Our second LSRFUR Online Learning Webinar - focusing on Referee Communication Part 2 - took place in mid June and it proved to be very successful event, with over 100 attendees. Many thanks again to our host on the evening - Nick Cousins - and to our guest presenters - Joe James and Hamish Grant.
The full recording of the session, including the examples clips discussed, can be viewed via the video player below. In addition, a selection of Questions submitted by attendees - which we were not able to respond to on the night - have been answered by the guest presenters and are shown beneath the session recording.
***The next LSRFUR Online Learning Webinar will take place on Thursday 30th July***
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Webinar Q&A’s not addressed in the session:
When the coach is instructing the captain to "ask the referee about them not being back 10", do you address the coach to be quiet or the captain?
JJ: Good question. Turning momentarily deaf can be a good way of dealing with this as we don’t really want to engage with this sort of thing on the field. If it remains persistent, a quiet word to the captain at a suitable break in play generally works. if we can ignore being shouted at that’s usually the best policy and enter into a conversation at the right time and in the right way with the captain.
Do you think there is a place for humour at a briefing?
HG: Our key message for the brief was to keep it short and sweet and try not to have a long protracted conversation with the whole team. But we don’t want robots and neither do the players - There’s always a place for humour in the right time and place. If it will help you build a good relationship with captains or other key players, then carry on.
Do you allow questions to come through the "pack leader" if the skipper is a back?
JJ: I do tend to speak to the pack leader yes, particularly if the captain is a full back or centre and therefore often a long way away. Find out who that person is and build a relationship with them, just as you would with the captain. Ultimately you can choose to speak to any player - as long as we are adding value and doing it in a way that is on our terms.