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Coming directly out of the highly successful Sports Officiating Summit held last July in New Orleans, the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) has...
The Basketball Plays You Have To Get Right – Right Now
All sports have certain plays that define them at any point time. Games evolve and basketball is no exception. New techniques, faster and stronger...
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Decisions, Not Reactions
Officials are supposed to make decisions based on close observation of plays, not on gut reactions to the action. To do that we must rely...
When a No-Call is the Best Call
The absence of an official’s whistle has its own characteristic sound — that of continued action. That silence is thought to bring an official further along the line...
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Police the Pile
How does the runner usually react when he’s been tackled? The norm in college and pro football is that runners lay patiently after they...
Honesty Starts with Yourself
If you’re not being honest with your partners, you’re lying to yourself, too.
All too often, basketball officials attempt to leave the impression that every...
