Officiating practices of school-based technical officials: Basis for an enhancement program

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed at determining the officiating practices of school-based technical officials as basis for an enhancement program in the Province of Guimaras during the School Year 2016-2017. The respondents of the study were the two hundred (200) randomly selected school-based technical officials in the province of Guimaras. With the use of a memorandum for the list of technical officials for the Provincial Meet 2016, respondents were determined through simple random sampling. To gather the data needed for this study, the researcher adopted the research questionnaire of Jesura (2009) on officiating practices was used. The statistical tools employed were mean, standard deviation, and rank for descriptive analysis and the t-test and One-way ANOVA for inferential statistics set at .05 alpha level of significance. The results of the study revealed that the most consistent officiating practices of the subjects as to personal practices were: respect opinions of other officials; am helpful to other officials; and get final instruction from the manager before going to the court of assignment. As to psychological practices, the most dominant were: accept feedback / observations from other officials specifically the senior ones; think positively before the game; and feel self and career - worth after job well done. As to professional practices, the most dominant officiating practices were: ensure high standards of behaviour as expected; uphold the honor and dignity of the professional in all interactions and conveniences; and ensure consistency in calling decisions based on the rules of the game. Finally, as to administrative practices the most dominant were: promote sportsmanship and equity among players; aware of the safety of players; and approachable to athletes and coaches concerning the game. No significant difference existed in all variables and all categories.