Rowing Officials Data and Trends

Data Call Statistics and Regional Reports 2017 National Data Call Statistics and Regional Reports

Agenda National Data Trends Data Call Referee Overview Regatta Days Worked Regattas Retention Years of Service Age Demographics Gender Demographics Regional Reports 2

Data Call * waiver on meeting all requirements for assistant referees licensed more than half way through the data call year Region Total Licensed % Completed Data Call % Met all Requirements* 80 83% 191 82% 100 87% 116 72% 55 89% 40 88% 582 82% 49% 39% 48% 41% 51% 53% 44% NE MA SE MW SW NW TOTAL 5452 reported total days worked (increase of 4% over 2016) The data call completion percentage is 27% lower in 2017 as compared to 2016 56% of licensed officials aren't meeting at least one of the licensure requirements (4+ days worked, attend clinic, submit data call) 51% of licensed officials are not working the minimum number of regatta days or are not reporting the days worked 28% of licensed officials are not attending a clinic 18% of licensed officials are not submitting their data call NW has the highest compliance at 53%, MA has the lowest at 39% 3

Referee Overview 39 states have at least one official by primary address 3 Canadian umpires (2 BC, 1 Ontario) also have a USRowing referee license. 1 US official is currently living abroad. The MA has the largest number of officials at 191, the NW has the smallest at 40 Virginia has the largest number of officials at 72 The SE had the smallest net growth (1%), the MW had the largest net growth (11%) 6 states have at least one official but no regattas 2 regattas take place in states with no officials residing as primary address Kansas and the District of Columbia have the highest ratio of regattas to referees residing at 3.0. Iowa has the lowest among states with both referees and regattas at 0.2. 4

Regatta Days Worked Assistant Referee Max Min Avg Median 19 0 37 0 20 0 27 0 16 0 11 1 37 0 5 9 4 NE MA 6 7 4 7 5 SE 8 MW 6 SW 7 6 NW TOTAL 7 5 Referee Max Min Avg Median 47 0 51 0 30 2 14 28 2 12 11 12 NE 13 MA 14 SE 14 10 MW SW 32 38 51 1 3 14 20 14 21 NW TOTAL 0 14 12 Overall Both assistant referees and referees are working a similar number of regatta days as in 2015 and 2016 Referees on average work twice as many days as assistant referees 9% of referees and 30% of assistant referees (+3% from 2016) did not work the minimum of 4 regatta days required for licensure 15% of licensed officials worked more than 20 regatta days, down 1% from 2016 Max Min Avg Median 47 0 51 0 30 0 11 9 NE 7 9 10 MA 11 SE MW 28 0 8 6 12 14 10 10 9 SW 32 38 51 0 1 NW 5 TOTAL 0 11

Regattas 34 states held at least one regatta that used licensed officials (+1 over 2016) There were fewer registered sprint regattas than in 2016 (down 5%), but overall there were more sprint regattas, head race regattas, and regattas in total than in 2016 (up 2%) 27% of regattas worked by officials are non-registered regattas. This is a 2% increase over 2016. Sprint Races & Dual/Tri 80% of the regattas that use licensed officials domestically are sprint races. Registered sprint regattas average 4 more officials than non-registered sprint regattas (13 vs 9). This is a 1 official increase over 2016. 85% of regatta days worked are at sprint races (65% at registered sprints, 3% at dual/tri meets, 17% at non-registered sprints) 51% of dual/tri meet utilize only one licensed official, 97% utilize less than 5 licensed officials Head Races 79% of head races that use licensed officials domestically are registered Registered head races average 4 more officials than non-registered head races (8 vs 4). This is a 1 official decrease over 2016. 90% of regatta days worked at head races are at registered regattas 6

Regattas Distribution 7

Regattas Fun Facts New Jersey accounted for the highest percentage of regatta days worked at registered sprint regattas at 17% Massachusetts accounted for the highest percentage of regatta days worked at dual/tri meets at 25% Pennsylvania accounted for the highest percentage of regatta days worked at non-registered sprint regattas at 22% Massachusetts accounted for the highest percentage of regatta days worked at registered head races at 19% Virginia accounted for the highest percentage of regatta days worked at non-registered head races at 44% 8

Regional Distribution of Regattas 19 3 6 MA - 43 5 23 2 RI - 6 6 CT - 11 31 1 NJ - 53 DE - 2 MD - 5 DC - 15 18 1 9 8 1 29 1 3 40 2 10 8 5 1 1 6 1 9 26 NE 65 21 MA 119 16 SE 45 15 MW 44 19 SW 36 6 NW 18 6 INTL 9 CAN 11 Sprint Head 9

Retention Retention is an issue: 19% of new assistant referees and 12% of referees promoted since 2010 have since given up their licenses (both up 2% over 2016) Number of new candidates has increased since 2016, but the percentage of candidates becoming licensed has decreased (almost double the candidates, only 30% increase in assistants) Decreasing number of officials trying to advance and take on larger role and/or chiefing regattas 10

Years of Service Assistant Referee Max Min Avg Median 16 0 21 0 23 0 37 0 27 0 11 0 37 0 2 NE 4 MA 4 4 3 SE 3 4 2 1 MW 5 SW 3 3 NW TOTAL 4 3 Referee Max Min Avg Median 49 3 38 3 15 36 1 15 42 5 20 47 2 14 34 4 49 1 15 14 12 20 10 NE 16 MA SE MW SW NW 19 19 TOTAL 16 14 Overall Max Min Avg Median 49 0 38 0 36 0 42 0 47 0 10 34 0 12 49 0 Fewer referees promoted compared to 2016, 2015 and 2014 data call years Increase in the number of new assistants up from 2016 (+30) Overall median YOS has not appreciably changed in 10+ years 35% of licensed officials have less than 5 years experience, 58% have less than 10 years experience 8 NE 10 MA 10 8 8 SE 10 MW 11 7 6 SW NW 10 11 TOTAL 10 8

Years of Service Age Analysis YOS 0-5 YOS 6-10 # Assistant Referees # Assistant Referees Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL 7 4 7 5 3 6 2 4 8 4 8 3 4 3 3 4 33 22 26 Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL 1 1 4 1 7 31 65 31 52 18 13 210 1 3 2 2 5 1 3 2 5 NE 6 3 4 34 10 22 11 6 3 5 18 6 13 2 3 47 MA 5 SE 3 2 1 2 MW 7 5 2 6 2 SW 3 2 1 NW 2 2 78 25 26 13 13 TOTAL 0 7 6 8 # Referees # Referees Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 7 4 9 4 4 7 5 1 2 5 2 2 3 4 11 23 13 NE 1 1 MA 1 1 1 SE 1 1 1 1 1 MW 1 9 2 2 4 9 4 1 2 4 SW 1 2 2 3 3 11 NW 1 1 2 4 3 5 0 12 7 2 29 12 7 19 14 18 71 TOTAL 1 # Assistant Referees and Referees # Assistant Referees and Referees Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL 4 7 5 3 7 3 4 9 4 8 3 8 3 3 0 4 36 27 26 Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+ TOTAL 4 1 9 5 2 4 8 5 7 5 2 16 NE 7 7 4 4 35 74 35 53 27 15 239 0 41 10 22 4 4 90 12 7 3 4 10 7 7 10 3 MA 6 4 0 9 4 1 3 41 19 22 13 7 118 SE 0 3 MW 7 5 2 0 1 4 SW 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 NW 2 1 2 32 28 19 13 32 22 TOTAL 1 31 12

Age The median and average ages continue to stay in the 50-60 range. 81% of the referees eligible to chief a registered regatta are aged 50 or older, 53% aged 60 or older The NE, SE and NW have been successful with recruiting and licensing younger assistant referees, with the minimum, average, and median ages for assistants dropping by multiple years. 13

Age - Candidates Candidate Age Max Min Avg Median 71 22 43 84 21 49 76 23 49 76 21 42 64 23 45 68 24 46 84 21 46 47 51 50 43 47 51 49 NE MA SE MW SW NW TOTAL 14

Age Assistant Referee Assistant Referee Age Max Min Avg Median 82 23 49 83 23 54 23 51 78 22 52 80 24 51 68 22 49 83 22 52 51 57 54 NE MA SE 74 MW 54 SW 55 49 55 NW TOTAL 15

Age - Referee Referee Age Max Min Avg Median 78 27 59 80 31 58 82 28 61 79 28 60 85 30 57 71 29 57 85 27 59 59 59 62 63 60 NE MA SE MW SW NW 56 TOTAL 60 16

Gender Distribution Candidate Male Female Total NE 32 28 60 MA 46 29 75 SE 23 38 61 MW 8 23 31 SW 10 13 23 NW 8 12 20 TOTAL 127 143 270 Assistant Referee Male Female Total NE 19 21 40 MA 59 32 91 SE 17 28 45 MW 39 35 74 SW 14 7 21 NW 9 8 17 TOTAL 157 131 288 Referee At the candidate and assistant referee ranks, there is close parity between genders. We are seeing more female candidates than 2016 In general, referees are 65% male, 35% female, which is closer than in recent years where men were as high as 75% of the rank. Male Female Total NE 29 11 40 MA 70 30 100 SE 36 19 55 MW 28 14 42 SW 16 18 34 NW 11 12 23 17 TOTAL 190 104 294

Regional Reports

Mid-Atlantic Referee Goals Review of referee list to identify referees ready for promotion and referees who are no longer active Candidate Goals Overall increase in number of candidates from USRowing Member organizations. Spring 2018 referee academy where candidates will be exposed to refereeing both in the classroom and on the water training. Review of the Candidate list to remove those not pursuing a license. Regional Goals License 25 new Assistants 100 Candidates in the pipeline 1Stronger mentoring of Candidates and Assistant Referees 19

Midwest Referee Goals Promotion of continuous training of newly licensed referees and assistants looking to move up to full license Review current corps for potential advancement candidates Work with larger regional regattas to staff more officials to only perform evaluations Plans to promote broad usage of referee evaluation forms for all levels of referees at multiple venues Improve DataCall statistics by better understanding roadblocks to completion of requirements or data entry Promote changes to the RDS and other tools referees use to log their work metrics. Looking to see if Safesport and other cyclical training requirements can be integrated into RDS (alerts, notifications) Candidate Goals (and accomplishments) License 10 new candidates each year (almost 30 in pipeline) 10 candidates were licensed during calendar 2016, 12 in 2017. Work to ensure interested candidates stay in the program and get appropriate opportunities to complete training/observations Establish stronger Mentor/Candidate relationships. Need to ensure a continuation of strong candidate mentorship as numbers increase. 20

Northwest Regional Remarks NW Youth Championships largest ever, 715 entries vs Youth Nationals with 380 NW Masters Championships tried new format - 1,252 entries vs Masters Nationals with 1,489 No regattas cancelled due to lack of referees [only weather related] we are small but powerful Candidate Comments Develop better candidate/mentor relationships and responsibilities work to develop guidelines Continuing to work to develop winter programs for certification so pipeline candidates ready to get started in March Work with USRA folks for better utilization by candidates of RDS and coordination with SafeSport and NCSI dates Gumption and Goals Increase active referee (asst/full) count to a total of 50 by end of data call 2018 (stealing from other regions has not been ruled out) Encourage better communication and involvement of clinicians for satellite/venue sessions as well as enhanced mentoring program Enhance standards training and online communication resources regionally regatta signups 21

NORTHWEST -- Request for expansion of categories at our Head of the Lake NRR Chief Le Mieux said no but they came anyway Float Plane Category .. Barge Category ..

Southeast Referee Goals Identify, evaluate and reinforce Assistant referees to advance Support a mentor program for Assistant referees to help them develop the necessary skills to advance Achieve a 100% Data call completion in 2018 Improve Meeting requirements to 60% in 2018 Identify and address chronic not complaint referees Candidates Goals Promote recruitment at local clubs or programs Identify additional referees who can become Mentors to help develop new candidates Identify local events which can provide a classroom experience to candidates Promote additional 10 candidates in 2018 Regional Goals Evaluate and develop alternatives to Live Clinics i.e.. WebEx, Skype Support development or enhancement of the RDS database; this is our main and only reporting data warehousing tool and we all agree it needs to be revamp, USRowing needs to make it a priority 23

Southwest RDS Data Call The SW Region had 89% completion of the RDS Data Call in 2017. Down 10+% from the past 2 years. There are many more candidates in the SW Region, but too few mentors or races where US Rowing ROR are practiced ensuring quality observations. Eight of SW officials or 14+% failed to work the minimum of four regatta days. Until the IOP has a clear procedure as to what occurs when an official fails to meet annual requirements, I do not expect to see these numbers/ trend to change. Clubs There are still a number of SW Clubs who harbor an animus towards officials. I strongly support Kris and Joe s proposal to the BoD of requiring(emphasis added) certain clubs to have at least one full referee as a requirement for US Rowing s membership. I believe this model the competitive soccer and swimming youth programs as it pertains to Clubs and officials. Regattas I still believe that Clubs create events without proper vetting from US Rowing as to registration. Requests for Waiver or Rules are not being reviewed by qualified individuals who can speak to Rules or Safety Outstanding legacy issues identified by Chiefs in the post regatta safety check list are not required to be remedied before the current event is registered. Not all Plenary officials can act as a Chief and US Rowing should create another distinction to our referee ranks. Referees I believe US Rowing must develop or find an online schedule system for officials to express interest in working regattas and Chiefs capable of selecting juries and communicating with them I believe that US Rowing must create or use an online payment system to compensate officials. (Potentially Arbiter Sport) LOCs can pay into the system and then the system can send checks out monthly. Referees must have access to an Expense Management system (My firm uses Concur) US Rowing travel agent to book travel to Regional, National, other NRRs and Trials. Officials should not be floating the cost of travel for more than 15 days after the event has concluded. Evaluations and Feedback. For the 2ndyear in a row I have a plenary official who received a 0 on an evaluation which goes into regional rankings and two officials with a 1 . I am certain there was no communication provided to the individuals who merited these scores, and for that matter I am not sure that these individuals would welcome any negative feedback. We must break this cycle. Referees must perform some race evaluation after every regatta in order to get credit on RDS even if the evaluation is on the Chief. Assistants must ask and see these evaluations before they get credit for working theses regattas. I support Howard Meisner s (NE Coordinator s) efforts to standardize the format and formalize evaluations for each position. It creates national standards to which the Corp can be held and removes regional vagaries. 24

Northeast Referee Goals Bring our total number of referees to 90 by the end of the 2018 data call year. Started the year with 74, ended with 80 (net increase of 8%). 100% of officials meeting their base requirements in 2018. Only 54% of officials met their base requirements in 2017 (52% did not work 4 regatta days, 29% did not attend a clinic, 17% did not submit their data call) 100% of referees attending a clinic in 2018. 5 clinics in 2017 At least 1 in person in MA, NY, CT, RI Did not schedule an online clinic will have at least 1 in 2018 25% of Assistant Referees (~10) to have formal evaluations using the new forms 25% of Referees (~11) to have formal evaluations using the new forms Candidate Goals License 15% of the candidates in RDS as of 1/1/2018. This would equate to 10 newly licensed referees. 12 candidates were licensed in 2017. Focus on identifying candidates in younger demographics. Create a stronger mentor program that carries candidates through their first 2 years as Assistant Referees Other Goals Continue to work with LOCs to ensure that officials are compensated for their work Continue to educate LOCs about minimum requirements for the number of officials at a registered regatta 25

Thank You for your support in 2017! 26