ARU Elite Referees Program Selection and Coaching Strategy

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 ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy  

• Presentation
• February 2004

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• The Elite Referees Program Selection Coaching
  Strategy focuses on
• Monitoring the performances of the top 40
  Referees in Australia
• Providing elite coaching and development through
  the structures of the National Referees Coaching
  Plan

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• The strategy provides a formal Pathway
• of progression for Referees and involves
• their grouping in accordance with their
• ability, experience and potential, taking
• into account their placement on the ARU
• Referees Succession Plan.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• That Pathway encompasses
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• National Referees Squad NRS
• Contracted Referees
• National Referees Academy NRA
• ARU Watch Squad
• ARU LIII Referees Program
• Talent Identified Referees

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• The NRS and the NRA, representing the elite of
  Australian Referees, will be managed by the ARU.
  
• Members of the Watch Squad and the Talent
  Identified Referees will receive their coaching
  and development through State managed
  arrangements utilising LIII accredited coaches.
• Both squads will use the coaching tools provided
  by the ARUs Referee Coaching and Self-Evaluation
  Methodology LIII Program.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• The strategy ensures that all Referees identified
  as having the potential to perform at the elite
  level will be included on a Pathway of selection
  and development aimed at giving them every
  opportunity to develop that potential to the
  fullest.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• The strategy includes those Referees that have
  graduated through the Elite Referee Program who
  have several years ahead of them in which to make
  a positive contribution to Rugby refereeing in
  Australia but are not considered as having the
  potential to advance further on the progression
  Pathway.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Squad NRS
• The National Referees Squad are the ARUs
  Contracted Referees who represent the pinnacle
  of the Elite Referee Program. They will be
  contracted based on their ability and experience
  determined by their ranking and appointments at
  the International and National level.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Squad NRS
• The NRS in 2004, which will be coached by the
  National Referees Coach, comprises 
• George Ayoub
• Brett Bowden
• Andrew Cole
• Stuart Dickinson
• Matt Goddard
• Greg Hinton
• Scott Young

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Academy NRA
• The National Referees Academy comprises those
  Referees considered as possessing the ability and
  potential to progress to the NRS.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Academy NRA
• In 2004, the National Referees Academy comprises
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• Geoff Acton
• James Leckie
• Andrew Lindsay
• Paul Marks
• Julian Pritchard
• James Scholtens
• Bradley Wahl

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Academy NRA
• The NRA will be the responsibility of the
  National Referees Coach and managed by a NRA
  Manager who will be responsible for the coaching
  and development of the Academy through selected
  LIII Coaches in each State.
• Group and individual sessions/tasks will be
  undertaken throughout the course of the year
  addressing physical, tactical, technical and
  psychological development initiatives.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Academy NRA
• Specific coaching plans, including match
  appointments strategies will be developed for
  each member of the Academy following a pre-season
  assessment of strengths and weaknesses.
• Academy members will be mentored by a member of
  the NRS.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

•  National Referees Academy NRA
• Membership of the Academy, which is not
  restricted by numbers, will be reviewed annually
  and individual performances assessed against the
  criteria above and in terms of the requirements
  of the ARUs Referee Coaching and Self-Evaluation
  Methodology.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• National Referees Academy NRA
• Terry OConnor will be the Academy Manager
  supported by Academy coaches
• Roger Higgins
• Frank Meiklejohn
• Brendan McCormick
• Greg West

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Referee Coaches
• The Elite Referee Program also includes the
  development of Elite Referee Coaches. Their
  Pathway is as follows
• LII Referee Coach
• ARUs LIII Referee Coaches Program
• State based  coaching of Talent Identified
  Referees and members of the Watch Squad
• Elite Referee Coaching members of the National
  Referees Academy
• State Coaching Coordinators
• National Referees Academy Manage
• National Referees Coach

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Watch Squad
• Conceptually, Watch Squad members will include
  Graduates from the LIII Referee Program while
  members of the Talent Identification List will be
  performance monitored with a view to inclusion in
  the LIII Program and subsequent inclusion in the
  Watch Squad.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Watch Squad
• For 2004 there are some referees that have been
  included in the Watch Squad based on performances
  in 2003 but are yet to graduate from the LIII
  Program. These referees will have the
  opportunity to progress through the Level III
  program in the near future.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Watch Squad
• Coaching for both groups will be State based,
  managed by State Coaching Coordinators
  implementing coaching and development programs
  initiated by the National Referees Coach and
  National Referees Education Manager.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Watch Squad
• Members of the Watch Squad in 2004 are
• Simon Cardiff
• Dan Cheever
• Michael Jennings
• Steve Leszyzinski
• Grant MacNeill
• Simon Moore
• Nathan Pearce
• Danny Sidgreaves
• Ian Smith 

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Talent Identified Referees
• Members of the Talent Identified Referees list in
  2004 are
• Ian Abbott
• Matt Blackham
• Paul Heagney
• Andrew Lees
• Peter Lehman
• Mark Snow
• Michael Tutty

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Australian Rugby Shield
• A parallel Referee development initiative through
  Community Rugby is the Australian Rugby Shield
  ARS competition. In 2003. the ARU Referee
  Selectors appointed the best Referees from the
  participating Unions to officiate at these
  matches. They were provided coaching by LIII
  accredited Referee Coaches with a view to
  exposing referees at this level of Rugby to the
  coaching techniques within the Elite Referee
  Program. The selection list will be reviewed
  prior to the commencement of the 2004
  competition.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Australian Rugby Shield
• In 2003, the ARS Referees were
• Andrew Collins
• Ian Hailes
• Chris Howard
• Paul McKay
• Grant MacNeill
• Geoff Patching
• Nathan Pearce
• Barry Walker
• Damian Weston

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• ARU LIII Referee and Referee Coach Programs
• These Programs will continue to play an important
  part in the ARUs Elite Referee Program providing
  the academic structure and educational tools for
  the future coaching and development of potential
  elite level Referees and Referee Coaches.
• Graduation from these Programs will be a
  prerequisite for entry into the NRA or to be
  assigned to coach Academy members.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• ARU LIII Referee and Referee Coach Programs
• The candidates for the 2003-04 LIII Referees
  Program are
• Paul McKay
• Damian Mitchelmore
• Alistair Mould
• Geoff Patchings
• Rob Shaw
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• ARU LIII Referee and Referee Coach Programs
• The candidates for the LIII Referee Coaches
  Program are
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• Simon Brown
• Andy Bernard
• Peter Gofton
• Kim Lees
• Chandra Seneviratne
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Graduates
• The category of Graduate in the Elite Referee
  Program caters for those Referees that have
  graduated through the Program those who have
  several years ahead of them in which to make a
  positive contribution to Rugby refereeing in
  Australia but are not considered as having the
  potential to advance further on the progression
  Pathway.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Graduates
• For 2004, those Referees in this category
  include
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• Rod Brocket
• James Dickson
• Ben Heap
• John McCarthy
• Pat Rae

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Sighting Schedule
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• The ARU Referee Selectors, supported by State
  LIII Referee Coaches, will continue to monitor
  the performances of Referees throughout Australia
  through its Referee Sighting Schedule. The
  operation of the Schedule facilitates the
  monitoring of all Referees at each level on the
  Pathway and provides the opportunity to
  identifying potential refereeing talent.

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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Succession Plan
• The ARU Referees Manager, in consultation with
  the Referee Selectors, has developed a
  Succession Plan that addresses all roles in the
  provision of Match Officials at the elite level
  and on the progression Pathway.
• The Succession Plan currently covers the period
  from 2003 to 2011 and identifies all current and
  potential candidates for all roles Referees,
  TJs, TMOs, 4s 5s, Assessors, Coaches, Selector
  s, TJ Evaluators,Referee Managers.
• The Plan has been developed bearing in mind the
  ARUs long term plans for Rugby at all levels of
  the game.
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ARU Elite Referees Program - Selection and
Coaching Strategy

• Summary
• The Elite Referees Program provides the
  mechanisms for the coaching and development of
  elite Referees within the structures of the
  National Referees Coaching Plan. It represents
  an initiative for the future development of
  Australias elite Rugby Referees.
• The strategy provides a formal Pathway of
  progression for Referees and involves their
  grouping in accordance with their ability,
  experience and potential, taking into account
  their placement in the ARU Referee Succession
  Plan.
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