DEALING WITH CONFRONTATION

DEALING WITH CONFRONTATION

DEALING WITH CONFRONTATION

Introduce Yourself To The Introduce Yourself To The CoachesCoaches

Before The Game BeginsBefore The Game Begins

Work On Creating A Rapport

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When dealing with emotional

coachescoaches remember to:

Be in control and Be in control and speak speak

in a calm, easy in a calm, easy voicevoice

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Maintain positive body language positive body language and keep spacespace between you and

the Coach/Player

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Make eye contacteye contact with the coach/player when the

situation allows

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Answer questions not StatementsStatements3 Seconds

That is a Travel

That is a Hold

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Be a responder not an not an

InitiatorInitiator

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Deal with the Behaviour Behaviour

before answering any

QuestionsQuestions

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Roadblocks to Communication

OrderingOrderingDirectingDirectingCommandingCommandingYellingYelling

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Roadblocks to Communication

Warning, Threatening“If you do that again

I’ll T T YOU UPYOU UP”

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Tips to being a good good

listenerlistener

Keep good Eye ContactEye Contact

Try to be RelaxedRelaxed

Do not Interrupt Interrupt

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A coachcoach knows the tonetone of the response even before you start speaking by observing your body languagebody language. Sometimes we lose lose

themthem before we even say a wordword.

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If you make a face,face, raise your hands in defense or scowl,raise your hands in defense or scowl, you’ve probably lost them already. Watch how you talk with your handstalk with your hands

and don’t letdon’t let a coach use his hands to talk to you.

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When a person talks with his handstalks with his hands it appears there is more going on than a simple discussion about a simple play. If you see a coach waving his handswaving his hands, simply ask him to put his hands downput his hands down before you are ready to listen to his

message.

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Don’t be DefensiveDefensive, or try to justify your ActionsActions

Address the problem only (No (No emotions)emotions)

Avoid the conflict (Don’t create itDon’t create it)

Tips to being a

Good ListenerGood Listener

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Officiating is not about the referee being the only Winner……….Winner……….

Nor is it about the referee being the only Loser,Loser,

A balance between the TWO TWO ExtremesExtremes

needs to be AchievedAchievedYou do not always You do not always have to get in the have to get in the

Last Word

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Answers to Answers to CoachesCoaches“Okay Coach I hear you”

“From my angle that is how I saw it”

“I will watch for that”

It will not help matters if you tell the coach that it is not happening

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Some Other Phrases That Can Be Used Are

“I see your point”

“You have a good point”

“I’ve heard you”

“That’s possible”

Answers to CoachesAnswers to Coaches

By listening firstlistening first and then responding to what they said, there may be some

closureclosure after your words

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Answers to CoachesAnswers to Coaches

If a coach is yelling or shoutingyelling or shouting at you tell the coach you would be glad to talk to him but he has to lower his or her voicelower his or her voice and then you can address the issue.issue.

Remember, 90% of conflict occurs not with what was saidwhat was said but by the TONETONE it was said in! it was said in!

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MAKE THIS THE SEASON WHERE MAKE THIS THE SEASON WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR GAME YOU TAKE YOUR GAME

MANAGEMENT TO A NEW LEVELMANAGEMENT TO A NEW LEVEL

HAVE A GREAT SEASON!