About

The Great Game of Basketball

Basketball is one of the world’s most popular competitive team sports, played by people of all ages in youth and adult recreation leagues, YMCA programs, high schools, colleges, and professional leagues.

Across all these settings, knowledgeable, well-trained officials help keep the game fair, consistent, and enjoyable. HoopsRef supports that preparation by helping organizations assess how well their current and prospective referees understand the rules and identify where training is needed, while giving individuals opportunities to practice and learn.

A Practical Assessment for Your Officials

Organizations can use HoopsRef with applicants and experienced referees. Administrator tools bring together individual results, category and rules-concept performance, suggested training priorities, and spreadsheet downloads.

See how organization assessments work.

Rules Foundation

HoopsRef offers a general basketball rules assessment. Organizations may also request a customized assessment based on their own rules. A HoopsRef Certificate of Achievement records an assessment result; it is not an official referee certification.

Assessment at a Glance

The HoopsRef Assessment includes 20 randomized questions, a 15-minute limit, and the option of Virtual Monitoring to monitor for outside assistance.

Star Rating

Star ratings summarize performance on an assessment on a scale of zero to five stars. Each assessment draws questions from the selected bank across rules topics and difficulty levels.

Using Your Results

Each organization decides how assessment results fit its recruiting, training, placement, and evaluation practices, including any minimum score it chooses to set. HoopsRef does not establish a universal passing score.