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My Elbow Can’t Do That

By Billy Martin 3 weeks ago
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8 Rules You Might Not Know

By Billy Martin 4 weeks ago
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The Tower Philosophy

By Billy Martin 4 weeks ago
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Flourish With Feedback

By Tim Malloy 1 month ago
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Respect Your Officiating Craft

By Tim Malloy 1 month ago
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Rule Differences Chart

By Ref 60 Staff 1 month ago
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27 is the Magic Trail Number

By Billy Martin 1 month ago
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Being Correct on Correctable Errors

By Tim Malloy 2 months ago
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It’s a Technical Thing

By Billy Martin 2 months ago
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My 5 Top Referee Hacks

By Billy Martin 3 months ago
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Substitution Subterfuge

By Tim Malloy 3 months ago
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The GameTracker Journal — A Referee Road Map For Success

By Tim Malloy 1 year ago
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Remove Before Flight

By Billy Martin 5 years ago
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The “Euro Step” – Is it legal or a violation?

By Ref 60 Staff 5 years ago

Focus on Mechanics

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27 is the Magic Trail Number

By Billy Martin 1 month ago
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My 5 Top Referee Hacks

By Billy Martin 3 months ago
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Untangling the Double Whistle

By Billy Martin 1 year ago
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Managing Anticipation

By Tim Malloy 1 year ago
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Staying Live During a Dead Ball

By Tim Malloy 1 year ago
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Officials Getting Too Into The Game

By Tim Malloy 2 years ago
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Learn from Your Observations

By Billy Martin 2 years ago
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Micro and Macro Referee Skills

By Tim Malloy 2 years ago
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My Elbow Can’t Do That

By Billy Martin 3 weeks ago

Here’s a definitive list and update to several key articles regarding everything a scholastic player cannot do — legally — with their elbows!

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8 Rules You Might Not Know

By Billy Martin 4 weeks ago

Here’s eight of my favorite rules that many officials might not realize are true. See how many you knew already.

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The Tower Philosophy

By Billy Martin 4 weeks ago

It’s all about application of the rules to maintain balance and fairness.

Take a peek at the underlying philosophy that should guide your officiating style and judgment called the Tower Philosophy.

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Flourish With Feedback

By Tim Malloy 1 month ago

Feedback. Ken Blanchard, author of the bestselling book, The One Minute Manager, describes it as

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Respect Your Officiating Craft

By Tim Malloy 1 month ago

For the majority of people who don a striped shirt and step onto a basketball

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Rule Differences Chart

By Ref 60 Staff 1 month ago

Whether you are an NCAA basketball official or just a scholastic referee that loves to

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27 is the Magic Trail Number

By Billy Martin 1 month ago

Just when you think your mechanics and court coverage is solid as a rock, you get some interesting feedback that changes your perspective on the game.

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Being Correct on Correctable Errors

By Tim Malloy 2 months ago

If you’re an official who has been summoned to the scorer’s table to deal with a problem pertaining to a matter that falls under the heading of Correctable Errors, you should calmly bring to mind 10 words that will assist you in addressing the issue properly.

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It’s a Technical Thing

By Billy Martin 2 months ago

When administering a technical foul do you know: Which technical fouls get charged to the player

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My 5 Top Referee Hacks

By Billy Martin 3 months ago

A life hack, is a a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one’s time

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