WEEKLY LETTER PLAY-INS 1

Dear Referees and Video Observers.

Thank you all for your performances in the recent BCL games, PLAY-INS, GD 01

From the feedback and my live monitoring, the overall information is that we made a good start to the 2024 officiating year. For some of you, in the first week of the year, I extended your holiday time, which you deserved. Now, again we'll start to drive at full speed. Below you can see how you performed the first 8 games in BCL Play-Ins.

Performance level, PLAY-INS, GD 01

The performance level is positive, with my note that your delivery should always be targeting excellence. In BCL competition your/our targets will be; above standard or very good.

The overall feedback BCL games, PLAY-INS, GD 01, recognitions by your Video Observers:

Points to keep/positive.

1. Contacts:

• Off the ball illegal contacts
• Rebounds – fighting for position.
• HCC
• AOS control

2. Behaviour control – coaches and players

3. Mental strength – readiness to make a tough call at the end of the game 

Points for improvement

1. Discipline in areas of:

• quick whistle
• marginal calls
• double whistle vs. patient whistle.

2. OOB situation – especially decisions from Lead position, opposite side. More concentration on the helping defender

3. Usage of correct FIBA signals and reporting. We don't need stars with personal signals.

UF criteria

We had 8 Play-Ins games, our referees decided to call 5 UF in 4 games. One original UF was downgraded to PF. It is an average of 0,50 UF per game. In 4 games we didn't have an UF decision. Also, in all games, there were no missed UF calls.

Per category, C1 1x, C3 1x, C4 2x.

Head Coach Challenge

Time-consuming per situation: 50 ''

Referees – IRS usage

Time-consuming per situation (average) - 60''

Dear All.

My main message before Play-Ins GD 2 is EXPECT EXPECTED!

Be ready for tough games, for the dissapointment from the players, coaches, benches, spectators. It is a very important we complete proper scouting and have the correct game plan. Your mental readiness and toughness will be so important for these games. In some games this will be the last train to continue in the BCL Play-off phase.

At the end, I wish to ask you for any information regarding possible non-availability for the nominations QR EBM2025, games February 22/23 and 25/26. I hope that all of you, from our BCL group, will be available; I need in both modules 48 Referees (something as BCL GD 1 and GD 10).

I wish you a great week of officiating in BCL, FEC, ELW and ECW games.

Davorin