As part of the Sports Leaders Uk, Level 1 qualification students are required to look at 'Fair Play' and the 'role of the official'.
To achieve this I decided to use 'Ultimate Frisbee', a game played with no referee. It is played purely on trust via self officiating.
The session started with a quick warm up and a re-visit of the different throws and the basic rules. This followed with 10 minutes play where the students were in two teams of 4 and self officiated. The game flowed and there were no disputes.
To understand the 'role of an official' the students then took it in turns to officiate the game for 5 minutes while I stepped in to make the teams even. As the session developed and the students became tired their competitive edge started to appear and the official was questioned, players tried to bend the rules and failed to play 'to the whistle'.
we concluded that certain sports require an official to keep the game flowing but with the right attitude you can compete in a sport without the need of a referee or umpire.
The first 10 minutes played with out an official really highlighted 'Fair Play' and all the students said how much more they enjoyed it than the 40 minutes that followed.
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