The law of basketball referees is to strengthen the construction of referees, clarify the responsibilities and powers of referees, establish the conditions that referees at all levels should have, and stipulate the conditions for national basketball referees to enter the exam and the provisions of the examination content.

brief introduction

Basketball referees should be composed of a main basketball referee and one or two assistant basketball referees. They are assisted by recording personnel and technical representatives. The staff of the recording desk should be recorder, assistant recorder, timekeeper and 24-second timekeeper.

The technical representative should sit between the recorder and the timekeeper. In the game, his (her) main responsibility is to supervise the work of the staff of the record desk and assist the main basketball referee and the deputy basketball referee to make the game go smoothly.

The basketball referee of a game should not have any contact with any team on the field. Basketball referees, record desk personnel and technical representatives should guide the game according to these rules and have no right to change these rules.

Basketball referees' clothing should consist of referee shirts, black pants, black socks and black basketball shoes. Basketball referees and recorders should wear the same clothes.

Basketball referee law is the presiding judge, and the presiding judge shall:

Check and approve all equipment used in the competition. Specify the official game clock, 24-second device and stopwatch, and confirm the record desk personnel. Choose a match ball from at least two used balls provided by the home team. If neither ball is suitable for competition, he/she can choose the best ball.

No player is allowed to wear items that may cause harm to other players. Perform a jump ball to start the 1 section and try to throw the ball into bounds to start all other sections. Have the right to stop the game when the situation requires. Have the right to decide whether a team abstained. At the end of the game time, or whenever he/she thinks it is necessary, carefully check the record sheet.

At the end of the game time, acknowledge and sign the record and terminate the management and contact with the basketball referee. Basketball referees should arrive at the venue 20 minutes before the scheduled start time of the game, at which time their rights should start and end when the basketball referee approves the end of the game time.

If a player, coach, assistant coach or player abstained or violated sportsmanship 20 minutes before the scheduled game starts or between the end of the game and the signing of the record, the chief basketball referee must record the event on the reverse side of the record before signing it.

In this case, the chief basketball referee (technical representative, if present) must send a detailed report to the organization department of the game.

Make a final decision when necessary or when the basketball referees disagree. In order to make a final decision, he/she can consult the assistant referee, technical representative and/or the staff of the recording desk.

Before he/she signs the record form, he/she has the right to use technical equipment to decide whether the last shot at the end of each section or any decisive period is within the competition time. He/she has the right to make decisions on any matters not explicitly stipulated in these rules.

The power of basketball referees

The basketball referee has the right to announce the judgment of the foul, regardless of whether the foul occurs inside or outside the boundary, including the recording table, the team seat and the area immediately behind the line.

When there is a foul, the end of a game or the basketball referee thinks it necessary to interrupt the game, the basketball referee should blow the whistle. Basketball referees should not whistle when the shot is successful, the free throw is successful or the ball survives.

When judging physical contact or aggression, basketball referees should pay attention to and consider the following basic principles in each instance: the spirit and intention of the rules and the need to adhere to the integrity of the game.

Using the consistency of the concept of "beneficial/unhelpful", basketball referees should not try to punish accidental physical contact by unnecessarily interrupting the smooth flow of the game, which will not benefit the responsible players or put their opponents at a disadvantage.

Use the consistency of common sense in every game, remember the players' abilities and their attitudes and behaviors in the game. Keep a balance between competition control and smooth competition, and understand what the participants are trying to do and what is right for the competition.

If a team protests, the chief basketball referee (technical representative, if any) should report the protest to the competition organization department within 1 hour after the game time. If the basketball referee is injured or for any other reason, he can't continue to perform his duties within 5 minutes after the accident, the game should continue.

In addition to replacing the injured basketball referee with a qualified substitute, another basketball referee should enforce the law alone until the end of the game.

After consulting with the technical representative, another basketball referee will decide the possible replacement. In all international competitions, if you need to make the referee clear in spoken English, you should use English. Every basketball referee has the right to make a judgment within the scope of his duties, but he has no right to ignore or question the judgment made by another basketball referee.