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Originally posted by Geek
Our basketball chapter is considering implementation of an evaluation process. Can anybody provide any poiters on what the benefits and pitfalls are?
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If you mean strictly evaluation, in terms of giving officials feedback to improve, I can't think of many negatives.
If you mean a ratings system, you'll have benefits and drawbacks.
Benefits are that the officials will see where the rest of the officials see them in relation to the rest of the group. This may motivate them to go to camps, get videod, seek input from those rated higher and work harder to "get to the top." It also takes all the "heat" off of the assignor (or whomever it is that decides your rankings currently).
The drawbacks are that it will create cynicism and distrust between some officials. Even if you created the perfect system (which doesn't exist), low-rated officials would think that it's "all political" and blame their low ranking on the good old boys network. They'll think that officials above them are all "buddy-buddy" and working together to keep them down. Even top rated officials would find fault with the system when they dropped a couple spots, even if they remained near the top after a small drop.
Even with all that, having a peer ratings system sure beats a system where one person (often the assignor) or even a few people (often the board) decide ratings for an entire association.
Z