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REFEREES

Central Coast Basketball Association provides a state leading Referee Program in development of officials of all levels. The program is designed to reward dedicated and committed referees to either the domestic or representative competitions. Through all domestic competitions, experienced referee educators are available to provide on court training to all referees whilst also being available to spectators, coaches and players for any questions or concerns about the rules and adjudication. Our coaches and administration also maintain the Basketball NSW grading framework through game assessments and training courses to ensure that our referees continuing to receive feedback and are progressing as officials.

Community Referee Pathways

Our Green Shirt Program provides beginner referees with a clear pathway in becoming an Association Community level referee. The program ensures that our beginner referees develop the most important initial skills to refereeing such as:

  • The basic duties required of a basketball referee,
  • 2-man refereeing mechanics (where to move on the court),
  • Fouls and violations, and
  • Refereeing signals

The program framework includes:

1. Complete Initial Online Training – this training covers the absolute basics of refereeing and the game. We also provide all referees with a Game Rule Book. This will be provided directly after initial enquiry.

2. Trainee Level 1 – run a minimum of two games a week (more can be given depending on demand and availability) next to a fully qualified referee (minimum grade Association Development). After 10 games, the referee coaches will ask the referee to run some of the game by themselves with close supervision. The coaches will give constant feedback progressing them onto a game by themselves once they are satisfied they will be proficient.

3. Trainee Level 2 – run two games a week by themselves under supervision of the Green Shirt Referee Coach. After 3 weeks, this referee will be evaluated on two different games. If passed they will move onto Association Community Referee.

4. Community Course – this can be completed at any time in the above process and must be done before they can progress to the community level (black and white shirt).

Please note: this program aims to train a green shirt referee and move them to Association Community in one or two school terms (this timeline can differ).

Once graduated from the Green Shirt Program, referees will enter the Association Referee Program. In this program referees wear a black and white stripped referee shirt.

This program strives to train referees so they can referee at a representative level if they wish to do so. The training and grading rubric we provide in our Junior and Senior League competitions aims to develop referees to achieve a high-quality level of refereeing and we encourage referees to be involved in the BNSW competitions and pathways.

Referees are paid according to their grade, which provides incentive to continue refereeing games in all Junior and Senior League competitions. To move up a grade, a referee must pass two on court evaluations, attend and pass a training course and pass an online exam. Training courses are provided often and eligible referees will be contacted for all local courses.

The grades are as follows:

1. Association Community: At this level referees can only ref U12’s & U14’s Junior League competitions only (min. age 12)

2. Association Development: This level includes referees who can referee U12’s, U14’s and U16’s. If over 14 years of age, an Association Development Referee can also referee U12’s Representative games. should be able to referee 12s reps (min. age 14)

3. Association Intermediate: An Association Intermediate Referee is able to referee all Junior League games. They are also able to referee Junior Representative up to U16. At this level, referees can also referee B grade and lower Senior League Competition competently and consistently and occasionally refereeing A Grade games with an Association Advanced Referee (min. age 15)

4. Association Advanced: Once at this level referees will be able to referee all levels of Junior Representative and all levels of Junior and Senior League (min. age 17)

Representative Referee Pathways

Once referees are in the Association Referee Program, they can then progress to our Representative Referee Pathway, which aims at developing their referee skills to an even higher level. At this level, referees must attend action days and will receive appropriate training to succeed.

This program is an intensive training program which provides workshops, in game coaching and assistance on the BNSW pathways.

This program provides the opportunity for Senior Referees to hone their craft at domestic, representative, Basketball NSW Waratah League, right through to the NBL1 and NBL.

Becoming a Referee is a great first job for a young person and is proven to build the following skills:

  • Confidence
  • Decision Making
  • Behavioural Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Communication Skills
  • Public Speaking
  • Deeper understanding of the game
  • Leadership
  • Resilience
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Team work

We are always looking for more people to join our Referee teams and we now have dedicated team members, Referee Coaches and Educators available to have you feel supported and set up for success on our Referee learning journey.

To apply to become a referee please email referee@ccbasketball.com.au or please fill out the referee expression of interest form here.

Central Coast Basketball’s Referee Program is proudly partnered with Bendigo Bank.