referee training with island hoops

Date: Saturday September 6, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Royal Oak Middle School Gymnasium
Cost: $39
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Accessibility:

• Covid/Communicable diseases: This program is held indoors and participants generally do not mask, but are welcome to if they would feel safer. Participants cannot wear a mask while actively officiating due to needing to use a whistle. Participants are directed to stay home if sick or symptomatic.
• Washrooms: At ROMS, there are gendered washrooms next to the gymnasium, and a universal/wheelchair-access single-room washroom located just down the hallway from the internal gym doors.

Topics Covered: (subject to change)

Like all IHBS programs, participants in referee training programs are subject to our  Policies, including the Gender Inclusion Policy*.

IHBS offers a 3X3 Officiating Clinic at the start of each Sunday 3X3 League season. People who complete the 3X3 Officiating Clinic are eligible to register with the Victoria Basketball Officials Association ("VBOA") to be assigned to officiate games in the following season of our Sunday 3X3 League, where referees are paid $90 per night. Officiating is traditionally a male-dominated field, and our priority with this program is to provide people outside that demographic with a welcoming place to learn.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The 3X3 Officiating Clinic is beginner-friendly, but we recommend attendees have some general experience with basketball (playing, coaching, or watching regularly).  Attendees are NOT required to have any prior experience refereeing or officiating basketball. That said, it is preferred that attendees are at least somewhat familiar with the rules and structure of basketball (as the 3X3 Officiating Clinic covers a lot of material in a short time, and it may be tricky to keep up if you don't yet know what a double-dribble or screen is).

This program benefits participants by teaching them a new way to understand and view a basketball game, providing them with income-generating skills, and providing institutional support in a field that is historically unwelcoming to women and genderqueer people.
This program benefits IHBS because it provides quality officiating for the Sunday 3X3 League and builds relationships in the community (many participants in our program have chosen to pursue further official training and employment opportunities in the community with the VBOA).

Important Note: This clinic focuses on officiating the 3X3 game format, and as such, does not equip participants to officiate full-court club or high school basketball; that training is provided by the VBOA. Participants who enjoy this 3X3 Officiating Clinic and officiating our programs, and who want to take their skills to the next level (e.g. learn 5v5 officiating to referee youth night league or local high school basketball games), will be introduced to VBOA leadership and supported by IHBS in that pursuit. VBOA does not have a website or online presence; please contact us if you wish to be connected with them.​​​​​​​

All people who:

• are aged 18+, and
• are at least somewhat familiar with the rules and structure of basketball

are invited to our 3X3 Officiating Clinics.

* At IHBS's request, VBOA will be prioritizing self-identified women, non-binary people and transgender people of all genders when assigning game officials to Sunday 3X3 League. If there are not enough game officials in this demographic available at any scheduled game nights, then game officials outside of this demographic who have successfully completed training will be offered assignments officiating Sunday 3X3 League.