 1992 FIBA began selecting former international referees with the primary goal of transforming them into the Instructors for the referees of the world.
  
  With the start in the year 1997 of the National Instructors Program each one of the five zones of FIBA assumed the responsibility of the development and work of training the referees in each of their affiliated countries through a group of National Instructors certified by FIBA.
  
  Main objective and responsibility of FIBA Referee’s Instructors are the development and professional training of National Instructors in such a way that they can transmit from a pedagogic, systematic and uniform manner the correct application of the rules and the knowledge and understanding of the spirit of each one of these to the referees of their country.
  
  
  In addition to the Clinics for Referees and Instructors different clinics are also conducted for other target groups as well, such as International Referee Candidates, Commissioners, and Table Oficcials. These Clinics are usually conducted on Continental or National level.
  
  A number of countries have been inviting FIBA Referee Instructors to their National Referee Clinics. The benefit has been mutual. The National Clinic gets reassurance, that the referees training is in compliance with FIBA recommendations and the Instructors generate new ideas for referees training.
  
  
  As we see the main Goal of Instructor’s activity should be: Make referees aware of the correct and standard application of game rules and fully understand the spirit and essence of each one of them.”
  
  
  Regular participation in the Clinics or Camps clearly help referees on the court to act as a team. Integrity and compliance of the clinics conducted on different Continents Comprehension with one interpretation of the Rules, philosophy of the game, referee mechanics, recommended by FIBA Technical Commission improve the quality and the level of officiating.
  
  
  Skills and Qualities of Instructor
  
  1. Level of Professional Excellence
  a. Personality and presence
  b. Ability to motivate
  c. Teaching ability
  d. Communication and Public Relations skills
  e. Public Speaking skills ( Speak Clearly, Speak Slowly, Speak To Be Heard In The Back Row)
  Knowledge and comprehension of the Basketball game.
  Knowledge and comprehension of the FIBA Rules and its official Interpretation.
  Knowledge and comprehension of the FIBA Mechanics of Refereeing.
  Knowledge and comprehension of the FIBA Philosophy of Refereeing.
  Knowledge of the evaluation of a Referee.
  7. Knowledge and comprehension of the Game Philosophy.
  
  C. Objectives of the National Instructor.
  
  ü Be Prepared
  ü Have A Sense Of Humour
  ü Show Patience
  
  COMMUNICATION CHARACTERISTICS
  
  üEstablish Ground Rules Early (questions and answers, cell phones, etc.)
  üBe Willing (And Able) To Listen
  üSimplify The Complex (not the reverse!)
  üBe Mobile
  üAlways Be Aware Of Where A Topic Is Leading (Holistic concept)
  üBe Aware Of Audience; Be Adaptable
  üBe Prepared To Admit And Correct A Mistake
  
  
  üMake Sure Everyone Know What Question Has Been Asked
  üRefer To The Rulebook As Much As Possible
  üStress Importance Of “Spirit And Intent” As The Heart Of The Rules (Article 46-10: “Elastic Powers”)
  
  
  üCome Back To FIBA Philosophy Whenever Possible
  üLimit Personal Stories To Those Related To The Topic
  üDon’t Get Sidetracked With Questions On Unlikely Situations
  
  
  
  

FIBA Organiser Workshop 2006 Kuala Lumpur

Welcome to FIBA Organizer

FIBA Organizer is the new generation in Sports Administration Software. Designed as an administration and competition management package for sporting organizations. FIBA Organizer aims to fully computerise all facets of sport administration and to give sport administrators more time to perform other Sport Administration roles.

Some of FIBA Organizer’s main features are:
• Easy to read schedules and standings
• Quick entry for results
• Membership management
• Transfer administration
• Tribunal administration
• Simple schedule generation
• Detailed reports
• Customisable reports

FIBA Organizer has been specifically tailored to allow for integration with the Internet. This is possibly one of FIBA Organizer’s biggest draw cards in that result, standings, schedules and other statistical information can be easily uploaded to the Internet to be displayed and viewed by members of your sporting community. This feature alone can save hours of valuable time.

Administration package aimed at bettering
sports administration on all levels FIBA has provided its 213 member federations around the globe the brand new 'FIBA Organizer', a software package for sports administration developed by SportingPulse. The software aims to fully computerize all facets of sports administration such as competition management (schedules, results, and standings) and membership database (clubs, players, coaches, and referees). The release of the software comes almost exactly one year after FIBA has entered into an agreement with SportingPulse Pty Ltd to develop and customize the product for the needs of the international basketball community. FIBA will cover the license fee for each of it national federations who wish to use it. FIBA's Secretary General Patrick Baumann said: "This product will save our national federations heavy development costs and will provide them with a state of the art turnkey solution for efficient sport administration. That goes alongside FIBA's long term strategy to ensure that all our members have proper management tools for their data. It also matches perfectly with the common database, which has been developed over the past two years by FIBA in co-operation with its five Zones." In a survey carried out by FIBA in the years 2000 - 2004 it showed that many federations where lacking reliable data support for their events and membership. "We have seen a great divergence in the way our national federations were handling their data," stated FIBA IT Manager Wolfram Klug. "Many federations could not rely on computerized data management due to missing resources and know how. We are aware that our bigger federations have their own solutions, but with the 'FIBA Organizer' we hope to overcome the divergence and offer a solution which is synchronized with the standards of the FIBA and FIBA Zone database." 'FIBA Organizer' has been specifically tailored to allow for integration with the Internet. This will enable the national federations to easily upload schedules, results, statistical information and standings to the Internet, which then could be displayed and viewed by the members of the sporting community. This would also allow national federations to gain web presence without major investment. Live statistics tools, where fans can basically follow the game results second by second and obtain a lot of background information, have been successfully used by FIBA, FIBA Europe, FIBA Asia, and FIBA Americas during their competitions. In a next step, FIBA is looking into the possibility to offer its national federations a solution for this feature.

Wolfram Klug

FIBA IT Manager

klug@fiba.com