Argumenting the need for integrated training of highly qualified rugby referees

Abstract

This article highlights the need for a special approach in training the referee who officiates a rugby match. The special approach to the training of the rugby referee is determined by the complexity of the game, which is characterized by the multitude of technical-tactical actions operated by the athlete in the three forms of the game, group-penetrating game, open game and the game with the foot, but also by the existence of moments fixed and the multitude of fixing points characteristic of the game. Knowledge of the rules of the game and physical training of the referee is not enough to direct a rugby match, apply the rules correctly and impartially. The referee must possess a thorough knowledge of the technique and tactics of the game that will allow antici-pation of deviations from the rules. At the same time, it should be mentioned that the training of rugby referees must be produced in a complex form, applying strategies that combine the methods and means of theoretical, physical, technical-tactical and psychological training. This approach, in the specialized literature, is defined as integrated training.