SPORTS OFFICIAL

Enjoyment and satisfaction

Being a sports official allows you to experience the EXCITEMENT OF THE GAME

Enjoyment and satisfaction

You gain FULFILLMENT AND PRIDE by contributing to fair play and the smooth flow of the sport.

Potential for financial rewards

– Sports officiating can provide PAYMENT OR ALLOWANCES, depending on the level of the game

Potential for financial rewards

– It can also open opportunities for higher level competitions that offer BETTER COMPENSATION

Personal development

– Improving skills, knowledge, and PERSONAL GROWTH through officiating

Fitness and health

– Improving PHYSICAL CONDITIONS through movement and activity.

Social interaction

– Officiating lets you MEET NEW PEOPLE such as athletes, coaches, fellow officials, and sports enthusiasts.

Social interaction

– Helps BUILD FRIENDSHIPS, expand your network, and improve your communication skills.

Opportunity to travel

– Having the chance to GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES because of officiating duties.

Decision-making

– An official who QUICKLY CHOOESES the best action in a tense, fast

Interpersonal communication

– Officials need to COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND RESPECTFULLY with players, coaches, and other officials to avoid misunderstandings.

People management

– Knowing how to HANDLE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, manage conflicts, and maintain order on the field or court.

Knowledge of rules

– Correctly APPLYING even rarely used RULES during a game.

Understanding of the game

– READING THE FLOW OF THE GAME to anticipate where conflicts or rule violations might occur.

Appropriate level of fitness

– STAYING PHYSICALLY FIT to keep up with the pace of play, since officials move around a lot during games.

Sense of humor

– Using LIGHTHEARTED REMARKS to calm tension after a controversial call.

Enjoyment and satisfaction, Potential for financial rewards, Personal development, Fitness and health, Social interaction, Opportunity to travel

– Enumerate the benefits of being a sports official (6)

Decision-making, Interpersonal communication, People management, Knowledge of rules, Understanding of the game, Appropriate level of fitness, Sense of humor

– Enumerate the skills required of sports officials (7)

BACK JUDGE, LINESMAN, UMPIRE, SCOREKEEPER, HEAD REFEREE, FIELD JUDGE

VOLLEYBALL (BLUSHF)

SCORERS, HEAD REFEREE, ASST. REFEREE, TIMEKEEPERS, SIDE JUDGE

BASKETBALL (SHATS)

LINE JUDGE, A REFEREE ON THE FIELD DURING A GAME, UMPIRE, HEAD LINESMAN

FOOTBALL (LADUH)

UMPIRES-CHIEF, HOME PLATE UMPIRE, UMPIRE, UMPIRE CREW

BASEBALL (UHUU)

REFEREE, UMPIRE, LINESMAN

BADMINTON (RUL)

Observers may be Assigned but the Players themselves Call the foul

ULTIMATE (OAPC)

Heat Cramps

are STRONG involuntary MUSCULAR contractions which are usually short

Heat stroke

is a condition which require IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

Cramps

is a SUDDENLY Involuntary MUSCLE contraction.

Ligaments

are tissues that connect BONES TO JOINTS

Strains

can happen suddenly or DEVELOP OVERTIME.

sports officials

fulfill various functions and duties depending on the sport and nature of the competition.

Sports officiating

the supervision of sports competitions in accordance with established rules.

Sports officials

are ensuring safety of players during the game