The Crown Refs Podcast

Dee Kantner recently joined the audio experience for basketball officials to share a wealth of knowledge and experience with our passionate community of referees. ⁣ ⁣ We took this 10-minute clip that is loaded with nuggets from Dee’s bag of tricks as she details some of the foundational qualities that have helped her officiate at the highest level for over 30 years. ⁣ ⁣ We are very appreciative of Dee Kantner’s contributions to our program. Sit back and enjoy one of the greatest officials of all time who is still in her prime!⁣ ⁣ For the full 90-minute interview please join our community on Patreon.com/crownrefs

In this episode of rules talk, we cover five NFHS rules that are commonly misunderstood by players, coaches, and officials alike. See if you know all five!

💬 We are excited to present this training session for basketball officials to help elevate your overall level of communication both on and off the court. In this episode, we cover being ready for "showtime" a term used to mentally prepare for the task at hand, how to generate voluntary compliance, and overcoming adversarial relationships.  We also do a deep dive into the art of paraphrasing, how to create empathy, and how to respectfully interrupt someone.⁣ ⁣ 🏀 These are all invaluable skills to possess as a human and will translate directly onto the basketball court for referees.  This session also provides state of the art techniques on how to handle verbal abuse by deflecting, redirecting, and avoiding our natural reaction of confrontation.  We list the things never to say and discuss ways for dealing with difficult people.  ⁣ ⁣ 📈 We know you'll find tremendous value from this episode and please share it with a fellow official who's looking to improve as a tactile communicator.⁣ ⁣ For part 2 of this 3-hour session, please join our community on patreon.com/crownrefs⁣ #servethegame

Welcome back to episode 2 of Coach D’s Court exclusively on Patreon. In this video, we break down the mechanics of the hand check signal from how to grip your forearm, to what level it should be displayed at, and how to show the proper motion and form. ⁣ ⁣ I demonstrate the signal from numerous angles so you can see a large sample size of how I present this foul. The Hand Check signal can sometimes feel like the weakest of them all, that's why we gave you various tips on how you can produce your best version of it. We hope this episode adds value to your game.⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘀 patreon.com/crownrefs

I recently had the opportunity to appear on The JustBe Podcast which is all about exuding joyfullness and shining your love & light onto the world. Briana & Emery have simply come to share their stories, with the intent to provide some positive solutions so that we can all Optimize life's Opportunities.⁣ ⁣ In this episode, we speak about officiating on a social and human level and discuss the importance of having a high emotional intelligence and positive perspective in life. We spoke about gratitude, finding your joy and always being officially YOU! We hope you enjoy this episode.

I just want to take a minute to send my appreciation to everyone who has supported us on Patreon and the discord app and joined our private community! ⁣ ⁣ In this live session of Signal School, we practiced stopping the clock for fouls and violations with the fist and open hand to ensure each official is using proper form when they present. We also focused on the blocking signal and then added the block/and 1 as a progression to see how each official performed the sequence.⁣ ⁣ Thank you to all of the officials who participated in as I look forward to witnessing your development with each session. If you are interested in joining our next session simply text ServetheGame to 845-742-0834.

In this episode of Video Rules Talk, we discuss the NFHS Points of Emphasis for the upcoming 2021-2022 season. We cover everything you need to get prepared for this season. Serve the game!

In this episode of Rules Talk, Zack breaks down the NFHS Backcourt Rule and provides three tricky examples to help better illustrate the rule. This episode covers everything you need to become an expert on the NFHS backcourt rule.

𝙍𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨 is a communication training session for the Crown Refs Mentor group to help arm each official with the necessary skills to diffuse any situation with their words. This session helps you develop the ability to take a heated coach and bring them from a 10 down to a 1 with only a few lines.⁣ ⁣ In this episode, we continue to emphasize the power of asking questions as a way to leverage the conversation in your favor. By having this group setting we’re to deep dive into each official's communication style and offer some simple adjustments to gain more respect and authority. We also list some responses to avoid and the line that coaches hate to hear the most.⁣ ⁣ Special thanks to Zack Murphy, Carmela Garcia, Will Fried, Adam Zohni, Donal Griffin, & Justin Goldsmith for your support and participation in this session. ⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀.

It's a pleasure to welcome former Olympic official Scott Butler, who had a 22-year professional career in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL), working over 500 games including 12 consecutive grand finals series. ⁣ ⁣ His FIBA career dates back to 1997 as he’s officiated multiple World Cups (’06, ‘10) and 2 Olympic games (Athens ‘04, Beijing ‘08). Scott retired from officiating due to a knee injury in 2011 and is currently the Head of Referees for the NBL. ⁣ ⁣ In this episode, we recall some of Scott’s classic FIBA games from the mid-2000s in an era that featured some highly competitive teams for the U.S. including Argentina, Spain, Greece, & more. We talked about improving game and crew awareness, how to not let the game get behind us, and discussed some of the major differences between the professional game and international competition. ⁣ ⁣ Additionally, we hit on another vital and helpful theme- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮. ⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘀