Redhead Ref

Our mission is to educate and empower women to get involved, grow, and excel in the basketball officiating community.

[NFHS @NFHS_Org]

New NFHS podcast episode is out now!

Listen as MK McGee, Nebraska HS 🏀 official and creator of the "Her Call" platform shares stories, tips and motivation on how YOU can support female officials in your community.

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[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

Love this!

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Almost here! Take advantage of this one time opportunity to learn from a pro. An All Star pro. Former D1 college coach. Two, Player Development business owners. Husker teammates for life. Women’s Basketball is fire. 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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[Sam Rines @CoachSamRines]

I am thankful for all the AAU teams reaching out to Tammar. AAU isn’t a priority for us for multiple reasons right now. We would only consider it as a show and tell rather than an exposure thing.

The recruiting and the exposure for Tammar is going great. We plan on taking him on some unofficial visits but staying focused on the repetition and the weigh training to prepare for his next level.

Tammar plays and practices more than most, we just don’t play AAU. We go hard and play 5-6 days a week against college and professional basketball players which allows him to compete against bigger and better players. In our environment, we make sure he touches and the everyone plays the right way. This makes getting better so much easier.

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

Lehhhhs GO!!! @annadeforge

[#StopCopCity @ChuckModi1]

Wanna know why South Carolina bench dominates & SC players aren’t hitting the transfer portal but wait their turn to shine?

This is Dawn Staley after title 2 years ago shouting out all the players who didn’t get in the game. This is leadership. https://t.co/3WZWBjlxgt

[Muffet McGraw @MuffetMcGraw]

2 great moments from the ff. Paige saying that one call doesn’t determine the game shows accountability and leadership👏🏻and Dawn taking a moment to thank Caitlin for her contribution. 2 classy women role modeling how women lead. Women supporting women is how we grow our game🏀

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Please read, then share.

[Todd Wolfson @CoachWolfson]

AAU used to be for the top 5%. Now everyone has to participate because they are all going to get “recruited”. It has now evolved into a giant recreational league for athletes who should be working on their skills. We need to fix the system.

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

Nailed it

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This is what brave looks like.

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

Pleeeeease read!

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Check it out https://t.co/MIaGhCzShT

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[Terry Pettit @TerryPettit1]

If your club coach says you must drop other sports and only focus on one sport, know this. Every player I know who played volleyball for the University of Nebraska played multiple sports in high school, and they were better volleyball players because they did.

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

Awesome pic. @mcgee_mk

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

We wear the stripes because we love the game!

[Adam Krueger @AdamKruegerTV]

THIS is what taking ownership sounds like: after being badgered numerous times by a pair of St. John's reporters about no foul being called on the final possession, Rick Pitino sets them straight regarding refs (language warning). #Creighton #GoJays

[Redhead Ref @RedheadRef]

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[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Alone in the Crowd.

Why do some "Sports Parents" sit alone?

There are many reasons.

Here are 5 reasons some "Sports Parents" sit alone.

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