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Referee Coaching – Understanding our coaching & selection processRoger Drew – Head Referee CoachBruce Rennie – Head SelectorAuckland Rugby Referees

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Agenda

An explanation of the 5 performance pillarsSpecifically the first 3 pillars

Technical; Tactical; Management

Managing expectationsPanel criteriaAcademyRepresentative 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

TechnicalTacticalManagement

ScrumTackleLineoutFoul play

For…

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Scrum exampleTeam – tactically

Ball feeding team – stable steady platformOpposition team – disrupt

Referee – tacticallyFair and safe contest

Referee – technicallyHeads above hipsProps straightBindingBall in quick

Referee – managementOpposition loosehead driving in and up

Visualise technical set up and actionsAct upon with appropriate sanction

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Tackle exampleTeam – tactically

Team in possession – quick ballOpposition team – slow ball or turnover

Referee – tacticallyQuality so either quick ball or turnover ball

Referee – technicallyTackle type – is attacker at risk or defender at riskTackler – release or get outBall carrier – play ballPost 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 exampleTeam – tactically

Team in possession – off the top; quality ballOpposition team – disrupt

Referee – tacticallyQuality so either team clean ball

Referee – technicallyGapNumber’s & 2x2ThrowJumpers & lifters

Referee – managementOpposition early lifting

Identify issueAct upon with sanction

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AR Foul play report exampleReferee – technically

Listen to the Assistant Referees reportReferee – tactically

Make decision based on the AR’s reportReferee – management

Act on report by talking to captain and player

Referee - technically – “Have I seen it?”Referee - tactically – “Do I play advantage?”Referee - management – “What’s 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 criteriaWhat games do I get?Who decides on what games I get?How do I find out how I’m going?

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Panel BandsPremier Panel

Premier/U21/1st XV A primarilyRegular physical monitoring and Level II Exam

Panel BPremier Reserve/U21/1st XV primarily

Panel CSenior 1-3/R85/U19/Womens primarily

JRC PanelJRC Rugby/SS Rugby/Women's Div II primarily

First YearsJRC Rugby u12-u13/Secondary School primarily

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Panel Criteria – contd. How you get your games?

Based on experience and abilityPhysical fitnessGame AwarenessChosen level of involvement

Based on coaches reports and meetings selectors make decisionSelectors request a referee to be viewed up or down a grade

Consider performanceFeedback

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Panel Criteria – contd.

How you are going?Through coaching reports on the RRIMS systemThrough discussion with referee coaches at your gamesThrough talking with coaches on Monday eveningsThrough your planning and goal setting

Sharing this with coaches

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Panel Finals – best performing

Premier Panel – All Premier finals and 1A finalB Panel – Premier Reserve finals/ 1B/U21/R85/WomensC Panel – U19/R85/Snr 1-3JRC & 1st Years – ASSRFU / JRC finalsARS – Best performing will get appointedFeedback 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 refereesSelection based on ability to go to Premiers and beyondSeveral addition training days 11 & 25 April; 16 May

Promising SquadReferees selected to referee Under 16 and below

Northern Region Zone SquadReferee’s capable of refereeing representative fixtures not appointed by NZRU Referee High Performance

B’s; Colts; Under 18; Under 85KgSelection 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 AcademySelection is an interview with Academy coach and Regional SelectorsTarget young referees with the potential to referee at the high performance levelThere are 3 Academies in NZ with 5-7 referees in each academy

Northern; Central; Southern2 year theoretical training courseOnce 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 PillarsAs a referee develops and is selected for higher honours the demand increases on the :

Physical pillarMental pillar

Physical ability to be at the right place at the right time as the game gets faster

We call this creating time and spacePhysical longevity of the athleteMentally 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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ConclusionNew 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 visionVision = "To Be the Best Referees in New Zealand", by being the best we can be...

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ReferenceThe referee toolbox includes:

This presentationGame Plan formPre-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