Rules, roles and officiating fairly
Officiating for one afternoon changes how you behave as a player for good.
Part of your national curriculum
- Competitive sport and tactics: Understand the rules, roles and responsibilities of officials and players, and apply them fairly in competition
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Understand the rules, roles and responsibilities of officials and players, and apply them fairly in competition
Key learning points
- • Why rules exist
- • The roles
- • Fair play under pressure
This lesson at a glance
- 22 minutes
- 14 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Rules, roles and officiating fairly
An English teaching video on this topic from GAALearning. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.
In a nutshell
Understand the rules, roles and responsibilities of officials and players, and apply them fairly in competition
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Why rules exist
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
Part 3 of 14
Learn
Why rules exist
Rules keep competition safe, fair and comparable. Without an agreed framework a result means nothing, because nobody was playing the same game.
Explore the idea
Part 4 of 14
Learn
The roles
Referees and umpires apply the laws in real time; assistants judge specific decisions; scorers and timekeepers keep the official record. Captains hold responsibility for their team's conduct.
Quick check
Part 5 of 14
Quick check
Why do agreed rules matter?
Reset break
Part 6 of 14
Pause
That's sitting 1 of 2 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
Part 7 of 14
Quick check
Who is responsible for a team's conduct?
Learning cycle
Part 8 of 14
Learning cycle 2 of 2
Part 2 · Fair play under pressure
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
Part 9 of 14
Learn
Fair play under pressure
Accepting decisions you disagree with, and admitting a foul the official missed, is the standard. Dissent slows the game and rarely changes the outcome.
Quick check
Part 10 of 14
Quick check
What is the expected response to a decision you dislike?
Challenge round
Part 11 of 14
Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 12 of 14
Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
Rules keep ____ safe, fair and comparable.
Mastery quiz
Part 13 of 14
Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Rules, roles and officiating fairly
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Why do agreed rules matter?
2. Who is responsible for a team's conduct?
3. What is the expected response to a decision you dislike?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
Ready when you are
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Your written work for this lesson
This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.
What a warm-up is actually for
A warm-up raises the heart rate, sends more blood to the working muscles and raises muscle temperature by a couple of degrees. Warm muscle stretches further before it tears, and messages between brain and muscle travel faster, so movement is more accurate.
A good warm-up has three parts: a few minutes of easy movement, mobility that takes joints through the range the sport needs, and short bursts at close to game speed.
Long, still stretching before explosive sport can slow the muscle down. Save that kind of stretching for the cool-down.
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Reading questions
- Explain in your own words two things a warm-up does to the body.
- Design a ten-minute warm-up for one sport, with times for each part.
- Keep a training log for three sessions: what you did, how long, and how you felt after.
Training log
WritingWrite what you did, for how long, and how your body felt afterwards.
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Understand the rules, roles and responsibilities of officials and players, and apply them fairly in competition