Center for Innovative Technologiesunder the Russian Basketball Federation

approaches to preparation and certification of arbitrators and experts in basketball

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Greetings and structure of the speechfrom representatives of Russia

1st complex study of the Russian regions

Arbitrators in the regions of Russia

Creating an institution for education and licensing

Unified approach to certification

Results of 6 years of development licensing and procedures

Examples of approach to licensing

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Basketball Arbitrators in the regions of Russia: Results of the 1st in-depth study

«First time in the history of basketball in modern Russia we have performed a complex study of distribution of basketball arbitrators across the territory of the country. Now we can precisely identify the ideal locations that suit for incorporation of Centers of Innovative Technologies for basketball».

Analytical data on the actual quantity of basketball arbitrators in the regions of Russia

(total number of people)

243

Moscow180

170

157

142

13694

St. Petersburg78

45

38

Geographical distribution of basketball arbitrators in Federal Districts (FDs) of Russia

1-5 position in general rating

Central FD

Moscow

Dalnevostochniy FD

Privolzhskiy FD

Severo-Zapadniy FD

243

180

170

157

142

Central FD (based on regions)

•Belgorodskaya obl. (5 ppl)

•Bryanskaya obl. (11 ppl)

•Vladimirskaya obl. (5 ppl)

•Voronezhskaya obl. (34 ppl)

•Ivanovskaya obl. (19 ppl)

•Kaluzhskaya obl. (12 ppl)

•Kostromskaya obl. (6 ppl)

•Lipetskaya obl. (4 ppl)

•Kurskaya obl. (10 ppl)

•Moskovskaya obl. (46 ppl)

•Orlovskaya obl. (12 ppl)

•Ryazanskaya obl. (16 ppl)

•Smolenskaya obl. (17 ppl)

•Tverskaya obl. (10 ppl)

•Tulskaya obl. (19 ppl)

•Yaroslavskaya obl. (17 ppl)

Moscow(the city total)

•Moscow (180 ppl)

Dalnevostochniy FD (based on regions)

•Amuirskaya obl. (12 ppl)

•Evreyskaya obl.(17 ppl)

•Primorskiy Kray. (57 ppl)

•Yakutiya (45 ppl)

•Sakhalinskaya obl. (13 ppl)

•Khabarovskiy Kray (26 ppl)

Provolzhskiy FB (based on regions)

•Bashkortostan (12 ppl)

•Kirovskaya obl. (32 ppl)

•Mariy El (9 ppl)

•Nizhegorodskaya obl. (7 ppl)

•Orenburgskaya obl. (18 ppl)

•Penzenskaya obl. (22 ppl)

•Permskiy Kray (25 ppl)

•Samarskaya obl. (25 ppl)

•Saratovskaya obl. (16 ppl)

•Tatarstan (47 ppl)

•Udmurtiya (11 ppl)

•Ulyanovskaya obl. (14 ppl)

•Chuvashiya (9 ppl)

Severo-Zapasniy FD (based onregions)

•Vologodskaya obl. (17 ppl)

•Kaliningradskaya obl. (23 ppl)

•Komi (25 ppl)

•Kareliya (20 ppl)

•Leningradskaya obl. (4 ppl)

•Murmanskaya obl. (28 ppl)

•Novgorodskaya obl. (25 ppl)

Region with the number of basketball arbitrators under 10

Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators between 10 and 20

Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators over 20

Distribution of basketball arbitrators on sub-federal level (Kray, Oblast)

(Highest, Medium, Lowest number)

Geographical distribution of basketball arbitrators in Federal Districts (FDs) of Russia 6-10 position in general rating

Sibirskiy FD

Yuzhniy FD

St. Petersburg

Severo-Kavkazskiy FD

Uralskiy FD

136

94

78

45

38

Sibirskiy FD (based on regions)

•Altaiskiy Kray (20 ppl)

•Irkutskaya obl. (17 ppl)

•Kemerovskaya obl. (20 ppl)

•Krasnoyaskiy Kray (25 ppl)

•Novosibirskaya obl. (29 ppl)

•Omskaya obl. (13 ppl)

•Tumenskaya obl. (14 ppl)

Yuzhniy FD(based on regions)

•Volgogradsksys obl. (22 ppl)

•Krasnodarskiy Kray (59 ppl)

•Rostovskaya obl. (13 ppl)

St. Petersburg(the city total)

•St. Petersburg (78 ppl)

Severo-Kavkazskiy FD (based on regions)

•Kabardino-Balkariya (12 ppl)

•Severnaya Osetiya (10 ppl)

•Karachaevo-Cherkessia (8 ppl)

•Stavropolskiy Kray(15 ppl)

Uralskiy FD(based on regions)

•Sverdlovskaya obl. (29 ppl)

•Chelyabinskaya obl. (9 ppl)

Distribution of basketball arbitrators on sub-federal level (Kray, Oblast)

(Highest, Medium, Lowest number)

Region with the number of basketball arbitrators under 10

Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators between 10 and 20

Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators over 20

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Unified approach to preparation and certification of arbitrators and experts in basketball

«Based on the existing geographical distribution of basketball arbitrators we have identified the need to create a number of Unified centers for preparation and certification arbitrators and experts in basketball. We also encourage incorporation Unified centers for professional licensing across the territory of Russia».

Key objectives set for Centers for preparation and certification of arbitrators

Create a unified system and appropriate conditions for

professional training, re-training and licensing that would target

basketball arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries

and experts.

Implement such unified system in training, re-training and

licensing for basketball arbitrators, commissaries,

judges-secretaries and experts of all qualifications across the

territory of Russia.

Regional branches in the structure of the Center for preparation and certification of arbitrators:

Description of locations

Regional branches

(Federal Districts – FD):

State universities and academies of

physical culture and sport in the

region of Russia :

Educational centers in

Federal Districts:

1. Moscow Academy of Physical culture Moscow

2. St. Petersburg Lesgaft University St. Petersburg

3. Delnevostochniy FD Khabarovsk Vladivostok

4. Sibirskiy FD Omsk Novosibirsk

5. Uralskiy FD Chelyabinsk Ekaterinburg

6. Privolzhskiy FD Volgograd Kazan, Samara

7. Uzhniy FD Krasnodar Rostov on Don

8. Central FD Smolesk, Voronezh, Malakhovka Ryazan

9. Severo-Zapadniy FD Velikie Luki Velikiy Novgorod

10. Severo-Kavkazskiy FD Stavropol Stavropol

Regional branches in the structure of the Center for preparation and certification of arbitrators:

Explanation of the Structure

The number of Centers presented in the table is based on the two main indicators:

1. The number of regional educational institutions – universities and academies ofphysical culture, sport and tourism;

1. The number of existing centers of basketball development that have emergedhistorically across the territory of Russia.

The Center is also capable of arranging events related to its operations in the otherregions of particular Federal District (based on the actual location).

However, the general approach to structure and work processes should involvecollaboration between the following structural elements

Center (Moscow)

Center (Region)

Federal District

Region of Russia

Functions of Centers for preparation and certification of arbitrators

Training, re-training and licensing of basketball

arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and

experts.

Scientific and methodological support of

arbitrators.

Training and methodological support of

arbitrators.

Arranging high scale events targeting development of

arbitrators’ activity in Russia, including federal and regional conferences

and workshops, publishing of professional

media content and distribution of teaching

materials.

Generating professional

learning materials

Publishing long-term development

Program

Incorporation of regional sub-

division of the Center (Center-

Region hierarchy).

Educational services and certifications

Annual licensing of arbitrators

Conducting educational

seminars

Active participation on

work of international professional community

Arranging training of the Russian

arbitrators abroad.

Creating unified database of all arbitrators and commissaries.

Goals of Centers for preparation and certification of arbitrators

• Incorporation of regional sub-division of the Center (Center-Region hierarchy);

• Publishing long-term development Program;

• Generating professional learning materials (audio-, video- and multi-media content, publishing products, learning materials, etc);

• Providing educational services with further certification of arbitrators. Such certificate will allow work at basketball events across the territory of Russia and with validity period up to 4 years. The certificate will apply to arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts who work on all levels of basketball events (both national tournaments and internal tournaments in the regions of Russia);

• Annual licensing of all arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts who take part in basketball events at the national level (including professional and junior league);

• Conducting educational seminars, conferences and other events in Russia during the year;

• Active participation and international events and collaboration with international institutions that target development of arbitrators’ activity (FIBA, FIBA Europe, Euro League, NBA, VTB League);

• Development of the international arbitrators’ web portal, freely available across the world.

First tier Goal of the Center:Complex support, information provision and licensing

• Encouraging collaboration between the Russian Center for Innovative Basketball Technologies with national basketball federations and professional educational institutions in Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia etc. The highest regional priority - the CIS countries and Southeast Asia.

• Arranging and promotion of international summer camps for arbitrators. Location for the camps may vary across the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.

• Arranging training and educational programs for the Russian arbitrators abroad.

• Arranging training and educational programs for foreign arbitrators and commissaries in Russia using the facilities created in the Russian Center for Innovative Basketball Technologies.

• Incorporating and publishing of the professional magazine in Russian – “Arbitrators’ Bulletin”.

• Creating unified database of all arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts in Russia.

• Introducing elective courses for arbitrators based on departments of the theory and techniques of basketball in the universities and the Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Russian Federation.

• Encouraging new sports specialization – “Basketball for Arbitrators”.

Educational activity, publishing, international cooperation

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Licensing of arbitrators and basketball experts: creating structure and approaches in Russia

«One of the priorities in work of the Russian Center for Innovative Basketball Technologies is considered to be solving the problem of licensing of arbitrators. Further we speak of the knowledge we have generated over the past 6 years and give the example of licensing mechanism that we believe works best in the case of Russia».

Arbitrators’ licensing procedure:Approach, peculiarities and the scale in Russia

Licensing of arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries

and experts on the level of national championships.

•Premier League, women

• Super League, men

• Super League, women

•Major League, women

•Major League, men

• Licensing is held in the Federal Center – Moscow, Academy of Physical Culture – in September.

Licensing of arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries

and experts on the level of the Regions

•Held in the regional centers – in August.

Licensing of arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries

and experts on the level of the junior basketball

•Youth sport schools

•Youth national tournaments

•Association of Student basketball

•KES-basket

• Lokomotiv League»

•Held in the regional centers – in August.

Importantly, the Center actively participates in professional training, re-training and licensing of basketball arbitrators and experts on both Federal and Regional levels.

We encourage our foreign partners to take part in discussion and collaboration.

We welcome your questions!

- Sergey Fomin,

Head of the arbitrators division, Center for Innovative Technologiesunder the Russian Basketball Federation

+7 916 160 1619olimpik_dolgoruk@mail.ru

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