Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CANDON CITY
Candon City, Ilocos Sur

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 9
Quarter 1 – Week 6 – Module 6:
Prepared by: Jayson G. Gamata

Lesson
Officiating is a Good Thing
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I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Officiates practice and competitive games. (PE9GS-lb-h-5)
2. Identifies the rewards and satisfactions of officiating.
3. Present in a creative way the importance of officiating in improving and sustaining one’s
health.

II. GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. What are the rewards and satisfaction of officiating?
2. What are the fitness components being developed in officiating?
3. How officiating can change the social life of an official?

III. DISCUSSION:

In today’s activity, your creativity to illustrate ideas in a creative and comprehensive

way will be challenged after reading the article on the rewards and satisfaction of officiating.

Rewards and Satisfactions

By: Jenni Malsam, Iowa HS Athletic Assn., and Iowa Girls HS Athletic Union (30 years).
Former HS Soccer-Basketball-Volleyball Official.

The NFHS Interscholastic Soccer Referee who continues to officiate over a long period
of time does so for a variety of reasons. Many feel the motivation to continue their
involvement, but not all try to identify the reasons they continue to officiate.
If you were asked why you continue to referee, what would you answer? Perhaps: for the
fun, for the excitement, for the opportunity to continue in soccer, or perhaps for another other
reason that makes sense to you? These may be among the more common reasons given.
However, if you take the time to think about and analyze all the possible reasons, you could
probably identify a great number of additional rewards, satisfactions, and benefits that you
really derive from your activity as an Interscholastic Soccer Referee.

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In this short discussion, we’ll try to identify what your high school soccer refereeing means in
terms of some of the possible rewards, satisfactions, and benefits that you can realize through
your participation.

What are the rewards and satisfactions?

There are three major types of rewards and satisfactions: physical fitness, mental
fitness and attitude, and social networking and people skills.

1. Physical Fitness
This includes such things as improved: general health, weight control, stamina,
reflexes, higher energy levels, posture, and stature.
The key behavior that generates these physical fitness benefits is to adopt a regular
program of personal fitness conditioning that every successful soccer referee learns to develop
and follow throughout his or her officiating career. Physical fitness is critical to successful
officiating performance. The personal benefits are a by-product and are probably more
beneficial that most officials realize.

2. Mental Fitness
The obvious benefits include positive disposition, better mental reflexes, decisiveness,
alertness, prolonging a youthful bearing, a steadier temperament, perseverance, and increased
determination.
This fund of mental fitness is generated in several ways. The study of, and constant
practice of, rules applications, interpretations and decisions while officiating strengthens such
qualities as alertness, sharpness, and decisiveness. The practice of continually making
decisions, both discretionary and factual, help sharpen your mental reflexes, decisiveness,
determination, and alertness. The continual exposure to the challenge of competition and
managing the high school soccer game participants strengthens such qualities as positive
disposition, decisiveness, prolonging youthful bearing, perseverance, and determination.

3. Mental Attitude
This important attribute includes: the satisfaction of meeting constant, game-by-game
challenges, a heightened sense of accomplishment as each successfully controlled game is
experienced, the feeling of making a contribution to the game, the sense of providing an
important service to others, honing your people- and game-management skills,
acknowledgement of a job well done by others and in yourself, and the ability to develop the
sense of dedication it takes for you to attain competency.
Many of these personal qualities are acquired and strengthened throughout your
refereeing experience. The self-satisfaction of meeting the considerable challenge of competent
refereeing, the well-deserved sense of accomplishment after each contest, and the satisfaction
of serving the sport and making a positive contribution to each contest are continually
experienced in your activities. Perhaps a most important factor, and one sometimes overlooked,
is the benefits you acquire through being able to transfer into your daily lives and activities
such qualities as management skills, dedication to a task, and the self-assurance in your
performance.

4. Social Rewards and Satisfactions of Networking

Networking is the virtual web of people contacts that we make, enjoy, and benefit
from throughout our Interscholastic Referee careers.

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 Through networking we establish lifelong professional contacts and friendships.
These enhance and help us enjoy our soccer activities and allow us to get to know interesting
sports figures. All these result in our personal professional development. These benefits are
among the most rewarding that we receive because of our involvement. Many of us refer to
interscholastic soccer refereeing as an avocation, simply because it is not a full-time job, but
rather an activity we pursue as our time, and the game assignments that are available, permit.
However, we realize that it is a challenging profession, and as such helps us to develop all the
professional attributes required for successful performance of any career pursuit. The
professional development opportunities and the sharing with others in our chosen profession
yield benefits important to our daily life experiences. Consider what we experience through
networking with all the people we meet.

5. Social Rewards and Satisfactions – People Skills

These include communication skills, a sense of humor, increased sensibilities, improved
sociability, refined demeanor, and positive self-esteem. Your ability to interact successfully
with other people is significantly improved. Continual interaction during games with countless
numbers of individuals, all with different personality and behavior traits, while under a variety
of circumstances both positive and challenging, help you to develop a uniquely successful
ability with people, perhaps more than in many other professions.
There are many specific rewards that you realize because of your participation in high
school soccer refereeing. While every high school soccer referee may not necessarily
experience every one of those mentioned in this article, you have probably benefited from most
of those covered here. The fuller you participate, and the more you take a professional attitude
towards learning and practicing the elements of being a successful Interscholastic Referee, the
more and longer you will enjoy these “dividends” of your avocation.

IV. GENERALIZATION:

Officiating provides an individual the opportunity to develop interpersonal skills and

improve one’s judgement skills. Officiating requires you to make instantaneous decisions,
resolve conflicts, and deal with stress and pressure. It demands good communications skills and
ability to think on your feet. It is important that officials present in a manner that portrays
officiating in a positive and respected manner.

V. EXERCISE:

Directions: Decide for a presentation about the benefits of officiating either through graphic
organizer or any multimedia presentation.

* Be guided with the following questions in making creative presentation:

a. What are the fitness components being developed in officiating?
b. Identify sport-situation where that component is needed.
c. What are the other benefits of officiating?
* Be guided by the rubrics below

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CATEGORY Advance- 4 Proficient- 3 Approaching Developing-1
Proficiency-2
Content – All content Most of the The content is Content is
Accuracy throughout the content is generally typically
presentation is accurate but there accurate, but one confusing or
accurate. There are is one piece of piece of contains more
no factual errors. information that information is than one factual
might be clearly flawed or error.
inaccurate. inaccurate.
Originality Presentation shows Presentation Presentation Presentation is a
considerable shows some shows an attempt rehash of other
originality and originality and at originality and people\'s ideas
inventiveness. The inventiveness. inventiveness on and/or graphics
content and ideas The content and 1-2 cards. and shows very
are presented in a ideas are little attempt at
unique and presented in an original thought.
interesting way. interesting way.

Time- Routinely uses time Usually uses time Tends to Rarely gets things
management well throughout the well throughout procrastinate, but done by the
project to ensure the project, but always gets things deadlines and has
things get done on may have done by the to adjust
time. procrastinated on deadlines. deadlines or work
one thing. responsibilities
because of
inadequate time
management.
VI. REFERENCES:

Jose P. Doria, Madonna C. Gonzales, lawrence Jay Sedilla, janeth Cagulang, Raffy
Mabiling, Johannsen Yap and Jorie de la Torre. 2014. Physical Education & Health.
Pasig City: Department of Education.

VII. ANSWER KEY:

Students’ work may vary

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