When one can combine a leisurely passion with economic benefit and time practicality, the result is an internally satisfying and financially rewarding personal endeavor. An example of such practicality is the occupation of a basketball official, also called a referee or "ref." A referee endures a genuinely thankless job, but enjoys short work hours and surprisingly good pay, particularly at the higher levels. In addition, the occupation is not shrouded in history and tradition, as is the case with other occupations. Refereeing is a relatively new job field and is ever-evolving, adding and subtracting elements and criteria annually. Therefore, when one wants to immerse themselves in the world of basketball refereeing, it is crucial to find a …show more content…
Unlike other sports, basketball was created one day. In other words, whereas sports like soccer and lacrosse derive from ancient games, basketball was invented purposely and modernly. "Canadian Doctor James Naismith invented the game for the YMCA to play during the winter months" (Faurschou). The first game was held on January 20, 1892. In regards to officiating, the original version of the game had thirteen rules. However, compared to how basketball is played today, basketball back then was completely different. For example, each team had 9 players on the court, which was dimensionally smaller compared to today's courts, whereas today each team is allowed five players on the court. Moreover, the original version of the game prohibited dribbling and the original hoops were peach baskets. The job of the official, along with calling the game, was to stop the game after every made basket and get on a ladder to retrieve the ball from the peach basket. However, "early games always had problems with injuries, as fouling rules where in place but a shortage of trained referees made it impossible to have good refs at every game" (Faurschou). Since basketball was so new, no one fully understood it and, therefore, rules were, as they in many ways are now, interpretational. However, as the creation of leagues and the modernization of the game emerged, rules became more …show more content…
I couldn't referee any Albuquerque Youth Basketball League (AYBL) games because the season started in November, months before the disclosure and information involved with the capstone project. I was fortunate enough to be allowed to attend the meetings, even though I was unable to ref, and get a feel for how it is and get some hours. However, the meetings ended at the end of February when the league finished. I now have to wait until mid to late March until I can hope to ref a game, because that is when club basketball starts. In the meantime I have been studying the rule books and situational book that my mentor gave me and making sure I'm mentally prepared to call a game. Occasionally my mentor and I will talk about any interesting event that happened to him while officiating and that is amusing and informative. As far as the value of the activities of my capstone project, I'm starting to get the opinion based off my experiences and the experiences of my peers that the essence of the project is just a letter grade and a carrying on of tradition at this point. I feel the quality of the Capstone projects has been diluted due to cramming and short notice. I know for me, starting the project at the beginning of the year would have been drastically more beneficial. Honestly, now I feel like I'm doing unnecessary tasks and having unnecessary meetings purely for the sake of meeting the forty
17 year-old Rashim Lancit was the standard senior at LaSalle High School. His best friends were Andrew and Colin. They played together for their high school basketball team. However, Rashim loved the game of basketball more than his friends and dreamed to go to the NBA. He thought there was no way that he would make it there. However, that all changed one Friday night at the LaSalle basketball game.
Basketball has been around for a long while. It was first established in 1891 by James Naismith. James Naismith was once the basketball coach at Kansas University. When he invented the sport he used a peach basket as the goal. When it first originated every time they would score they’d be required to call the janitor out with a ladder to get the ball down. After a few months they cut the bottoms of the basket out.
Backstory of Basketball Basketball has been played since 1891, and still continues to be played today as well. Basketball is an intriguing game played by 2 teams with 5 players from each team on the court at the same time. Basketball, as it started out in 1891 had no African American athletes in the sport. That was still going on, even as late as the 1950’s.
The job of being an NBA referee is a very prestigious job. The ability to officiate games of a sport a person grew up watching/playing can feel rewarding. Although it can be a very difficult job,having to make a call on a play that happens in the blink of an eye. Referees have to keep an unbiased side while officiating games. Along with staying true to their job and not favoriting certain teams or players. Can referee relations make games unfair? NBA referees’ relations with players/teams off the court cause games to be unfair, because it gives players/teams unfair advantages during a game.
Basketball Needs to Be Fixed Professional and college basketball have become very popular in the hearts and minds of many Americans. Millions of dollars a year are spent on apparel, tickets, and television, all generated by people's love for basketball. But in the last couple of years, both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball have lost a substantial amount of their competition and have received much criticism for it. At the heart of this problem is a single cause, greed. The game of basketball has become all about money, instead of the game and its fans.
Basketball originated in 1891 when future Presbyterian minister named James Naismith (1861-1939) was assigned to teach a P.E. class at Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) training school in Springfield, Massachusetts. The class had been noted for being disorderly, and Naismith was told to invent a new game to keep the young men occupied. Since it was winter and very cold outside, the game had to be played indoors was desirable. Naismith had a flashback to his childhood in Canada, where he and his friends had played "duck on a rock,”. The game involved trying to knock a large rock off a boulder by throwing smaller rocks at it. He also recalled watching rugby players toss a ball into a box in a gym. He had the idea to nail up boxes and the players would attempt to throw a ball. When he couldn't find boxes he used peach baskets. According to Alexander Wolff, in his book 100 Years of Hoops, Naismith drew up the rules for the new game in "about an hour." Most of them still apply in some form of todays. Basketball was a simple game that could be played indoors during winter. Naismith spread the rules freely, and there was a need for Naismith's legacy included the first great college basketball coach, Forrest "Phog" Allen (1885-1974), who played for Naismith at the University of Kansas and went on to win 771 games as a coa...
LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, some of the most talented athletes to walk the earth. These men don’t play soccer or baseball, they play basketball. Basketball, some call it the sport of legends others say the game of kings, still others say it’s boring, but really no one likes those people, and no one ever will. This is the origin of the game of basketball.
Basketball is defined as a game where two teams of five play each on a rectangular court, usually indoors (Basketball/Sport). Basketball was invented by James Naismith on December 1, 1891 (Basketball/Sport). The object of basketball is to shoot the basketball through the opposing team’s basket and to out-score them by end of the regulation time limit. If the score is tied at this time, the game will go into overtime until one team wins. While reading about basketball, I found it interesting that when the sport was invented they would nail baskets to balconies with no backboards. This made it easy for spectators (in the balcony) to help their team by either swatting the
Basketball was created as a sport in 1891 by James Naismith, and it quickly became popular among both men and women. It initially started with the same rules for each gender, but according to Patricia Cain in her article, “Women, Race, and Sports: Life Before Title IX,” the rules quickly changed for women. Cain (2001) states that, “Almost immediately, however, some educators began changing the rules of basket...
John wooden a former player and later became a basketball coach once said. “A coach much never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.” Basketball has been something in our everyday lives for a while. To allot it something they just can't live without and others just choose to not even bother with it. I think that it is worth the time to look more into basketball. Basketball can be started at a elementary school level, and they can usually go to sign up at local boys and girls clubs maybe at their school if they offer it and can even join through their church if they attend one and they offer it to them. Being a coach seems easy to most parents but it really isn't how it isn't is a coach must ensure that players
DJ and I coached a fifth grade, early season practice; our objective for practice was to teach fundamental skills needed in order to play basketball, those skills consist of layups, jump shots, foul shots, and passing techniques. I believe if we had come up with a stronger, more specific objective, rather than overemphasizing the technical drills, our practice could have been more successful and our athletes would have been more engaged. We decided to break into two separate groups of 6 when performing drills in order for each athlete to get multiple turns, and to avoid having athletes standing and waiting, however to explain each drill, we gathered as a group so everyone received the same information regarding the drill being performed. We
Career in sports and physical Education Isaiah Stowe B Day INTRODUCTION Millions of people sit in front of their TV to be entertained by the sport of their choice. Athletes hit the field or the court and perform in ways that many of us could only dream of. Athletes spend countless hours in their practice training facilities, getting their bodies faster and tougher. Do you wonder how athletes stay healthy day to day and avoid having any injuries? There are of many people that help accomplish this, for example Athletic Trainers and Nutritionist.
“People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. One may have learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.” As a child he always looked at being able to play or coach a sport at the professional level. For the reason of me just loving the game of Basketball. Also i know it will make an impact on lives because people look up to you and the money in make will give back to communities and change lives around you. The career of a Professional Coach is a challenging and fun career,because of the level of competition and it’s a dream job. The research will describe the career of
However, this does not mean that referees can not change decisions that they make at all as that is incorrect, but what this does mean is that big things like disallowed goals in soccer and unfair fouls in basketball cannot be changed once the play has been restarted, and that is the what needs to be able to be changed as little things can be changed.The goal for this essay is to show how referee’s mistakes can be major, and how they need to have the ability to change the
As time progresses, watching and supporting sports is becoming more and more popular as a main source of entertainment. Many people have found ways to connect their jobs with their passion of sports. “The multibillion-dollar sports industry offers employment opportunities for management, marketing, and supervisory professionals at all levels of competition” (Sports Management 1). Depending on a person’s interests, there are jobs in professional, amateur, and even school sports. Once a person decides on a sport management career, it needs to be determined which area he or she more specifically wants to go into based on his or her interests and abilities.