Swimmers spend their lives training to improve their performance. Coaches rightly focus on improving “PBs” (personal best times) rather than winning races. It’s therefore crucial that swimming timekeepers are accurate. The standard measure of a swimming time is to 1/100th of a second. For most events human timekeepers pressing a button are either the primary […]
Review of ‘Officiating for busy people’ 15-Aug-19
What happened Webinar overview and replay is here. Publicised via Facebook groups, Swim.Rocks & Abbotsleigh Swim Club mailing lists, and an email blast to officials I know. Started a week in advance and did a couple of smaller follow ups prior. 24 registered, 11 attended (46%). 2 non-attendees later apologised for being unable to attend […]
How are you preparing to excel?
I vaguely recall a great Dilbert cartoon about PPPPPPP (a.k.a. prior planning and preparation preventing piss poor performance). Although this management nugget is as old as the hills, tonight I found that there’s nothing like a targeted refresher to awaken me out of my complacency. The NSW Office of Sport staged their second High Performing […]
Carlile Speedo Cup, SOPAC 2nd June 2019
These are my personal notes. I am sharing here in case it helps anybody. Objectives Positioning and posture. No major facial expressions when witness and infraction. Write detailed notes in anticipation of potential Protest. Good memory and reciting of the rules. Rediscover fluency. Good atmosphere and teamwork with colleagues. Reach out to people I don’t […]
Ravenswood Club Night 29th May 2019
These are my personal notes of my Refereeing from the night. I am making them publicly available here in case it helps anyone. My personal officiating objectives Improve my Refereeing from Abbotsleigh last week! Deliver a great experience to Ravenswood in a new environment for me (I’ve never officiated there before). Be flexible and deal […]
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