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Decision Making
July 2012
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AGENDA
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Do we all officiate the same?
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Statistics
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Swimming Officiating Culture and Decision Making
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How to ensure you can make the best decisions
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As Referees, do we all officiate the same?
Answer this question?
You are a Judge of Strokes and you see an infraction at the
turn end, you are sure, yet the Inspector of Turns does not
react, does not report it.
Do you report the Infraction to the Referee?
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Do we always make the right decisions?
What percentage of decisions do you think we get right?
Let’s have a look at Statistics from other sports
Percentage of correct decisions made by officials who are the
‘Cream of the Crop’ in their respective sport.
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92%
98%
Cricket
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70%
Tennis Linesman
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92%
60%
Soccer
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65%
Rugby League
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50%
Rugby Union
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Is officiating swimming any easier than these sports?
Please consider just a couple of facts
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Unlike most sports, competitors are not just penalised for an error,
they are disqualified 2.
Coaches are looking to find better and faster approaches to their
swimmers techniques. i.e. Back to Breast turn.
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Video evidence – the ‘slow mo’ is an issue for all sports including
swimming and it’s prevalence is increasing to all levels.
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Continued decrease in the number of experienced technical
officials will make it difficult to provide full and fair coverage.
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Swimming Officiating Culture and Decision Making
How is our culture changing;
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No. of swimming official volunteers has reduced significantly
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Amount of time a volunteer is prepared to give is generally less.
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Accordingly the experience levels are less.
The Training & Assessment process for officials (Lvl1) is less stringent
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and does not interrogate rule knowledge to the same extent.
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Officials will be appointed with far less knowledge and experience.
What does this mean for Swimming and what should we do to
accommodate the change?
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Have you heard, seen or experienced the following ;
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Make a mistake and you will never Referee again.
An official sent back to rewrite an infraction multiple times.
Officials openly & negatively referring to a technical official or one
of their decisions.
When this occurs with an official what is the most likely outcome?
Considering the previous slide, how can we do this better?
Assessment criteria for a Referee
All officials who made recommendations regarding possible breaches of
the rules are questioned politely and shown appropriate courtesy.
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OK take a deep breath now and freely
admit that it is not IF you are going to
make a mistake …
but WHEN NEXT you are going to.
The key is ‘How do we fix it and then learn from
this to ensure we can continue to develop’
An interesting quote :
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times,
I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over
and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
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How to ensure you can make the best decisions
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Know the rules
Follow the procedures and protocols
Be in the right position
Work as a team
Remain calm
Don’t be afraid of making a decision
Training, mentorship and assessment
Experience
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How to ensure you can make the best decisions
1. Know the rules
There is no complete substitute to learning the rules
Take advantage of the Quick Reference Infraction cards
available on the Australian Swimming web site
2. Follow the procedures and protocols
The processes, protocols and procedures are all effectively in
place to manage the meet and to minimise the chance of making
a mistake.
Marshalling and Check Starting procedures guide officials to
effectively minimising issues.
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3. Be in the right position
Understand the jurisdiction of your role … where you are
responsible
The protocols of where we stand as a Timekeeper, IT, JOS,
Check Starter etc, all are to ensure we are in the best position to
do our job and to help in our decision making.
Concentrate and focus on the essential elements
4. Work as a team
We are a team. We succeed and fail together.
Help encourage & develop the new official.
Encourage the right attitude and culture regarding officiating
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5. Remain calm – Officials who become stressed are;
More likely to make mistakes when they are refereeing,
including misinterpreting rules & missing incidents
More inclined to ‘drop out’ of refereeing as well
Self esteem is a crucial element for the fight against stress, as
those referees that are positive about themselves and what they
do, generally perform better because they have more belief in
their decisions.
6. Don’t be afraid of making a decision
Protest process – helps resolve issues
If there is an error or mistake made .. fix it and move on !!
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7. Training, mentorship and assessment
Training, forums etc – Engage in as many as training forums as
possible to hear the latest news and views.
Assessment - It has been said that there is nothing which we
receive with so much reluctance as advice, and yet being able to
receive advice about performance is crucial to achieving and
maintaining high standards.
Mentoring - Select and take advice from someone you respect.
Join the mentoring program or find a fellow official/mentor that
you respect and ask them to provide regular feedback on your
performance.
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8. Experience
A referee is not able to gain experience unless they are given
the opportunity to referee and officiate; With that opportunity
comes the inevitable mistakes, the inevitable learning and the
greater level of experience.
Learn from others … work with as many people as possible.
Each will have their strengths and weaknesses .. All of which can
be learned from.
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QUESTIONS
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