Press Kit. University Centre of Expertise, Research, Training In Refereeing

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1 Press Kit University Centre of Expertise, Research, Training In Refereeing PERF Arbitrage January 2014

2 PERF Arbitrage, a unique structure in France The fruit of a historic partnership between the French football and rugby federations, the La Poste group and University Blaise Pascal, PERF Arbitrage is a partner structure dedicated to refereeing. This university centre contributes to the recognition and development of refereeing thanks to the establishment of training, research and their distribution. PERF Arbitrage: a structure federating a variety of players to serve refereeing PERF Arbitrage brings together people from academia, the sports world, regional government and the socio-economic world. Its members are: -University Blaise Pascal - Groupe La Poste - French Federation of Football (Fédération Française de Football-FFF) - French Federation of Rugby (Fédération Française de Rugby-FFR) -The city of Clermont-Ferrand -The Auvergne region This diversity of players is one of the strengths of PERF Arbitrage to develop innovative proposals and work for the recognition and development of refereeing. Its management board has 15 members: Pascal Garibian Mathias Bernard Alain Bussière Eric Dore Pascale Duche Christine Dulac-Rougerie Joël Dume Sabine Foucher Jean-Raphaël Gaitey Didier Mene Alain SARS Vincent Relave Géraldine Rix-eLièvre French Federation of Football, National Referees Director University Blaise Pascal (UBP), President of University Blaise Pascal Region Auvergne, First Vice-President of the Auvergne region, Responsible for research and higher learning University Blaise Pascal, Lecturer, Director of UFR STAPS University Blaise Pascal, Professor, member of the UBP Board of Directors City of Clermont, Councillor for Sports of the city of Clermont French Federation of Rugby, Refereeing National Technical Director Ministry of Sports, Youth and Popular Education and Associations, Sports Division Groupe La Poste, Responsible for sports partnerships French Federation of Rugby, President of the Referees Central Commission French Federation of Football, Deputy Director Groupe La Poste, Director of Communication, Vice- President of PERF University Blaise Pascal, Lecturer-HDR, Executive Officer of PERF Arbitrage

3 Marie-Christine Toczek Georges Vigarello University Blaise Pascal, Professor, Director of Laboratory ACTé School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (L école des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales EHESS), Director of Studies, President of PERF Arbitrage PERF Arbitrage is chaired by Georges Vigarello, director of studies at School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (L école des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - EHESS) co-director of the Centre Edgar Morin interdisciplinary institute of contemporary anthropology. Professor of Physical and Sports Education, and professor of philosophy, in 1977, he defended his thesis: Le corps redressé, culture et pédagogie (lit. The straightened body, culture and pedagogy). He contributed to founding Sciences and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities and Educational Sciences. Docteur honoris causa at the University of Montreal and University of Lausanne, Georges Vigarello is an internationally renowned expert on the body, sport and the evolution of physical exercise. He has written a number of books including Une histoire culturelle du sport, techniques d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1988, Robert Laffont and EPS), Passion sport, histoire d une culture, (2000, Textuel), Du jeu ancien au show sportif, la naissance d un mythe, (2001, Seuil) and more recently, Les métamorphoses du gras, histoire de l obésité (2010, Seuil). The missions of PERF Arbitrage: training, research, recognition An all-new University Diploma dedicated to high-level refereeing Created in 2007, the High-Level Sport and Refereeing university diploma is dedicated to the continuing training of high-level referees. It offers university recognition to referees and an activity that is become increasingly professional. It contributes to building, around referees, resources to help them deal with the demands of high-level sport and to evolve refereeing in a constantly changing sports environment. Since its creation, this initiative has received the support of La Poste, partner of referees, and in partnership with the French rugby, handball, football and basketball federations. In addition to the technical training provided by the various federations, it proposes specific training which allows referees to transform their activity to adapt to the growing demands of high-level sport. The training course s content is based on scientific work and offers a variety of tools to analyse their experiences, giving them an opportunity to step back and look at their practice with an objective eye, in order to develop it. It also offers new possibilities for discussions (with referees from other team sports, researchers in a variety of disciplines and experts), helping referees to consider key issues of refereeing from different viewpoints.

4 At a time when sport is focussing increasingly on economic and social issues, when to deal with these changes, refereeing requires more and more investments from officials, when referees either become professionals or put their own careers on hold to fulfil their mission, this diploma constitute a bridge to diplomas in Sciences and Techniques of Physical and Sporting Activities, offering them an opportunity to retrain in a field in which they ve invested themselves. Three classes have already completed the course: the first in 2009, the second in 2011, the third class in 2013, graduates include Freddy Fautrel (L1), Clément Turpin (L1), ), William Bien (L1), Régis Bardera (Pro A), Paul Antiphon (Pro A), Abdel Hamzaoui (Pro A), Jean-Pierre Moreno (LNH), Jérôme Garcès (Top14), Pascal Gauzère (Top 14) and Romain Poite (Top 14), Laurent Cadona (Top 14), Cédric Marchat (Top 14). A Sports Refereeing Option in all branches of study It quickly became clear that additional training was needed not only by high-level referees, but also by less-experienced referees, offering them the opportunity upon entry at university to register for a double project, both university and sport through the Sports Refereeing option. The Sports Refereeing option represents 10 ECTS/year (5 ECTS in the Polytech track) The refereeing courses combines theory and practice: Training by and for referees Technical knowledge related to the practice of sport and refereeing Scientific knowledge of refereeing Methodological tools (written and oral expression, English) directed towards refereeing Since September 2012, University Blaise Pascal has welcomed young football and rugby referees, students in various university branches of study. For three years, they will work to prepare their Bachelor s degree, training in match management, analysis of refereeing practice and feedback, conflict and stress management, physical preparation and recovery, etc. Research activities These activities focus on the study of real-life refereeing situations and are based on an innovative conception of refereeing. Far from reducing it to the application of rules, we consider that referees show players what is possible and in imposing it on them, remove any uncertainty about the events. Research focusses more specifically on: - modes of coordination between the referee and players This work originates in the alternative conception of refereeing that we have created, suggesting that we consider that the referee co-constructs game play with the players. We study the levers and obstacles to coordination between the referee

5 and players even as they act together despite a confrontation and different even antagonistic goals. - referees group activity This project conducted as part of a CIFRE thesis with Groupe La Poste, also falls under the continuing work on referees judgements. While early work focussed on the central referee, this research considers the refereeing team and the way it works. We study whether and how each member of the refereeing team helps to construct, show and impose on players what is possible. - referee performance and group construction rules of the profession This project examines the performance and working conditions of the high-level referee. The way in which each member of the system (player, coach, media, supervisor, etc.) establishes referee performance is documented, showing the diversity of expectations, and even antagonisms which the referee has to deal with and the tensions caused by them. Part of the work focusses on the possibilities of assigning refereeing towards a group construction of explicit compromises on what constitutes quality refereeing. All of these research results on refereeing are compared with other work on teaching, service professions and management practices. The goal is to consider how these results allow us to re-examine different situations of asymmetrical interaction where one player designated by the institution shows and imposes on the others what is possible and is responsible for the proper functioning of the interaction. Promotional activities These involve: - communication, scientific divulgation and outreach - creation of a documentation centre (physical and virtual) - construction of a network of experts PERF aims to contribute to the development of refereeing alongside institutions, providing them with a true expert centre, a reference in refereeing. Contact Carine Mascarenhas, Responsable administrative du PERF Arbitrage Perf.arbitrage@univ-bpclermont.fr