The Fifth Region Basketball Officials Association offers a camp during the off-season. The second annual Elizabethtown Summer Shoot-out Basketball Officials Camp will offer education on three person mechanics.

If you’ve never worked any three person games, this camp is for you. We'll help get you started and you’ll learn and enjoy the experience. High school mechanics will be taught and used in this camp to help prepare all officials for potential high school tournament games.

(Make money while you're there. You will have the opportunity to work other 2-person camp games if you desire for a set fee)

Dress

Black shorts, black & white striped shirt, blackshoes & white socks and your whistle.
Please contact us for more information.

Camp Specifics

June 7 - June 9, 2010
Elizabethtown High School
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Camp Fee: $ 50
Rooms are available for $88 per night (maximum 4 per room)

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Due Date: May 15, 2010
(We cannot guarantee a spot if not received by May 15, 2010)

Camp Features

The camp is designed to provide officials with an extensive positive experience, which includes the following activities:

Review & discussion of the 2009-10 FEDERATION RULES & MECHANICS.
Dialog and instruction from current high school assigners, former collelge assigners and the former Asst. Commissioner of the KHSAA and Supervisors of Officials.
Philosophies on how to handle difficult situations, working with coaches, game management, signals, mechanics and court demeanor and sharing successful and proven techniques and strategies.
Direct dialog with highly successful officials, from several different high school regions sharing different topics on the floor.
Networking with and observing other officials in game situations.
Officiating 2 games a day using 3-person mechanics, with personalized feedback on each game.
Floor demonstration of three-person mechanics.
An Elizabethtown Camp Shirt.

Please bring with you a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and enjoy what this camp has to offer.

Camp Schedule

Games will start around 10:00AM Monday morning and continue until Wednesday evening. Campers will work 2 or more games per day but are expected to be available the entire camp if needed. Plan to arrive on time so we can stay on schedule throughout the day and maximize our time. Your actual game officiating times and daily schedule will be handed out prior to June 7. The schedule of activities for the day is very intense! When not working games, we encourage you to observe other officials and talk with our clinic staff, guests and other officials - This is all part of learning & improving.

Camp Staff and Guests

Our staff is comprised of some of the top high school officials and assigners in Kentucky. They will evaluate each campers' performance and provide constructive feedback to the crew immediately after each game. They will provide officials with a personalized critique on each of the games officiated. They are there to help you improve your game and enhance your knowledge of the high schoool game. The direct feedback you will receive is the "KEY" to self-improvement on your part as an official. We can all learn something from others by listening & observing!! These highly successful basketball people will be in attendance to share their ideas & thoughts with you regarding “What it is that makes up a good official”.

CAMP STAFF (suject to change)
Jerry Kimmel, Observer, a former supervisor of Men and Women Officials in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Div. II), one of the Supervisors of Officials for the KIAC Conference (NAIA), and current Assigning Secretary for the Fourth Region, Jerry brings over 52 years of basketball experience to the camp.

Mike Ashurst, Observer, is an accomplished basketball official, having worked in Div I, Div II, Div III and the NAIA. One of the most experienced basketball observers around.

Larry Boucher, Observer, a former KHSAA Asst. Commissioner, former Supervisor of Officials for the KHSAA, the former Supervisor of Officials and Commissioner of the KIAC Conference (NAIA), Larry is one of the most knowledgeable and sought after observers in the game today.

Burney Jenkins, Observer, a former college and high school official and current Assigning Secretary for the Eighth Region. One of the best teachers of basketball mechanics around.

You get an opportunity to work with these experienced basketball people long with successful high school and college official Larry Mestel.

Comments from last year's camp.....

Everything was outstanding!!
Burney Jenkins was OUTSTANDING!!
Burney Jenkins was OUTSTANDING!! He was right to the point about everything.
More camp games for those who participated would have been helpful, but for a first time camp, I believe it went quite well.
Having seasoned, recognized clinicians certainly gives it the creditability. With Bernie, Mark, Darrell, and Jimmy, this was a good start.
1. Quality observation and positive critique. 2. Ability to be seen and evaluated......
Having clinicians that are from outside the region, professionals known to be at the top in their field, provides quality evaluation and input and is taken more at heart.....
I believe the first camp attempt went very well. I was pleased with the ease of working with the clinicians and fellow officials. I must say, I was disappointed in the turn out....Seasoned officials should want to work with younger officials so they can share their knowledge and experience.
I would like to have had more structure, it was very laid back.
I thought the instructor from the 8th Region Assigner was very good. I learned alot from him.
This was my first camp. It was very helpful. Thanks for setting it up. My only suggestion would be to have more evaluators from outside of our region. I know that was the plan from the start and due to some conflicts was not possible but I feel like most of our guys would be more receptive to advice from people who are outside of our region because then it may come across as "them trying to help us" rather than it coming across as "we are better than you" if that makes sense. Overall I was very happy with the camp.
Very valuable, we all need to be on the same page with how we want to call our region.
I find these camps helpful to me personally and the experience enhances my ability to referee.....
Very instructive and fair camp. Staff let us know what we were doing good as well as the things that we need to work on. For less experienced officials, learning & working in a 3 man crew is beneficial for future games.
Very well organized.
I have always wanted summer scrimmages to be more structured.
I have never been to a basketball camp. I have nothing to compare it to, maybe next year. However, it was very helpful.
The last game was scheduled too late.

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