We’re so excited that you want to host a referee course! Hosting a referee course has so many benefits!
Why host a course?
- Bring more trained referees to your area
- Educate your players, parents, coaches
- Revenue opportunity for members of your community
- Increase the local quality of the game
- Provide your players, parents, coaches the resources they need to become referees
Benefits for Coaches:
- Opportunity for players to make money for club
- Guaranteed referees for A & B side games
- Further integration of club into the rugby community
- Increase player/ personal technical knowledge of the game
- Increase player fitness levels
Benefits for Club:
- Revenue generation
- Increase player/ personal technical knowledge of the game
- Increase player fitness levels
- Guaranteed referees for A & B side games
- To demonstrate legitimacy to school administration
- Determination of geographic location of the course
Benefits for Players:
- Increase personal technical knowledge of the game
- Increase personal fitness levels
- Determination of geographic location of the course
- Opportunity to earn money
- Opportunity to give back to the game
If you are interested in hosting an officiating training course for your organization:
Determine a location for the course. You will need both classroom space and gymnasium or field space.
- If you plan to use field space, be sure to have a contingency plan for bad weather
- You or the rental facility must provide AV equipment (projector, AV cords, etc.)
Determine a date/ time for the course. Training courses run from two hours to two days, depending on the course. Be sure to reserve ample time at your course location.
- Touch Judge Course: 4 hours (can be taught online)
- Assistant Referee Course: 4 hours (can be taught online)
- Level 1 (15s) Officiating Course: 8 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Level 2 (15s) Officiating Course: 16 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Level 1 (7s) Officiating Course: 8 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Level 2 (7s) Officiating Course: 16 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Coaching of Match Officials 1: 8 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Coaching of Match Officials 2: 16 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
- Evaluator Course: 16 hours (can be split into multiple sessions)
Contact TRRA to schedule with our IRB accredited educators
- Email admin@texasrugbyunion.com to get in contact with our IRB Educators.
Day of the Course:
You will need:
- Balls
- Cones
- AV Equipment (if not provided by the site)
- Laptop
- Projector
- Speakers (if laptop speakers are not loud enough)
- Extension cords/ power strips