Department of Sport and Recreation SELF EVALUATION & ANALYSIS For Officials

Self Evaluation Self-evaluation is defined as judging the quality of your officiating. Few skills are more important to self- improvement than being able to take a step back and honestly evaluate yourself. Self-reflection allows you to expose problems early, before they become too painful to ignore. Helps build a collective vision of desired outcomes and a plan to achieve them. It is human nature to only see what we want!

Self Evaluation Process Action (officiating) Self Analysis Identify changes Planning Improvement / Changes Implement the changes Action Self Analysis Identify aims & objectives Plan improvement / changes Implement the changes

Keep performance notes in diary/notebook Mentoring – speak with another official/coach regarding your performance Video Analysis – watch your performance Self Analysis Methods

Performance Diary Why? To evaluate and implement personal growth. Establishes a sound cycle of continuous self-evaluation and improvement. Improves reflection of official, what and how he/she has learned. What? Identify clear actions to improve on, your identified weaknesses and further build on your strengths. Your progress towards, or achievement of, these actions will then feed into your next self-evaluative report and so on.....

Mentoring Partnership - based upon mutual trust and respect. A Guide - assist the mentee to find the right direction and help them to develop solutions to issues. Provide guidance and encouragement. Does not need to be from the same sport.

Video Analysis Used to assess and enhance your performance. Can be done individually, with a mentor or in a training group “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle

Goal Setting A skill that assists in achieving optimal performance. Create Specific, Measurable Goals. Identify Long Term and Short Term Goals Set positive, not negative goals. Make goals moderately difficult. Set target dates. Create training and competition goals. Create strategies to achieve goals. Write them down! Track goals and be flexible in changing them. Goals provide direction Goals provide feedback Goals motivate

Goal Setting S - Specific M - Measurable A - Attainable R - Relevant T - Trackable S - Self-determined "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals" - Sydney Smith

Resources Self-Evaluation Questionnaire