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๐๐ป ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ, we cover the 23 most misunderstood rules about high school basketball according to the NFHS. Some of these scenarios may occur in every game, while others may rarely unfold. At the end of the episode, Zackโs two favorite misconceptions from the list are discussed.โฃโฃ
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ U๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก. โฃ
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ, we discuss how to stay motivated during a long day of weekend games, we also list some effective pre-game tips and the early difficulties of transitioning back and forth from 2 to 3 person mechanics. โฃ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต on the importance of always maintaining a healthy perspective regardless if weโre in a pandemic or not.โฃ
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐, we had the pleasure to work with 10-year official Ian Hess of Kaysville, UT. We did a full game breakdown and touched on several important topics in our follow up call. We hope you find a lot of value in this episode and please share with a fellow official.โฃ โฃ
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ:โฃ
โข๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด
โขR๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโฃ
โข๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ดโฃ
โข๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ โ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ตโฃ
โข๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณโฃ
โข๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ด โฃ โฃ
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ, is a content series discussing notable plays and scenarios from recent games and how we can handle each situation most effectively. We analyze the thought process behind the decision making and answer some of the more commonly asked referee questions.
๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ, we discuss how to respond when a coach questions your partners call and what not to say to a coach. At the end of this 1-1 coaching session, we conduct a โsignals practiceโ to improve our sharpness when reporting at the table.
๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฐ๐ต is a 5-year official from Weiser, ID who was recently hired into the NWAC, NAIA, and division 3 in the Pacific northwest. โฃ
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ, we discuss the transition from officiating high school to college and some of the proper adjustments to make. โฃ
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ with some questions about scheduling, partners, pre-game, uniforms, verbal judo, and more. โฃ
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ค & ๐ of some common themes that we hope can bring you a lot of value.
๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ 5 of ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต from the ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, we highlight official Sean Wright once again, as he calls a foul on Derrick Jones Jr. making illegal contact while running through a screen. โฃ
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ shows Seanโs expertise and poise in making a bang-bang play look so easy, as he quickly deciphers the illegal contact and makes the correct call.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต the play, as well as give you the exact section of the rulebook you can find this away from-the-play foul.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐, we break down Seanโs score table communication, where we should be positioned during inbound plays, and how we can avoid throwing our fellow crew members under the bus when a coach is questioning us about someone elseโs call. โฃ
C๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ 5 - ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ!โฃ
๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ of ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต from the ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, we highlight official Sean Wright, as he calls a flagrant foul on Marcus Smart.โฃ โฃ
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ on the whole concept of ensuring defenders give offensive players enough room to land, specifically on jump shots.โฃ โฃ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต the play, as well as some history behind the call and how it originated -โฃ โฃ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ plays like this and how they bring us back to the โZaza Ruleโ or the โKawhi Rule.โโฃ โฃ
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐, we talk about how to improve your positioning and how to avoid being โstacked.โโฃ โฃ
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ - ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ!โฃ
In ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ถ๐ถ, it makes perfect sense to bring you over ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐, insights and best practices from Final Four Official ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ.
This podcast focuses on improving our communication skills with coaches, players and fellow officials. โฃ โฃ We covered numerous situations where you can insert a specific ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ to better manage the game at that ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
Special thanks to ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด for all of the wisdom and experience that he shared with us throughout this episode. โฃ โฃAnd Thank you for 100 episodes of The Crown Refs Podcast.
This would not have been possible without your interest and continued support. Let's keep growing together.โฃ
In this episode, we bring you 22-year NBA vet Marc Davis. Marc has officiated 132 playoff games including 12 Finals games in his exceptional career. We speak about instruction through tension and identifying your emotions under pressure.
We also learn about Marcโs journey through officiating and the importance of establishing a solid foundation of mentors to guide you along the way. He mentions a couple of items from red flag list and some play-calling guidelines to implement when we return from this basketball blackout.
Episode 83 features former 21-year NBA official Mark Wunderlich. Mark officiated 1200 regular-season games from 1990-2011 including 88 playoffs most notably the 2008 & 2009 NBA finals and the 2008 NBA all-star game.
Mark is currently the VP of referee operations for the NBA. He brings a wealth of officiating knowledge to this recording and gave us a lot of teaching points and tips to add. On this podcast, we focus on the importance of habits and mechanics, primary and secondary coverage responsibilities, some tips for watching film and the 2 most common mistakes officials make.
Be sure to hit us up with any questions or feedback and we hope you enjoy.



























