T1 PE9 Week 9 - Lesson

T1 PE9 Week 9 - Lesson

by alex adona

SPORTS OFFICIATING

​WHY SPORTS OFFICIATING?

​•Prolong Athletic Involvement

•Personal Reasons

•Provide an Enjoyable Physical Activity

•Extra Money – Part-time Career

​What It Takes to Become a Good Official

​•Knowledge of Rules

•Know the Vocabulary

•Knowledge of Mechanics

•Making Calls with Confidence

•Being Able to Focus On The Game

•Remain Invisible – Don’t Draw Attention

•Keep in Control – Stay Poised

•Stay in Shape and Hustle

•Be a Good Partner

•Have Passion

•Be Consistent

•Develop a Rapport with Participants

•Be Decisive

•Maintain Integrity

•Use Good Judgment

•Enjoy What You Are Doing

Open Ended

•What Characteristics of a Good Official is My Strength?

Open Ended

•What Characteristics do I Need to Work On?

Open Ended

•What Can I Do to Improve this Characteristic?

​SPORTS OFFICIATING

According to Physical Educators, 

Sports Officiating is defined as a system of overseeing sports explicitly on implementing the game principles and maintaining it in control throughout the whole duration of the game. The success of a certain sport activity mainly relies on the officiating officials assigned.​

Sports officiating is a tough job, yet there are extraordinary rewards. To become a successful sport officiating official, it will require mental strength, good relationship building abilities, and toughness. Sports officiating will show all those aptitudes and substantially more. On the off chance that you love sports, you will have the best perspective on the game as an authority. Prepare to challenge yourself and start one of the most compensating occupations you'll ever have.

QUALITIES OF AN OFFICIATING OFFICIAL:

The role of an official is very crucial in a sporting endeavor. He defines the success or failure of a certain physical activity. It is therefore necessary for an aspiring officiating official to possess a number of qualities for him to meet the goal of having a satisfying, complain-free, impartial, and successful game. The following are some of the qualities to be considered:

QUALITIES OF AN OFFICIATING OFFICIAL:

• Physical Qualities

• Emotional Qualities

• Mental Qualities

• Social Qualities

 A. Physical Qualities

​These qualities refer to the physical attributes of an officiating official. Since an officiating official need to catch up with every detail of what the athletes or players do on court, he needs to have a high level of fitness to be able to perform his job. To determine his level of fitness he or she has to consider the following:  

​Physical Fitness. As has been defined in preceding modules in Physical Education, physical fitness is the capacity of an individual to perform his or her daily tasks without undue fatigue and still has extra energy for recreation and emergencies. Physical fitness is not achieved overnight. One must work on with elevating his own level of fitness if he or she has to perform better in his chosen field of endeavor. Several ways to determine one’s fitness which are basis in improving it include:

a. Body Mass Index

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b. PMHR and THR

(Personal Maximal Heart Rate and Training Heart Rate)

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c. Fitness or Exercise Program

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d. Nutrition and weight management

B. Emotional Qualities

These qualities refer to the emotional readiness of an officiating official to perform his or her role in a game. He or she might have mastered all the rules and possesses a high level of fitness but if the emotional attributes don’t warrant him or her to perform the duties and responsibilities of an officiating official, failure is expected. Emotional attributes that an officiating official should possess include confidence. It is having belief in oneself. Confidence can be situation-specific, but practicing it through actual game immersions and observations of game officiating activities can help improve it.

C. Men Qualities

Just as physical and emotional qualities are essential, mental characteristics are also equally necessary. Mental toughness is the term used to refer to all of the qualities pertaining to one’s mental preparations in officiating a game. To be mentally tough requires one to stay focused, regulate one’s performance, ability to handle pressure, awareness and control of thoughts and feelings and one’s command and control of the environment.

D. Social Qualities

Social qualities refer to the ability to deal with others at any given situation. Complaints are inevitable in a game. It is the ability of an officiating official to settle disputes without sacrificing the integrity of a game and the officiating team. To develop such qualities requires practice just as the emotional qualities do. Surrounding oneself with people who make wise decisions especially in officiating endeavors might help one improve his or her decision-making skills.