sport

• Sports officiating


  The nature and importance of sports officiating
• Basic knowledge about sports officiating will encourage you to continue playing sports or encourage you to stay involved with a particular sport of interest
• Sports officiating is a good option for those students who do not want to be players because through sports officiating, they can learn how to be coaches or officials in a given sport
• Sports official


  • Enforces the order, discipline, and integrity of a game
  • When a good sports official officiates a game, the audience will be satisfied, and the game will truly guarantee a fun time and challenging match
• Qualities of a good sports official

  • Physical fitness
  • Emotional qualities
  • Mental alertness
  • Social qualities
• Physical fitness


  The basic requirement for an official to perform their tasks without undue fatigue and to have extra energy for recreation and emergencies
• Emotional qualities


  Self-confidence or emotional readiness, which the official develops with constant engagement in updating themselves professionally with the rules of the game
• Mental alertness


  The ability to stay focused, handle pressure, manage thoughts and feelings, and command and control the playing environment
• Social qualities


  The ability of the official to deal with others, particularly in setting disputes or complaints
• Legal and ethical standards in officiating

  • Gamesmanship
  • Sportsmanship
• Gamesmanship


  Built on the principle that winning is everything, encouraging athletes and coaches to bend the rules wherever and whenever possible to gain a competitive advantage over an opponent and pay less attention to the safety and welfare of the competition
• Examples of gamesmanship


  • Faking a foul or injury
  • Attempting to get a head start in a race
  • Tampering with equipment, such as corking a baseball bat to hit the ball farther
  • Committing covert personal fouls
  • Inflicting pain on an opponent with the intention of knocking him/her out of the game
  • Using performance-enhancing drugs
  • Taunting or intimidating an opponent
  • Lying about an athlete's grades or age to keep him/her eligible to play
• Sportsmanship


  Healthy competition is seen as a means of cultivating personal honor, virtue, and character, building a community of trust and respect, with the goal not simply to win but to pursue victory with honor by giving one's best effort
• Key virtues of ethics in sport

  • Fairness
  • Integrity
  • Responsibility
  • Respect
• Fairness


  All athletes and coaches must follow established rules and guidelines of their respective sport, teams must not seek an unfair competitive advantage, and referees must apply the rules equally to both teams
• Integrity


  Athletes should not desire to gain an advantage over their opponent by faking an injury or foul to intentionally deceive an official into making a bad call
• Responsibility


  Players and coaches must take responsibility for their performance, as well as manage their actions and emotions, and be updated on the rules and regulations governing their sport
• Respect


  All athletes, coaches, and fans should show respect for teammates, opponents, coaches, and officials
• The sportsmanship model that sport demonstrates encourages character development, which then influences the moral character of the broader community
• Coaching


  The goal of coaching is to guide, inspire, and help an athlete to realize and develop their full potential, and to motivate the team and give every player a chance to play, as well as teach life skills along with sports skills
• Referee


  A person of authority in a variety of sports and games, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view, and for making decisions that enforce the rules
• Umpire


  The one who controls the game and makes sure that players act according to the rules, assisting the referee in some sports
• Linesmen and line judge


  Officials in sports like volleyball and badminton, who decide whether the ball or the shuttle cock fell inside or outside the court
• Judges in football


  The back judge, the side judge, and the center judge
• Scorekeeper


  Keeps a list of all the players and reports to the referee, preparing a written record of the players' scores in each game
• Timekeeper


  Responsible for tracking the game time, keeping an accurate record of the playing time and the stoppages