Roles and responsibilities
Volume 8 Number 2
Have you considered how your alcohol intake might be affecting your performance as an official?
Volume 8 Number 2
An insight into recruiting female officials in the sport of Basketball.
Volume 8 Number 2
Cricket Australia has targeted their entry level training to the needs of umpires at this level and are reaping the rewards.
Volume 7 Number 1
Becoming an official is often not a conscious decision for most first time officials. A person will be asked to help out, or see the need to take on a role, and before they know it, they are an official.
Volume 6 Number 1
Have you ever considered who is looking after you in your officiating role? Who is the key person in your association driving officiating?
Volume 5 Number 2
Fairness. Integrity. Accountability. These are the key features that the sporting public expects of its officials, as indicated in research conducted during the Year of the Official. How does this impact on the way in which you undertake your responsibilities as an official?
Volume 5 Number 2
The Australian Sports Commission's Coaching and Officiating unit will be undertaking a number of Officiating initiatives in the period 2005-2008.
Volume 5 Number 2
Gone, it seems are the days of the overzealous, authoritarian umpire or referee who ruled to the letter of the law and stood aloof and apart from the sport in which they were involved.
Volume 5 Number 1
Play by the Rules is an online training and information resource for sport and recreation clubs and associations. Play by the Rules provides information on how to prevent and deal with inappropriate behaviour including discrimination, harassment, favouritism, bias and various forms of abuse.
Volume 4 Number 1
Basketball referee Scott Butler provides his views on the needs of grassroots officials.
