About Us (Updated May. 13, 2025)
Shore District Board #194 IAABO trains and provides male and female
basketball officials in Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Central and Southern New
Jersey. We have a membership of over 300 that
officiate all levels, including all of the Shore Conference high schools within
both counties.
Our goal is to continue to improve as well as train all our members in order to
provide the best officials on the basketball court in accordance with the IAABO
tradition. Shore District Board 194, a non-profit organization, is one of the
larger IAABO boards in the country. We value our work ethic in developing,
training, and supplying the best officials in the state of New Jersey.
Through your membership in the International Association of Approved Basketball
Officials, Inc. you are a member of the only organization of its kind in the
world: a nonprofit service and professional organization managed by and for
basketball referees. Founded in 1921, IAABO's stated purposes are:
- To educate,
train, develop, and provide continuous instruction for basketball
officials.
- To promote the
welfare of the game of basketball, its players and officials.
- To maintain the
highest standard of basketball officiating.
- To encourage the
spirit of fair play and sportsmanship.
- To have
available at all times an adequate number of thoroughly trained and
capable officials.
- To cooperate
with all organizations officially connected with the game of basketball in
furthering its interests and ideals.
Through a worldwide organization of some 200 local
"boards" spanning 38 States and 11 foreign countries, IAABO has been
the unparalleled and undisputed leader in worldwide training of basketball
officials in the areas of:
- Basketball rules
- Mechanics and
techniques of officiating
- Organization of
local officials' groups
- Development of
curricula and standards by which other officials' organizations are judged
Training and education processes are ongoing—augmented by comprehensive
written and practical programs, updated annually (or more often as needed).
Throughout the year, the IAABO office, in conjunction with nationally acclaimed
clinicians, constantly develops and improves teaching and testing techniques.
Recruitment of new members by local organizations is supported by the national
public relations efforts of the IAABO office and the reputation of IAABO as the
leader in basketball officiating.
