“The coaches have their say”
Warwickshire Open Meeting
22nd September 2014
“The coaches have their say”
Warwickshire Open Meeting
22nd Sepember 2014
Ryan Smith
WSoR
Phil Llewellyn
Nuneaton RFC
Andy Savage
Nuneaton Old Eds RFC
Welcome to our guests…
• Thank you for giving up your time this evening
• Session Aims
– Increase our game knowledge
– Build relationships with club coaches
– Improve our refereeing of what matters
Conor O’Shea & Richard Cockerill in 2013
“We try and take officials out of the equation but it was very hard to
take him out of the equation. We'll go along the same lines we
always do. Or we'll potentially just give up. If you are feeding stuff
in and it's not being listened to or acted on ... there are things you
tear your hair out [about].
Conor O’Shea
You can understand Conor's frustration. As a coach you're diligent
and you do your homework. You talk to the people in charge and
say: 'This is what I'm observing, is this illegal?' If it doesn't get
looked at, the perception is that the official hasn't done as much
homework as the teams have.
Richard Cockerill
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How do we avoid such incidents?
• Dialogue’s key
– We must understand what coaches want & (within the law)
try to provide this
– We both have a responsibility for what happens on match
days
• Preparation
– Whatever the game we must prepare properly
• Honesty
– Must be honest with ourselves & others
“Expectations of a referee on match day”
Andy Savage
Nuneaton Old Eds RFC
Andy Savage
Player - Nuneaton + Coventry
Coach – Assistant coach at Nuneaton
Head coach at Leicester Lions
Presently Head coach at Nuneaton Old Eds
Personal Qualities
• Approachable
• Communicator
• Manager
• Fitness/Image
Officiating
• Accuracy in Law
• Consistency (in game and week to week)
• Understand teams tactics
Officiating
• Before the Game (studs, toss, talk)
• After the Game
Level of Game
• 1st team
• 3rd team
• Colts
• Vets
“Expectations of a referee on match day”
Phil Llewellyn
Nuneaton RFC
My Approach
Open and Honest
Learning Opportunity
We more the players and coaches learn
the easier the referees job
Seek Clarity not Negativity
Reduce the Risk through Compliance
Pre-Match
Clarity on contentious elements of play
Clarity from you on your process
A heads up on what we do
Half Time
Are you happy?
What feedback can I take back to the players?
Clarity on your approach to decisions
Pose you questions for an area to review
Post Match
Open and Honest discussion
Questions on specific decisions to clarify and feedback to the
players (learning opportunity)
Feedback from the players and captain to you on your
performance
What do we want to see?
The same as you expect to see from the players
Willingness to listen to feedback
Desire to improve and reflect/act on feedback
Humility to admit a mistake
“Expectations of a referee on match day”
Q&A
Ask anything…
(This is your chance)
Take Home Messages
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The clubs are our customers
Build on the relationships built tonight
Prepare for the game properly as the teams do
Show the respect you expect to be given
Be open, honest & prepared to engage in positive discussion
after the game
• If you have an issue don’t ignore it
– You could be back there next week
Finally…
A huge thank you to our
guests for supporting this
evening!
Good luck for the rest of the
season!