Explaining the Rookie Me Environment Score
The Rookie Me Environment Score [RMES] is currently in Beta release. We will be adding further metrics to the RMES over the ensuing months.
Rationale:
- The value of positive and inclusive environments in community sport has been well researched and proven.
- Positive and inclusive environments lead to improved player, coach and volunteer retention.
- A positive culture, however, is difficult to quantify and measure.
- In order to properly evaluate the environment of a team / club, multiple criteria should be collected and analysed.
- Rookie Me Play gathers a range of game-day metrics that enable us to quantify the "positivity" of game-day environments.
- The Rookie Me Environment Score (RMES) is an evaluation tool for leagues/associations and clubs to gain objective insights into the environments that administrators, coaches, volunteers and players create.
What is a "good environment"?:
Programs, literature reviews and customer feedback identify many aspects of a junior community sports event. Some of these include:
- Integrity
- Fairness
- Inclusion
- Personal Development
- Fun
- Respect
- Playing Fair
- Safety
- health
- Bring Your Best
- Giving Back
RMES - Beta Release:
Our first iteration of an environment score provides team scores for individual games on these metrics (after testing and customer feedback we will adjust / add / enhance the metrics we present).
The RMES is calculated across a range of metrics to ultimately produce a single score out of 100.
Version 1 of RMES includes these metrics:
| Category | Description | Metrics | Explainer | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairness / Inclusion / Development | Providing an inclusive environment in which ALL players receive a "fair go". | Minimum Game Time (MGT) | Players achieving a minimum time threshold. | 45% |
| Fairness / Inclusion / Development | Providing an inclusive environment in which ALL players receive a "fair go". | Fair Game Time (FGT) | Players achieving equity in game time. | 20% |
| Integrity | Providing an environment in which users are rewarded for doing the right thing in regard to compliance and data entry. | Integrity score | Teams are rewarded for providing data in "real time"; and they haven't "manipulated" the outcome. | 20% |
| Playing Fair | Providing an environment in which teams are rewarded if they have no disciplinary actions. | Disciplinary monitoring | No yellow and red cards. | 15% |
| Fairness / Inclusion / Development | Providing an inclusive environment in which ALL players receive a "fair go". | Starts on Bench | Players achieving equity in the number of starts on bench. | TBA |
Future scope for the RMES:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Development | Providing an environment in which players receive equal opportunities to play in different positions on the ground. (Zone time monitoring) Providing an environment that rewards compliance with policy relating to rotating players each period. (Rotations score) |
| Respect / Playing Fair | Providing an environment that encourages teams to lend players different players to the opposition when required. |
| Parental / Guardian Sideline Behaviour | Opposition team management and match officials to confirm positive behaviour to enable rewarding of same. |
| Player Behaviour Assessments | Provided by match officials. |
| Safety | Ground inspections and facility audits. |
| Coach Accreditation | Rewards for teams with appropriate accreditation + engagement with platforms like Rookie Me Coach. |
| Assistant Coach Accreditation | Bonus points for accredited assistant coaches. |
| WWC Checks on staff | TBD |
| Compliance > on-time submission of data |