JANUARY 2007

ABOA
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Alberta Basketball Officials Association

President’s Message
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Happy New Year!
I hope the season was filled with family and good cheer. The
PRESIDENT’S 1 next two months are very busy and you should be ready for
MESSAGE
action. Your evaluators will be looking for referees to place in
FIBA RULES 1
playoff games, provincial assignments and national assign-
ments. Work hard in your games and good results usually
POINTS OF EM- 1 happen.
PHASIS
Dick Vanderstam
ABOA SCHOLAR- 2
SHIP

WINK WILLOX
AWARD
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FIBA Rules
JIM OLSEN LET- 3
TER CIS Men recently decided that they will change to FIBA one
year early—starting in September of this year. This means that all
ABOA AWARDS 4
leagues serviced by ABOA will be adopting FIBA rules come Septem-
ber. ABOA is encouraging all local Boards to contact other leagues
ABOA EXAMS 4-
6
(recreation or community) to be ready to change to FIBA in the fall of
2007.

ABOA will be offering FIBA clinics this fall. Check the ABOA
SPECIAL POINTS OF
INTEREST: website later this year for more details. For more information on FIBA
rules and mechanics manual go to the FIBA website at
• ASAA Provincials
March 15—
15—17 http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/aboutfiba/downloads/regulations.asp

1A Girls Foremost
1A Boys Glendon
2A Girls
2A Boys
Peace River
LY Cairns, Edmonton
ABOA Points of Emphasis
3A Girls Rocky Mtn. House
3A Boys Rocky Mtn. House
ABOA Interpreter Jake Steinbrenner and ABOA Interpreter Morgan Mun-
4A Girls Jasper Place, Edmtn. roe have placed the Points of Emphasis for 2006-07 on the ABOA website
4A Boys Jasper Place, Edmtn. http://www.refalberta.ca.
http://www.refalberta.ca I have attached a copy if you are receiving this News-
letter by email.
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ABOA Scholarships
This past summer the ABOA sent out
information to all local boards relat-
ing to a CABO camp scholarship
available to all officials. Two scholar-
ships in the amount of $250 each
were available, one to the four major
boards (EBOA, CABOA, CBOA and
SABOA) and one to the remaining
boards. Six applications were re-
ceived, all from officials in the four
major boards. I am happy to an-
nounce that the winners of the
awards were the following:
Wink Willox Award
This past September at Su-
perweekend, Jim Olsen of Carstairs
was presented with the CABO Wink
Award. What follows is the
Willox Award
nomination information on Jim:
The Alberta Basketball Officials Asso-
ciation would like to nominate Jim
Olsen for the Wink Willox Award.
Jim is a rural official from
Carstairs, Alberta. Jim officially
started to referee in 1977. He has
been an active member of the Moun-
tain View Officials Association for 29
years.
Jim has officiated at the Col-
lege men and women’s level, Senior
men and women, High School men
and women as well as at the Junior
level. He is always eager to referee
the younger players as he feels it im-
portant to be a good role model on
the floor and make all players feel
equally important. Jim often would
Matt Rowan - EBOA - a college
official from Edmonton, Matt at-
tended the Canada West camp in
Vancouver BC this past summer.
Matt aspires to one day officiate at
the CIS level.
Keith Uthe - CBOA - a college offi-
cial from Calgary, Keith has at-
tended a number of officiating
camps over the years. This past
year, Keith attended two camps in
the United States.
travel to Calgary to help when he
was needed to cover any level of
game. Over his many years, Jim
was selected to work at numerous
High School Provincial tourna-
ments.
Jim’s biggest
attribute as an official is
his passion for the game
and to do what is needed
for each and every game
regardless of the level.
He takes great pride in
improving his game and
to teach younger officials
what is necessary to do the games
justice. A new official is quoted as
saying; “Being a new referee this
year I found Jim’s encouragement
and experience to be instrumental
in helping me develop the skills
required to be a good official. Jim
is extremely patient and always led
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Our congratulations go out
to both of the camp scholarship
winners. A special thanks to CABO
for making the funds available to our
provincial association to present to
our members.
Kevin Hamel
ABOA Supervisor
by example. He allowed me to
live or die with my whistles on
the court and would take the
opportunity to discuss the
situation later. He is a con-
stant joy and is extremely pas-
sionate about the
game.” Jim can often
be found working a
grade eight game with a
high school athlete and
has recruited many of
our young officials. He
has taught many offi-
cials the importance of
professionalism on and off the
court. As we watch him give
100 percent every game it
becomes contagious at all
levels. Jim as an ultimate
team member and makes
himself available and is still
able to spend quality time
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Wink Willox Award cont’d

with his family and be a valued teacher at his local high school.

In addition to Jim’s skills and leadership on the court Jim has served as a leader as a president, secretary and
education officer on the local board. Jim has always fought hard to make sure that a rural official was not overlooked
because they did not officiate in the city. He has high expectations for himself and is always willing to learn more
about the game. Even after thirty years of dedication to the game he has made every effort to keep himself in great
physical condition and continues to lead by example. Jim is now beginning to work as a provincial evaluator. His back-
ground as an educator gives him great people skills and relates to all participants of the game in a calm and easy de-
meanor.

Jim has made many contributions to officiating in Alberta and for those of us who have benefited directly from
Jim’s knowledge, work ethic enthusiasm and mentorship we are truly proud to nominate him for the Wink Willox Award
for 2006.

A Letter from Jim Olsen

ABOA Evaluation Chair Jake Steinbrenner received the following letter from Wink Willox Award Winner Jim
Olsen. Jake has asked me to share it with you.

Hi Jake,
I just wanted to send you a message and let you know that I really do
appreciate receiving the J.A. Wink Willox award. Basketball has been very good “There are so
to me and I have thoroughly enjoyed the past 28 years refereeing basketball. I
have been so fortunate to have many great experiences and work with so many many
great officials. Receiving this award took me totally by surprise and I was totally individuals that
unprepared to respond to it at the time. Most of all I thank my wife and chil-
dren for sticking by me and allowing me the opportunity to participate. Next, I have influenced
thank ABOA for the many programs and opportunities so that I could referee at
the levels that I have been able to work. There are so many individuals that me that I do not
have influenced me that I do not want to mention them as I know that I will want to mention
miss some. However, I do need to mention the officials from my local associa-
tion, Mountain View Basketball Association. Back in 1983 when I sent off the them as I know
letter to Larry Nowak, then President of ABOA, to form our association, I did not
think that we would progress to where we are now. It has been truly gratifying that I will miss
to see many of our members progress and referee at the college and university
some”
level. Wanda is a tremendous leader and I thank her and Mark for putting for-
ward my name.

I also want to thank you personally for your influence. You have been such a positive influence in our
local area. To me, it is individuals like you who should be receiving this award. The thing that I appreciate most
is how you have accepted me and the other officials from our area as fellow officials and not just as ‘rural refe-
rees’. Thank you!
Please pass along my thanks to ABOA. It does mean a great deal to me.
Jim Olsen
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ABOA Superweekend Award Winners

During Superweekend 2006,
ABOA President Dick Vander-
stam presented the ABOA
Awards. Kristen Kwiatek of
EBOA was awarded the Provin-
cial Excellence Award, while
Rick Solberg of SABOA won
the National Excellence Award. ABOA Provincial Award ABOA National Award
Congratulations Hutch and Kristen Kwiatek Rick Solberg
Rick. EBOA SABOA

ABOA Exams
All officials should have written
the NCAA exam by now. These ex-
ams have been marked and re-
turned to local Board Education
Chairpersons. The pass mark is
65% with 80% required for a Provin-
cial assignment. Hopefully your
Board will have a chance to discuss
the exams at your next meeting.
Our ABOA Interpreter Mor-
gan Munroe has analyzed the
exam and discusses the top
incorrectly-answered questions “ The pass mark
on pages 5 and 6 of this edition is 65% with 80%
of Stripes. It will also be on the required for a
ABOA website by the end of
Provincial
January. If you have any ques-
assignment.”
tions contact Morgan by email.

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2006-07 CABO NCAA Exam
10 Most Difficult Questions
Below are the 10 most difficult questions from this year’s exam. Please review your test. As always if there are
questions please do not hesitate to contact me or your local education officer. Rule knowledge is
an essential part of the skills needed by officials to “keep the game safe and fair” for the partici-
pants.

Morgan Munroe
Interpreter

26. With 20 seconds remaining on the 30-second clock, A1 attempts a try for goal and the ball does not hit the ring
or flange. The ball is simultaneously recovered by A2 and B2 for a held ball. The possession arrow favors Team

YES When the shot was released by rule team control ended. When the ball was simultaneously recov-
ered and therefore with neither team in control of the ball a reset must occur.
40. A1’s try for goal is in flight when the official blows his whistle because A3 excessively swung his elbows without
making contact. Shall the ball become dead immediately? 49.5% wrong - Rule Art. 6-6.3
YES A situation unique to this rule set. Excessive swinging of the elbows is a violation. A player cannot
score a goal while a teammate is committing a violation. In this case if the official waited to see the
result of the shot and with no team control, Team A could regain possession of the ball by committing
a violation. This would be against the general spirit and intent of the rules.
34. A1 is injured and receives treatment. Team B is granted a time out. When the horn sounds to resume play, shall
A1 be permitted to return to play? 30.7% wrong - Rule Art 3-
3-14
NO A1 can only remain in the game if his/her team requests a time out. Team B would be potentially pe-
nalized if they called a timeout to adjust to A1 leaving the game only to find that their timeout had
allowed A1 to stay in the game.
20. A1 is dribbling in the frontcourt. B1 taps the ball, which deflects on A1’s leg. The ball then returns into Team A’s
back court where A2 catches the ball. Is this a violation? 30.7% wrong - Rule Art 9- 9-12.1

YES The basic principle in determining if a backcourt violation has occurred is “Control, last touch, first
touch”. All three of these conditions have been met so the play described is in fact a backcourt viola-
tion.
14. A1 ends his dribble and passes the ball to A2. A2 leaves the area on a cut to the basket. A1 goes to the area
vacated by A2 and recovers the ball. Is this a legal play? 29.7% wrong - Rule 4-
4-18 A.R. 81

NO In order for a pass to occur the thrown ball must be touched by another player. This did not occur in
the play described above. Don’t confuse this play with a player who fumbles a held ball and then le-
gally goes and retrieves the fumble
25. In a non-media game, Coach A appeals to the officials to rectify a correctable error. It is determined that there
is no correctable error. Team A has no 75-second time outs, but has one 30 second time out remaining.
Shall the officials charge Team A with a 30-second time out? 29.7% wrong – Rule 5 5--11.22
YES If a coach requests a stoppage to check for a correctable error (not a scoring mistake) and no error
is found the coach must be charged with a timeout. As they have no full or 75 second timeouts left
and only 30 second timeouts are available then the team will be charged with a 30 second timeout.
The intent of the rule is to stop coaches from making frivolous requests to check for correctable
errors and in essence gain a “free” timeout from their actions.
22. Does an official have the authority to charge a time out to himself? 28.2% wrong – Rule 5-
5-9.7 A.R.125

NO Quite simply an official can not stop the game by charging a timeout to him or herself. The intent of
the rule is to prevent officials from providing a slightly injured player with additional time to return
to play. If a player is injured and can resume play immediately they may continue. If not able or
ready then a substitution must occur.
28. Substitute A6 enters the game to attempt the free throws for a Team B technical foul. After the last free
throw, A10 asks to replace A6. Is this permissible? 28.0% wrong – Rule 3-
3-4.13

YES Another situation unique to this rule set. A player may enter the game, not have the clock start and
legally be replaced. This scenario is legal if the player entering the game was not the original player
that A-6 replaced.
18. A1, on a throw-in from a designated spot, fumbles. A1 leaves the designated spot to retrieve the fumble. Is
this a violation? 26.7% wrong – Rule 7-
7-6.5 A.R. 163

NO Again a player may legally go and recover a fumble. The official needs to sound the whistle and re-
set the player and restart the throw-in process. This is a situation of fairness for the player who fum-
bled the ball. No disadvantage has occurred to the opponent so a restart is fair and allowed by the
rules.
45. A1 is intentionally fouled while he is in the act of shooting. The try is successful. Shall A1 be awarded one
free throw? 26.7% wrong — Rule 10- 10-23.2 b2

NO Still another situation unique to this rule set. Anytime a player commits an intentional foul the non-
offending player gets 2 shots and possession regardless of whether a successful field goal has oc-
curred or not.