Triad BasketballOfficials Association

2015: Issue #17 4.15.2015

On The Court This Month

CONTACT USKip Johnson

Regional Supervisorof Officials

kip@triadbasketball.com336-687-2225

www.triadbasketball.com

Arbiter Technical Support801-576-9436

R: David Moore; U1: Frances Fletcher; U2: Brandon Marion

R: Carlos Torian; U1: Brian Moore; U2: Jonathan Frasher

R: Kenneth Siler; U1: Kevin Wright; U2: Shawn Hogan

R: Michael Johnson; U1: Jerry Wilson; U2: Jeremy Phillips

Regional Wrap-UpOur Regional crews did an outstanding job in Winston-Salem and Fayetteville! I heard many good comments and was proud of the product we placed on the floor. We were the best team on the floor in every basketball game that we worked! Congratulations to our crews for an awesome job well done!

RetirementsRandy Dulin is retiring this year after 30 years in the TBOA. He has represented himself and the TBOA with class and he will be a big loss for our association. Randy wanted everyone to know that “I’ve been a member since 1986 and my special career highlight would be that I worked the East-West all-star game in 2010. Was nominated twice to work a regional but never worked one or a state championship because of college baseball.”

Please join me in congratulating Randy for a job well done!

Officials Left to Right:Marion, Moore, Fletcher

Officials Left to Right:Phillips, Johnson, Wilson

Officials Left to Right:Moore, Torian, Frasher

Officials Left to Right:Hogan, Siler, Wright

Repeat ChampsMyers Park’s girls beat Southeast Raleigh 52-47. Myers Park, ranked No. 4 in USA Today’s national poll, became the first Mecklenburg County 4A girls team to repeat as state champion.

State Championship Wrap-UpOur state championship crew was well prepared and did an excellent job in a very

competitive game. They are to be commended for their outstanding performances as they represented the TBOA in a true professional manner. Another job well

done!

Left:4A Women’s State Championship, Chapel Hill R: Moore; U1: Fletcher; U2: Torian

TBOA Summer Officiating Clinic Series@ELON

@WAKEFOREST

I am pleased to announce the dates and locations for the fourth annual In-Service and Identification Officiating Clinics.

Session 1 @ Elon:Friday, June 19: 10:00AM – 10:00PM (Classroom / Games)Saturday, June 20: 8:00AM – 10:00PM (Games)Held In Conjunction with the Elon University Men’s Basketball Team CampClinic Directors: Kip Johnson, William Covington, Sr.

Session 2 @ Wake Forest:Friday, June 26: 9:00AM – 9:00PM (Classroom / Games)Saturday, June 27: 9:00AM – 4:00PM (Games)

Held In Conjunction with the Wake Forest University Men’s Basketball Team CampClinic Directors: Kip Johnson, William Covington, Sr.

Through our clinics, we strive to provide our attendees with opportunities to meet and interact with experienced, successful basketball officials from all levels of the game; interact with the Regional Supervisor of Officials, Board and Committee Members and fellow TBOA members, achieve a better understanding of mechanics and philosophies and participate in a day filled with group discussions and instant feedback from games you officiate.There are many reasons to attend one of these clinics, but ultimately you are the judge of whether you should attend or not. Attendance at one of the TBOA Officiating Clinics is not mandatory for our current staff members. However, if you aspire to improve your schedule, work higher level games and/or advance deeper into the conference tournaments or move up to the varsity level, this could be a great place to start! If you are already meeting your personal objectives, that’s great! If not, these clinics will provide you with an excellent opportunity to learn our philosophies on high school officiating as well as get to know each other on a higher, more personal level. What you get out of these clinics is up to you!

Key Teaching Points• 3-Person Mechanics• Rotations• Positioning• Game Management• Crew Communication• Communicating with Coaches / Administrators

CostThe cost for the clinic is $60 per person. Registration opens April 15th and the firm deadline for all registrations is May 31st. A box lunch will be provided on both Friday and Saturday and an exclusive TBOA t-shirt will be given to all registered officials. Please come prepared to learn!

The registration form for the TBOA Officiating Clinic can be found on the website at www.triadbasketball.com under “News and Information”. Select TBOA Summer Officiating Clinics and then click on the 2015 Camp Registration Form to download a form. You can also register on-line by hovering over the “Registration” tab and selecting “Officiating Clinics – Pay by Credit Card”.

Registration Fee: $60 April 15 through May 27 (6 Weeks)Late Registration: $90 May 28 through May 31 (4 Days)Lunch is included on Friday and Saturday and a t-shirt will be given to all registered attendees.Please note that we are also covering the team camps at Smith and SW Guilford this and you will have multiple opportunities to work at those schools as well and earn some additional money.Please register early to secure your spot! With limited enrollments, the open slots will not last long!

Review CommitteeThe Review Committee met on 4/13/15 to discuss officiating concerns regarding the performance of our officials during the 2014-15 season and to review the roster for recommendations and personal performance action plans. The meeting, under the leadership of Chairman Junior McLean, was intense and very productive. One thing that stood out at the meeting was the sense of urgency our officials should have in every game they work, regardless of who they think is in the stands watching their game, i.e. regardless of whether they are being observed or not. Over the next few weeks, I will be sending out confidential emails to the officials who were identified as needing to take corrective action in order to remain in good standing with the TBOA.

From the NCHSAA

Tar Heel:Mark Dreibelbis worksto make high schoolsports safer

Reprinted from The News & Observer,4/11/2015

Mark Dreibelbis loves every aspect of high school sports, from the lightning-fast action to the roar of cheering fans to the most minute details of the rules that govern them. He’s experienced the games as a student athlete, a coach, one of the officials who patrols the sidelines, and most recently as an administrator who trains coaches and helps create rules for several sports. So his response to the growing concern of parents about the danger of football and other team sports is simple: Sports are worthwhile, and they can be safe, too. Dreibelbis (pronounced Dry Bell Biss), an associate commissioner with the N.C. High School Athletic Association, serves on national committees that have adopted a host of new rules in recent years aimed at keeping student athletes safe amid concerns over the long-term effects of sports injuries, particularly in football. He works with students across the state on leadership skills, and he’s been instrumental in taking ideas about safety and sportsmanship to perhaps the most influential constituency in school sports – the coaches. Dreibelbis was recently honored nationally as a coach educator, an important role that is being highlighted this month during a national campaign by the scholastic sports organizations to promote the value of national certification for coaches. Starting this fall, all coaches in the schools overseen by his organization will have to be nationally certified.

“North Carolina has made great strides in advocating and promoting coach education, largely due to Mark’s efforts,” says Tim Flannery, director of coach education for the National Federation of State High School Associations. But Dreibelbis’ influence extends well beyond coaching to making sports safer for student athletes, says Davis Whitfield, commissioner of the N.C. High School Athletic Association. “He wants to see things change for the better, and no one’s more able than Mark to dive into the details to make changes that work,” says Whitfield, who will soon take a position with the national consortium of these organizations. “The national federation has relied heavily on him over the past 10 years for this.” Dreibelbis sees training coaches and players about both safety and sportsmanship as the best way to maintain the value of sports while minimizing the inherent dangers. “The unity and bonds you build through competition and depending on one another and sharing a goal – that’s the core of athletics that will serve you both personally and professionally your whole life,” he says. “Those are the core values that sports teaches.”

In his father’s footstepsDreibelbis, 59, grew up in Charlotte, where his father was a teacher, coach, and eventually principal at several junior high and high schools. At times, the elder Dreibelbis coached football, baseball and basketball. And the younger Dreibelbis spent a lot of his youth on the sidelines, soaking up the rules of the games and the values that drive the players. “If I wanted to see him, I had to be at the practice or the game,” he says. “Now I take what I learned from him and emulate that for others.” Dreibelbis played basketball and baseball in high school, and football in earlier grades. He says he was no star, and while he excelled most in baseball, he didn’t play at the college level. Still, he was drawn to a career in sports, and earned a degree in physical education from Appalachian State University. He taught physical education and coached basketball and baseball at a K-8 school in Boone before working in athletics at Appalachian State, where he held several roles including associate athletic director. He also officiated basketball and baseball games for 30 years at both the high school and college levels – a physically and mentally demanding job that he says was thrilling nonetheless. Part of his job now is recruiting and training officials for several sports. “It was such a release to go out there and run and be a part of it, and hear the bands and the fans and see the joy of students competing,” says Dreibelbis, who quit officiating only five years ago. “But it’s not a business you’re going to get a whole lot of public gratification from. You’re under a lot of scrutiny.”

From the NCHSAA

Tar Heel:Mark Dreibelbis worksto make high schoolsports safer (continued)

Changes for safer playDreibelbis joined the high school association, based in Chapel Hill, 10 years ago, and has since made a mark both locally and nationally. He serves on several national rules committees, and recently stepped down as chair of a subcommittee on basketball equipment. He says that over the past five years, revelations about the danger of head injuries have led those groups to adopt an unusual number of rule changes in football aimed at minimizing head injuries, such as increased penalties for hits to the head. One change he spearheaded, a mandatory break from the game for football players whose helmets come off, was adopted nationally. The state association did research on the number of times helmets were coming off, and did a pilot study on whether the rule change would prompt players to wear better-fitting helmets and avoid head collisions – both keys to safer play. His organization has also instituted a wide-ranging effort to educate players and coaches about head trauma. Those efforts include teaching about proper tackling techniques, and rule changes such as limiting the number of hours per week players can do full-contact practices. But he notes that football is not the only sport that is changing to be safer. In baseball, elbow surgeries for pitchers have become so numerous that a new rule is being considered to create a weekly limit for the number of pitches they throw. Some issues arise from the increasing intensity of high school sports. “The athletes are just so much more physically fit and better prepared to compete,” he says. “It speeds up the game, and that speed is always part of the potential for injury.””

Mentor and rule nerdHe’s a self-proclaimed “rule nerd,” who fields calls from little league coaches and a host of others about what kinds of jewelry athletes can wear or other obscure rules. He crosses the state holding leadership conferences for student athletes and talking to them about such subjects as steroid use, hazing and bullying.

Leading by exampleAnother initiative brings high school athletes into middle school to teach core values and good decision-making to younger students. “We try to develop the whole person in terms of decision-making,” he says. “Student athletes are natural leaders, and we want them to understand how to lead by example.” This weekend, his group will hold its annual “Heart of the Champion” luncheon, where it will honor players who overcame obstacles to participate in athletics. His coach training sessions have been taken more than 10,000 times in person and online. Much of that training focuses not on technicalities, but on how to be an effective role model and mentor to the students on whom they often have a deep and lasting impact. “I tell them, ‘Don’t worry that they’re not listening. Worry that they’re always watching you,’” he says. “Our coaches are the people who have the most impact on our young people’s lives.” changes such as limiting the number of hours per week players can do full-contact practices. But he notes that football is not the only sport that is changing to be safer. In baseball, elbow surgeries for pitchers have become so numerous that a new rule is being considered to create a weekly limit for the number of pitches they throw. Some issues arise from the increasing intensity of high school sports. “The athletes are just so much more physically fit and better prepared to compete,” he says. “It speeds up the game, and that speed is always part of the potential for injury.””

Upcoming Events and Deadlines4/15/15:

5/31/15:

6/15/15:

06/19 to 6/20/15:

06/19 to 6/20/15:

06/27 to 6/28/15:

06/26 to 6/28/15:

9/30/15:

8/1/15:

10/29/15:

11/17-15:

Registration Opens for TBOA Officiating Clinics

Registration Closes for TBOA Officiating Clinics

TBOA Registration Opens for the 2015-16 Season (Open for 6 Weeks)

TBOA Summer Camp Series @ Elon University (Men’s)

Eagle-Pirate Jamboree @ Smith High School

TBOA Summer Camp Series@ Wake Forest University (Men’s)

Southwest Jamboree @ Southwest Guilford High School

NCHSAA Rules Clinic / TBOA Annual Meetingat West Forsyth High School

TBOA Registration Ends for the 2015-16 Season

First Day of Practice (Non-Football 10/14)

First Contest Date (Non-Football 10/29)