The coach said what? Recorded Live OI meeting, reviewing how to handle coaches in tough situations.

This is recording of a live online meeting held, August 19, 2021, hosted by Officials Institute Chairman of the Board, Joshua Schroeder. This topic of this meeting covered clips of plays with coach interactions with officials. The Officials Institute holds these meetings each month, educating basketball officials on the proper way to see and rule on plays over a variety of rule topics. The Officials Institute believes that watching and discussing videos, such as these angle plays, in a group helps build confidence in understanding how rules should be applied and using this format creates opportunity to receive instant feedback from other officials. Being able to ask questions while analyzing a play is invaluable to learning and relearning what we already know or think we know about a rule. This method also allows us to learn together by continually discussing the rules as they are written but exploring alternative philosophies such as a common sense approach and using and applying rules as they are intended. All videos shown are actual high school basketball videos.

The video of this online meeting includes 8 different video clips, all revolve around the topic of handling coaches.

Video #1
- College player gets a technical foul during live play. Then the coach gets one after coming onto the floor questioning the call. Was this necessary or could it have been avoided? Listen in to see what we decided.
Video #2
- After a common foul is called on a player, the coach immediately starts to question the official. After some attempted communication, the official gives two quick technical fouls to the head coach, ejecting him from the game. Could we have handled this better?
Video #3
- After a no call, a coach is pleading his case to the official as he runs down to the other end of the court. As play continues on, the officials reengages the coach after he has already moved on. Why do this?
Video #4
- During a free throw the bench is complaining about the shooter being on the line. After the first two, the Center officials changes positions with the Trail to address the head coach about rectifying the behavior.
Video #5
- Starting a throw in, the head coach is yelling at the official about his partners "bad" call. This is a good time to just listen.
Video #6
- During live action, we see the head coach emphatically yelling at the official on his sideline. Problem is he is way out of his box, as far as the division line, to do it. This needs to be addressed and cannot be ignored.
Video #7
- Another coaching box issue but this time the coach is coaching his players. We can have leniency on the box in actual coaching situations but we cannot allow a coach to stand in front of us, on the court, obstructing our view.
Video #8
- After a foul, the coach gets in the ear of the calling official. On the very next trip down to the other end, a foul is called in the favor of the complaining coach. Was it a call to appease the coach?

Watching video clips is a good way to stay connected to the skill of officiating basketball but education and learning can more effectively be attained doing it in a group with some direction from a key speaker. Remembering specific rules and application of those rules is easier when visual aids are used to present in a way that is easy to listen to and understand.

The Officials Institute, and their monthly video review meetings, create a fun environment that allows participants to speak up and voice their opinions on plays without negative retribution or rebuttals. Everyone's opinion is worth something and adds to the overall learning experience that everyone should strive for, regardless of years of experience. Breaking down film in slow motion and freeze frames helps to "retrain our brain" so when we see the same plays in real time we are in a better position mentally to get the call right.

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All rules referenced in this video are taken from the official rules book provided by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). To find out more about the NFHS, you can visit them at https://nfhs.org/