Episode 638 - What Every Coach Needs to Know About Referees

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, our referee friend Tim McLean with over 35 years of experience joins the show to pull back the curtain on officiating. From managing emotions and reading the game to how coaches, players, and parents can communicate better with refs, this episode offers practical insight to improve relationships—and the experience for our players. Show Notes: The four parts of the game: players, coaches, fans, and refereesWhat coaches misunderstand most about officiatingWhy most referees officiate ...

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0:00.0	Coach, you already know repetition matters, but what if you could combine reps with real-time data that shows exactly why a shot goes in or misses?
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0:26.6	Division I program.
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0:32.1	available to you.
0:33.4	I just got one for my team to test it out at practice and my guys are thriving with it.
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0:49.2	Inquire while supplies last.
0:56.7	You're listening to the hardwood hustle powered by PGC coaching.
0:59.9	This week, our referee friend Tim McLean, with over 35 years of experience, joins the show
1:04.5	to pull back the curtain on officiating.
1:06.4	From managing emotions and reading the game to how coaches, players, and parents can
1:10.4	communicate better with refs, this episode offers practical insight to improve relationships managing emotions and reading the game to how coaches, players, and parents can communicate
1:10.8	better with refs. This episode offers practical insight to improve relationships and the experience
1:16.0	of our players. Let's get started. Welcome back to the Harwood Hustle. T.J. and Sam
1:23.1	with you. And we're excited. We've got a special guest, a good friend. And this is going to be a different one, TJ. We've got Tim McLean, longtime referee, basketball official, 35 years doing it at the high school, the college level, done big games, tons of state championships. Tim actually officiated games that I played in as a high school player, as a college player,
1:48.0	then as a college coach. Now, um, we've got to work together running this league in Atlanta. And so
1:54.2	we're going to, we're going to uncover a lot. So first off, Tim, welcome to the show.
1:58.9	Thanks for having me. Looking forward to talking to you.
2:01.6	Absolutely.
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