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Dismissal and Special Incident Report Writing 2012. REPORT WRITING The Plan. Suggestions to Report Writing When/Why New Forms for 2012 3 C’s of Report Writing Clear, Concise & Correct Analyze sample reports Report writing exercise. Discipline Reports – Why/When.
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Dismissal and Special Incident Report Writing 2012
REPORT WRITINGThe Plan • Suggestions to Report Writing • When/Why • New Forms for 2012 • 3 C’s of Report Writing • Clear, Concise & Correct • Analyze sample reports • Report writing exercise
Discipline Reports – Why/When • Mandated by the Laws of the Game • Law 5 (p24, LOTG): • provides the appropriate authorities with a match report, which includes information on any disciplinary action taken against players and/or team officials and any other incidents that occurred before, during or after the match. • Every time a Red Card is shown, a Discipline Report must be written • In the case of multiple ejections, each ejection must have its own report and must stand on its own • GOAL: TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE AND USEFUL REPORT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.
Report Writing • BEFORE WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Write down rough details of the incident as soon as possible (half time/after game/at home) . • Ask details from your refereeing crew if available. • Write a draft copy of the report • Focus on the facts • Provide a mental picture for the reader
Report Writing New Forms in 2012 • Dismissal & Special Incident Reports now on separate forms • Two Pages • Page 1 - Information
Report Writing New Forms in 2012 • Page 2 • Description of Incident • Information regarding further misconduct
Report Writing • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Completely fill in relevant info in the discipline form: • Section 1 Components: • Competition & Division • Location, Date/Time • Home/Visiting Teams • Final Score • Player’s (or Team Official’s) Name and Jersey Number (if player) • Time of Ejection • Score at the time of the Ejection
Report Writing • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Why was the dismissal issued? • Indicate the reason for the Ejection • If a Team Official, indicate Team Official - #8 as allowed by Law 5 • Indicate who the Offensive Language was directed against if choosing #7
Report Writing • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Brief description of the incident Example of Brief Description of events: In the 29th minute, a Montreal Impact player was running with the ball and was on a breakaway. Islanders player # 21 carelessly tackled the Montreal Impact player from behind only making contact with the player. The foul occurred outside the Penalty area. I then ejected Islanders player # 21 for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick according to Law 12, p35 of the Laws of the Game.
Report Writing – 5 Ws • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Make sure to include the 5 Ws of fact in the brief description of the incident • Who – Who are the player(s) involved? • What – was the offence (and the resulting sanction) • Where – Where did the offence occur (on the field of play, off the field of play, inside the penalty area, etc)? • When – When did the offence take place • Why – Why did it occur. prevent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, etc
Report Writing • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Further Misconduct • Indicate if the player left the field of play immediately (if no, provide details) • Indicate if player continued misconduct after being shown the red card (if yes, provide details)
The 3 C’s • C = Clear • C = Concise • C = Correct
C = Clear • The report must be Clear • The report must be written so that anyone reading it knows exactly what happened • Example of incorrect report: • The guy tripped the player and he didn’t score. • Who were the players involved? • Where did it happen? • Why was the player ejected?
C = Concise • The report must be to the point • The report should contain only the facts related to the ejection • The report must not include ambiguous language • The report should have the appropriate detail
C = Concise • The report should not include phrases such as: - “I think….” - “The player was mean…” - “In my opinion…” (when interpreting a player’s motives) • The report should not include recommended sanctions:e.g. “This player should get at least 5 games for this” • Example of incorrect report: • One of the players did this thing where he sort held him, but it wasn’t a bad holding. Just minor. But he still made the player miss his shot and because he didn’t score I had to kick him out.
C = Correct • The report should be correctly filled out (ALL sections!) • Spell and Grammar Check, Proofread • Proper terminology must be used • Example of incorrect terminology: “The goalie took the player down outside the 18 box” • Example of correct terminology: “The goalkeeper tripped the player outside the penalty area as the player was going towards the goal” • Refer to the Laws of the Game
Report Writing • WRITING THE DISCIPLINARY REPORT: • Include the reports of Assistant Referees or 4th official in the cases of an action behind the Referee’s back. • Use additional sheet if space provided is insufficient • Don’t be lazy and try to fit in all the information in the few lines on the form. • SEND IT WITH ID CARD, WITHIN 48 HRS.
Report Writing New Forms in 2012 • Same method of attaining and keeping information as dismissal form • Check the appropriate boxes and complete the entire form.
Report Writing New Forms in 2012 • Get witness. Assistants, 4th, spectators etc. • When writing stick to facts. Use definitive words such as “He kicked, punched, tackled.”
