Membership

Spectator Behaviour

Spectators can motivate and increase a team’s performance and make for an enjoyable atmosphere. However, spectators can have also have a negative effect on the team performance, club reputation, and culture by displaying poor behaviour. This will affect a club’s recruitment and retention ability.

Poor behaviour can include undue pressure, abuse, taunting, poor sportsmanship, foul language, harassment, bullying, victimisation and more. Poor behaviour can happen during a game, at training, in the clubhouse or outside of the sporting arena. E.g., online.

Club committees play and important part in ensuring positive spectator behaviour. Actions include:

Implementing clear disciplinary procedures and incident process that are available on the club website.
Applying 'conditions of entry' which entrants to the pool agree to be bound by the rules and policies of your club.
Communicate simple fair play messages via banners, posters, stickers, or animated banners on your club website.
Announcements on game/event days that remind people to keep their emotions in check.
Ensure officials are always fair, impartial, and consistent.
Participate in the Let Kids be Kids national campaign.

Think.Act.Play Guidelines

WPA National Member Proection Policy