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APPENDIX 4
Good
Practice Guidance for Match Officials
When refereeing young
players, match officials should:
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Recognise the
importance of fun and enjoyment when officiating young players;
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Provide verbal
feedback in a positive way during games;
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Appreciate the needs
of the players;
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Be a positive role
model;
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Recognise that safety
is paramount;
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Explain decisions -
most young players are still learning;
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Never tolerate verbal
abuse.
Officials should not:
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Change in the same
area as, or shower with, young players (agree a timetable with the
coaches);
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Be alone with young
players at any time - if a young player comes into the dressing
room, ensure another adult is present;
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Check studs without
the coach being present;
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Administer first aid;
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Allow a young player
to continue playing if there are doubts about their fitness;
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Tolerate bad language
from young players;
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Engage in any
inappropriate contact with young players;
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Give a lift to a
player unless there are other young people or adults in the car and
the parents are aware;
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Take a young player to
your home;
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Overtly criticise
young players or use language which may cause the player to lose
confidence or self-esteem;
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Make sexually explicit
remarks to young players, even in fun.
Officials must always:
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Report, in writing, to
the Club or CB Welfare Officer and/or Society Secretary, behaviour
by adults which you feel contravenes RFU Child Protection Policy:
- Verbal bullying by
coaches/parents/spectators;
- Physical abuse by
coaches/parents/spectators;
- Inappropriate or
aggressive contact by an adult to a young person;
- Verbal abuse directed at
the official by young people or adults.
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