Referee Coaching

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Referee Coaching Understanding our coaching
selection process

• Roger Drew Head Referee Coach
• Bruce Rennie Head Selector
• Auckland Rugby Referees

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Agenda

• An explanation of the 5 performance pillars
• Specifically the first 3 pillars
• Technical Tactical Management
• Managing expectations
• Panel criteria
• Academy
• Representative squads

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Referees Five Performance Pillars
Technical Tactical Management Physical Mental
Skills Knowledge Laws Standards Game sense Anticipation Feel Flow On the job Game time Game analysis Game plan Stamina A to B Recovery Nutrition Control Response Resilience Communicate

• The referee reviews his performance based on
  these 5 pillars
• Self analyse and coach analyse

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Technical v Tactical Knowledge
Technical Tactical Management Physical Mental
Observes what he sees Makes a decision on what he sees Reviews the decisions made during the game Ability to be in a position to observe and decide Thoughts that determine outcomes on and off field
Observe Decide Review Position Thoughts
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Four Scenarios of the 3 pillars

• Technical
• Tactical
• Management

For

• Scrum
• Tackle
• Lineout
• Foul play

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Scrum example

• Team tactically
• Ball feeding team stable steady platform
• Opposition team disrupt
• Referee tactically
• Fair and safe contest
• Referee technically
• Heads above hips
• Props straight
• Binding
• Ball in quick
• Referee management
• Opposition loosehead driving in and up
• Visualise technical set up and actions
• Act upon with appropriate sanction

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Tackle example

• Team tactically
• Team in possession quick ball
• Opposition team slow ball or turnover
• Referee tactically
• Quality so either quick ball or turnover ball
• Referee technically
• Tackle type is attacker at risk or defender at
  risk
• Tackler release or get out
• Ball carrier play ball
• Post tackle entry

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Tackle example contd.

• Referee management
• Technically observed 4 penalties in a row
• Tactically decided to penalise the 4 times
• So now from the management aspect what is the
  referee going to do?
• Referee - Management is about processing the
  tactical decisions made during the game
• The trends

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Lineout example

• Team tactically
• Team in possession off the top quality ball
• Opposition team disrupt
• Referee tactically
• Quality so either team clean ball
• Referee technically
• Gap
• Numbers 2x2
• Throw
• Jumpers lifters
• Referee management
• Opposition early lifting
• Identify issue
• Act upon with sanction

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AR Foul play report example

• Referee technically
• Listen to the Assistant Referees report
• Referee tactically
• Make decision based on the ARs report
• Referee management
• Act on report by talking to captain and player
• Referee - technically Have I seen it?
• Referee - tactically Do I play advantage?
• Referee - management Whats the ACC?

Foul play on the field example
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Referee Questions

• Technical
• What does that look like?
• Tactical
• What am I doing about it?
• Management
• Is there a trend here?

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Managing Expectations

• Panel criteria
• What games do I get?
• Who decides on what games I get?
• How do I find out how Im going?

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Panel Bands

• Premier Panel
• Premier/U21/1st XV A primarily
• Regular physical monitoring and Level II Exam
• Panel B
• Premier Reserve/U21/1st XV primarily
• Panel C
• Senior 1-3/R85/U19/Womens primarily
• JRC Panel
• JRC Rugby/SS Rugby/Women's Div II primarily
• First Years
• JRC Rugby u12-u13/Secondary School primarily

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Panel Criteria contd.

• How you get your games?
• Based on experience and ability
• Physical fitness
• Game Awareness
• Chosen level of involvement
• Based on coaches reports and meetings selectors
  make decision
• Selectors request a referee to be viewed up or
  down a grade
• Consider performance
• Feedback

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Panel Criteria contd.

• How you are going?
• Through coaching reports on the RRIMS system
• Through discussion with referee coaches at your
  games
• Through talking with coaches on Monday evenings
• Through your planning and goal setting
• Sharing this with coaches

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Panel Finals best performing

• Premier Panel All Premier finals and 1A final
• B Panel Premier Reserve finals/
  1B/U21/R85/Womens
• C Panel U19/R85/Snr 1-3
• JRC 1st Years ASSRFU / JRC finals
• ARS Best performing will get appointed
• Feedback will be taken from Clubs and schools, as
  well as from referee coaching panel/selectors

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What are the Referee Squads?

• ARRA Academy
• 10 referees
• Selection based on ability to go to Premiers and
  beyond
• Several addition training days 11 25 April 16
  May
• Promising Squad
• Referees selected to referee Under 16 and below
• Northern Region Zone Squad
• Referees capable of refereeing representative
  fixtures not appointed by NZRU Referee High
  Performance
• Bs Colts Under 18 Under 85Kg
• Selection based on ability to referee at this
  level as well as develop and nurture referees who
  have potential to referee at the high performance
  level

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What are the Referee Squads? contd.

• Northern Region New Zealand Academy
• Selection is an interview with Academy coach and
  Regional Selectors
• Target young referees with the potential to
  referee at the high performance level
• There are 3 Academies in NZ with 5-7 referees in
  each academy
• Northern Central Southern
• 2 year theoretical training course
• Once completed the expectation is to apply
  learning's on and off the field back in the local
  province

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Importance of 4th 5th Pillars

• As a referee develops and is selected for higher
  honours the demand increases on the
• Physical pillar
• Mental pillar
• Physical ability to be at the right place at the
  right time as the game gets faster
• We call this creating time and space
• Physical longevity of the athlete
• Mentally the referee has to cope with new
  experiences and pressures on and off the field
• Look at the referees profile on how best he/she
  manages themselves and handles situations

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Conclusion

• New Zealand High Performance Referee Team
• Vision "To Be the Best Referees in the World",
  by being the best we can be...
• Values Excellence, Honesty, Accountability,
  Communication Improvement
• Auckland referees can share the same vision
• Vision "To Be the Best Referees in New
  Zealand", by being the best we can be...

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Reference

• The referee toolbox includes
• This presentation
• Game Plan form
• Pre-match and post-match game plan examples
• Go to www.arra.org.nz to see this
• Important This is a referee driven document
  supported by the coach