Welcome to How to Referee Basketball Games (Part 1). You'll do this particular lesson online by following all the instructions in this post. By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
- Distinguish between basketball violations, fouls, and other game indicators
- Correctly identify common hand signals used by basketball refs
I hope you enjoy the learning activities listed below the basketball photo. And good luck!
Once you've met both learning outcomes--assessed through an online quiz--you'll be ready to proceed for Lesson 13: How of Referee (Part 2) where you'll practice officiating knowledge and skills in virtual games.
Lesson 12 Learning Activities:
- What do you already know? In basketball, referees blow whistles and stop game play for violations and fouls. Click on each link in the previous sentence for definitions and examples. They also signal other events in basketball games that are not violations or fouls (e.g. basket made, player substitution, 3 point shot attempt).
- Create a concept map that lists violations, fouls, and other game indicators in basketball. Try making your map at either Wisemapping.com or Bubbl.us, two free online concept mapping sites. Here is a sample map that I started.
- Now look over your completed map of violations, fouls, and other game indicators. How many of the associated hand signals do you already know?
- Referees use hand signals to communicate. Check out at least two of the following resources. Study them to learn the hand signals refs use for violations, fouls, and other game indicators.
- Assessment. Take this QUIZ. You'll need to create a student account before you can take the quiz, but it's quite simple to do. If you get 80% or more correct, you've met the learning outcomes and are ready to tackle the next lesson (#13). If you get a lower score, please carefully review the results and another learning resource (from #2 above) before trying the quiz again. Good luck!
- Show me your achievements.
- Show me your concept map from step 1 above (or send me a link via email)
- Let me also know when you've achieved 80% or better on your quiz
If you have any questions or encounter problems with the learning activities, please ask me. I'm happy to help!
