Purple Card Process Learnings over the first weeks

 Team, thank you again for the adoption of and helping ramp up our successful implementation of the process.  More of the referees have signed into the system, game reports are being loaded into the system, and data is flowing well into reporting dashboard.

I wanted to reflect on the many observations and learnings of our efforts as you are making a big change in setting the standards of competition for the Central Coast.

Purple Card Process has been adopted by schools/teams

* The process has been consistently rolled out across all 16 schools where coaches and spectators know about the intent of the program, and the actions we take as match officials to maintain standards of behavior.  With chances for further clarification during pre-match coach check-ins with referees, we have done a good job rolling out the process.

* The message is spreading fast ... teams from outside CCAA have heard of the process and our intent!

* I've heard of multiple events (first two weeks of season) where player-captains, during the coin toss, ask the referee's if the purple card process is in effect, and they showed a troubled concern about their spectators.  To me, the message was effectively getting out to the community!

* Purple Cards were very effective at the Cats and Hounds Tournament (12/1-2, 12/8-9).  Multiple events of spectator behavior (dissent, language) and coach behavior (dissent) were handled efficiently so efforts could be focused within the touchlines.

Improvement/Next Steps:
* Continue communication with schools outside CCAA group building awareness and conveying standards of our purple card process.

We are shifting the needle on behavior!

* Behavior assessments for coaches and spectators have shown 98% "Meeting Standards" rating by match officials.  Although we do not have true comparative data from previous season (we just implemented the program), this data shows a shift from USSF Club game behavior (typically 90% meet standards rate) and a screening survey of LPSRA referees from last years.


Improvements/Next Steps;
1) Continue feeding in data on coach and spectator assessments
2) When grades are in Needs Improvement and Unsatisfactory level, add notes as to why we assessed the behavior this way.  This will help in providing feedback and learning different ways we can change the system



Games administrator is key to making this process work at events

* GA's are the critical link in the process!
    * to organize PSA's before game time announcing importance of sportsmanship and purple card process
    * to post banners/handouts on PC process to spectators
    * to meet with match officials 30min+ before game for introductions and to ensure communication plan is established with coaches.
    * to jump into action when referee needs to address behavior with spectator warnings and/or purple cards. (Referee talks to head coach - Head coach calls GA - GA addresses spectator).


Aggregate data available for CCAA: Dashboard

* All of the game report data is captured in data tables, aggregated, and posted to dashboard. 

* Dashboard is looking at data in different ways: Behavior and Misconduct data by team, Game reports Submitted/Outstanding, and Event details for incidents/misconduct.

Improvements/NextSteps:
* LPSRA leadership to continue restating importance of submitting game reports on a timely basis.
* Get feedback from ADs on new ways to look at information (Miller)

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