Practical Sports

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Practical Sports

• Assignment 3 - Officials

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What well look at today

• The assignment and exactly what you need to do
• The roles of officials in sports
• What the responsibilities of officials are in
  sports
• Begin thinking about an evaluation

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Assignment 3 What you need to do?

• TASK 1 Being an official
• Explain the roles of all officials involved in
  various team and individual sports detailing
  their specific responsibilities, what sort of
  decisions they make and how their actions affect
  the game.
• Task 2 How good were you at officiating?
• Officiate during a lesson in the selected two
  sports and evaluate your ability stating all your
  strengths and weaknesses as an official.
  Highlight possible ways you could improve your
  ability as an official and put these into an
  order of importance.

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Grading Criteria

• For a Pass
• Participate and explain the roles of officials
  in team and individual sports
• Identify some strengths and weaknesses and show
  ways of improvement in officiating skills in one
  individual and one team sport
• For a Merit
• Participate effectively and explain the roles of
  officials in team and individual sports
• Identify most strengths and weaknesses and show
  a variety of ways of improvement in officiating
  skills in the sports

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Grading Criteria

• For a distinction
• Participate effectively and explain in detail
  the roles of officials in team and individual
  sports
• Identify all major strengths and weaknesses and
  prioritise ways of improvement in officiating
  skills in the sports

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Officials What do they do?
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Officials - Roles

• Referee
• Umpire
• Touch judge
• Lines person
• Net judge
• Scorer
• Timekeeper
• Starter
• Judge
• Video referee
• Video umpire

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Officials What do they do?

• Sport is an integral part of life and officials
  are recognised as a significant part of our
  sporting world.
• Every weekend sports officials contribute their
  time, energy and expertise to enable participants
  at all levels to enjoy positive sporting
  experiences.
• Without the umpires, referees, judges, marshals,
  timekeepers, scorers and starters to control and
  direct play, national sports organisations would
  be under huge pressure to provide organised
  sport for their members.

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Officials What do they do?

• As the guardians of the game officials have a
  key role to play in
• Applying the rules/laws consistently and
  accurately
• Ensuring the spirit of the game or event is
  observed by all.
• Ensure that safety is maintained at all times
• In doing so they are helping our young people to
  develop through sport.

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What they do

• Referees control the game. They need to
• Control Timing,
• Enforce Rules,
• Organise players,
• Ensure Safety
• Make decisions
• Have good knowledge of rules
• Apply rules correctly
• Communicate decisions with the players
• Have the correct equipment needed to officiate
  the game
• Have adequate levels of fitness to do the job
  effectively

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Officials and how good they are
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Your Assignment

• Consider
• Player Control,
• Timing,
• Specific Rules
• Playing Advantage.

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Officials and how good they are

• Decision Making
• Be enthusiastic
• Be confident, stay calm
• Treat all players/teams consistently
• Keep fit so you can keep up with the game
• Review your performance after each game
• Forget about critical spectators/fans

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Officials and how good they are

• Concentration
• Concentrate for the whole game
• Have techniques to get your concentration back
  when it has been broken
• Use any down-time effectively
• Know when you are losing concentration
• Have techniques to start and finish the game
  switch on and off

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Officials and how good they are

• Communication
• Speak in a firm but friendly manner
• Be prepared to explain your rulings
• Make clear and decisive calls
• Use your voice to warn before you use your
  whistle
• Dont shout and dont threaten players or
  coaches
• Establish a rapport with colleagues

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Officials and how good they are

• Control/Organisation
• Be on time for the game
• Be dressed appropriately
• Know the rules
• Emphasise the spirit of the game
• Thank the players/coaches/other relevant people
• Concentrate. Shut out distractions. Focus on
  the job at hand.

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Your Checklist
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Todays Tasks

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of
  officials in two contrasting sports Get online
  and see what you can find out
• Begin to produce a checklist for your evaluation
  use todays notes and research important skills
  on the internet and from today's class