MahaBasket referee’s clinic gets under way
   Date :20-Jul-2020

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 Dr Sharad Bansode (inset), FIBA Black Licence Referee, explaining an article of the rule book.
 
 
Sports Reporter :
 
MAHABASKET Referee’s Clinic organised by MahaBasket — an association of district basketball bodies of Maharashtra got under way on Sunday. The five-day clinic was inaugurated by Joseph John, a seniormost referee in Maharashtra who has been chairman of the then Maharashtra Referees Association for long time. John’s valuable guidance and sharing of his experience was worth listening to by all the aspirant as well as qualified referees. BS Shridhar, FIBA Commissioner from Bengaluru, Karnataka delivered chairman’s address in the session.
 

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Coordinator of MahaBasket Shatrughna Gokhale gave introductory remarks and conducted the proceedings. In all there will be five sessions daily that runs from 5.30 pm to 7 pm and will continue till July 23. On the opening day, first 15 articles of the rule book were elaborated by Dr Sharad Bansode. Around 200 participants all over Maharashtra participated. Day 1 and Day 2 sessions will be conducted by Dr Sharad Bansode, FIBA Black Licence Referee.
 
Day 3 session will be shared by Rakesh Maheshwari, FIBA Certified Statistician and Rahul Dhone FIBA Certified Table Official. Statistics is a very essential part in today’s basketball as it can evaluate the performance of a player in every aspect be it rebounding or assist or conversation percentage etc. New duties of table officials will also be discussed in this session. Last two sessions will be again conducted by Dr Sharad Bansode followed by full online examination.
 
MahaBasket Referee’s clinic links will be sent to whatsapp group only. All further communications with the participants like daily examination link, daily joining link etc will be done on whatsapp group. Daily examination will also be conducted after each session.
 
Participants will get the results immediately after submission of the questionnaire and can evaluate themselves. All the participants are being requested to refer to FIBA online rule book which is provided to them and prepare themselves for the examination. Various district representatives are taking efforts for the success of this clinic. Technical aspect of the clinic on Zoom is controlled by Dr Amit Tembhurne.