England Touch Association - Annual Report 2014 England Touch Association - Annual Report 2014 | Page 28

ETA Annual Report TECHNICAL (Review) The proceeding report outlines the Technical, Coaching and Playing (Club & Regional level) progression throughout the preceding 12 months. Policies and Procedures At the beginning of the 2014 season, the behavioural and disciplinary policy underwent some minor changes to incorporate the following;   Stronger clarity on what happens if a player is sent off for a period of time, and if a player is sent off for a period of time more than once within a season. Increase of severity and length of suspension if a player is sent off for the remainder of a game. The behavioural and disciplinary policy was very successful this year. It resulted in the following:    23 players being issued with an official warning letter to indicate that they had been sent for a period of time for a behavioural and disciplinary issue and if it were to happen again they would be issued with an automatic ONE game suspension. 0 players were sent for a period of time more than once. 0 players were sent for the remainder of a match. For next season the following improvements will be made:    Each club will need to indicate electronically that they have received and read the Behavioural and Disciplinary policy, and that they will abide for the rules of the Behavioural and Disciplinary policy. Greater clarity needs to be provided to clubs on what constitutes a ‘Behavioural and Disciplinary issue’. The scorecards need to be changed to allow a referee to clearly indicate the following: o Why a player has been sent for a period of time. o Who the player was; both name and number. 28 England Touch Association