CBC/FIBA Americas Referees’ Pre-Certification Clinic concludes

Apr 19, 2011 Sports

FIBA Referees’ Instructor, Glyn Clarke (centre) along with GABF President, David Patterson (left) and some of the participants of the CBC/FIBA Referees’ Pre-Certification Clinic pose for a photo opportunity following the workshop on Sunday.

The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC)/Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA) Americas Referees’ Pre-Certification Clinic concluded on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
FIBA Referees’ Instructor, Glyn Clarke conducted the clinic. Clarke highlighted that the Clinic was to bring persons up to date with the changes of the rules that govern the sport of Basketball from 2010 to 2014 and to list aspiring officials since FIBA, through CBC, is aiming to build its pool of referees in the Caribbean.
“We’ve done a full review of the rules and the point of emphasis was on areas like travelling, dribbling, three seconds violation, 24 seconds rule, and we had done some practical tests which is the court craft and their mechanics signal, so over the past couple of days,” Clarke explained about the clinic in Guyana last weekend.
The clinic started on Thursday last and according to Clarke, the participants were very receptive, adding that there were very fruitful discussions and reviews of a few “game situations from the local league of what people perceived as errors and something that they were not certain about; we discussed them based on the application of the rules and I think those who were here are now better equipped to take forward the rule changes.”
He differentiate the differences of the game in the past and what the sport’s governing FIBA is now classing as ‘modern officiating’.
The concept of modern officiating, Clarke explained is to “allow game flow, advantage and disadvantage, having preventative officiating, having more talks with players rather than calling fouls. The modern game is to allow the game to flow and afford the referees the opportunity to interrupt the game rather than interfere with the game.”
The Barbados national said that FIBA through CBC is aiming to bring the interpretation of the game in the Caribbean to a common understanding. He mentioned that traveling throughout the CBC zones would have different elucidation of the rules.
“One thing you can point out is travelling because country to country, there’re different concepts of travelling and what I stressed during this clinic is that the officials understand the rules so that they allow the players to be creative because if you start to restrict your players, when they move on to higher competition they are going to be at a disadvantage” Clarke noted.
He expressed disappointment over the absence of some of the key officials from the clinic, since “they are the ones now who will be charged when you have big games for example, they are the ones who will be officiating and then you will have the likely hood of the game falling backward rather than moving ahead.”
The participants were given a beep test and a written exam. They will be graded and recommendations will be sent to the GABF. It is hoped that following the pre-certification course that participants will move on to the FIBA Referees’ Certification Course.

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