The Crown Refs Podcast

Jośe Carrion is a Puerto Rican legend who's officiated in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league for the past 32 years, including the 2022 Finals. During his amazing career as a referee, he's worked in 3 Olympic games including 2004, 2008, and 2012, and has also been an NCAA-M Division 1 official since 2002. All these accomplishments for a man who's never even played a sport but has been a lifelong learner & student of the game.⁣ ⁣ In this densely packed episode, Jośe shares his love for teaching and why every official can learn by instructing others. We also cover bouncing back from failures, most memorable moments from the Olympic games, and tools he's learned from other great officials. Other topics include the 4 principles of 3-person, last 2’ mentality, becoming a better listener, & following the hierchary of the game.⁣ ⁣ 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣⁣ 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘀

In this episode, we hammer home the proper way to respond when coaches criticize our partners calls, how to work with partner's who don't love it like us, and our thoughts on calling late fouls based on if the ball goes in or not.  We also looked at a block/charge play and tried to decipher if the defender was bracing for impact and absorbing the contact or lost their LGP.  ⁣ ⁣ Here are some other takeaways from this episode:⁣ ⁣ 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗚 says “𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵”⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝗮𝗹 𝗦 says “𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦.”⁣ ⁣ 𝗝𝗲𝗻 𝗖 says “𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯”⁣

Nick Aldiero is a Professional Skills Coach based out of Brick Twp NJ. He is the owner of Nick Aldiero Basketball LLC which focuses on helping players improve their individual skills & confidence in a group setting. Coach Aldiero trains in different gyms along the Jersey Shore. He runs clinics, camps, 3 on 3 leagues & has a year round program as well for the dedicated player.⁣ ⁣ On this episode we talk about the advantages that former players have when they become an official, how coaches can loose credibility with officials, and the mindset we should have going into a "big game."  We also talk about the many benefits and transferrable skills that becoming an official brings and all of the life lessons you can learn from it.  We hope you enjoy!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟱 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚: ⁣ ⁣ 𝟷) 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 𝟸) 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 𝟹) 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 𝟺) 𝘓𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 𝟻) 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘴⁣ 𝟼) 𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦⁣ ⁣ We hope you enjoy!⁣ ⁣ Join our community⁣ Patreon.com/crownrefs⁣ ⁣

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟰 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚: ⁣ ⁣ 1) 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 ⁣ 𝟸) 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱 ⁣ 𝟹) 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘑𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝟺) 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 ⁣ 𝟻) 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵⁣ 𝟼) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘬 𝘛𝘰𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘧⁣ 𝟽) 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺⁣ 𝟾) 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴⁣ 𝟿) 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯!⁣ ⁣ We hope you enjoy!⁣ ⁣ Join our community⁣ Patreon.com/crownrefs

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟯 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚: ⁣ ⁣ 𝟷) 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴⁣ 2) 𝘑𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 3) 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬⁣ 4) 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘛𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. ⁣ ⁣ We hope you enjoy!⁣ ⁣ Join our community⁣ Patreon.com/crownrefs

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟮 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚: ⁣ ⁣ 1) 𝘍𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨⁣ 𝟸) 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴⁣ 𝟹) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭⁣ 𝟺) 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 ⁣ 𝟻) 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴⁣ 𝟼) 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴⁣ 𝟽) 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘴⁣ 𝟾) 𝘑𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳⁣ ⁣ We hope you enjoy!⁣ ⁣ Join our community⁣ Patreon.com/crownrefs

𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 is our new series featuring the best tik-tok videos from camp season. In Episode 1, our community members meet in person for the first time, why coaches can't question the foul count, and we hear an opening camp speech from the great Roger Ayers.⁣ ⁣ Go check out our Tik Tok channel⁣ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRr2yKSF/?k=1

As we switch the format up, we got a chance to hear questions and topics curated by new CR member Taylor Ham.  We spoke about having the adaptability to work any type of game but staying consistent with a universal approach no matter the level. Other topics include: End of quarter procedures, Throw-Ins, Responding to unsporting behavior from Coaches/players in atypical situations.⁣ ⁣ Here are some of the episode takeaways from our teammates on the call:⁣ ⁣ 𝗟𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮 says "A takeaway I had was to not be afraid as a young official to incorporate the proper mechanics, rotations, rules in an environment where my partners may be too comfortable or relaxed"⁣ ⁣ 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 says "You are a product of your habits"⁣ Alan says "Don't deviate from proper mechanics and rule enforcement based on the level of play"⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼 says "Understanding the many different situations and how to adjudicate each correctly"⁣ ⁣ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 says “Knowing the mechanics to make a ruling on last second shots, Communicating with our partners with help information that we are 100% sure about”

Dee Kantner is one of the greatest basketball officials of all time on any level. Some of her amazing accomplishments include 25 NCAA Final Fours and 14 National title games.⁣ ⁣ She just completed her 33rd season at the Division 1 level while showing no signs of slowing down by working the 2022 NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis, MN.⁣ ⁣ To go along with her legendary college career, Dee and Violet Palmer also held the distinction of being the first female officials to work in a men’s professional sports league.⁣ ⁣ Dee spent 5 years officiating in the NBA from 1997-2002 and also worked as the WNBA Supervisor of Officials. In 2002, she made her return to the NCAA Women’s game and hasn't looked back since. She's continued to #servethegame and pay it forward by sharing her knowledge and helping to develop and inspire a generation of basketball officials.⁣ ⁣ In this episode, we discuss how to avoid bad partnering, not letting your ego get in the way, and Dee breaks down the O.I.L. strategy as an effective way to process situations more clearly.⁣ ⁣ We also discuss several more topics like why coaches are not your friends, how to recover from disappointment, things to stop saying about coaches, and the correlation between over-selling and incorrect calls.⁣