Managing and Developing Sports Officials: Officiating Excellence

This book offers an evidence-based guide to the development, management, and retention of sports officials. Drawing on research at all levels of sport, from grassroots to professional, this book focuses on best practices for sports officials and for anybody involved in the management or training of sports officials.

This book is divided into three parts. The first takes a close look at who sports officials are, their motivations, and the formal and informal organizational relationships that ...