Just interested to know from more experienced refs, how do you talk to players regarding warning them and particularly if they're on their "last chance" without using that phrase?
Just interested to know from more experienced refs, how do you talk to players regarding warning them and particularly if they're on their "last chance" without using that phrase?
That's inviting a sarky response from the player!I'm quite partial to Keith Hackett's "I want to see an improvement". He advises against giving concrete consequences which remove leeway/discretion.
"If I have reason to speak to you again, I'll escalate this"
Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?I'm a personal fan of "that's 2/3 of those now", it's one of the few laws all players understand
Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?
"That's 2 or 3 of these" (types of foul) rather than "that's two thirds of one of these" fouls.Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?
Yes sorry Graeme summed it up, most yellows I end up giving are repeated foul plau"That's 2 or 3 of these" (types of foul) rather than "that's two thirds of one of these" fouls.
Agree.. be attuned to the language the players use, not swearing obviously. that sounds like a teacher telling kids off.That's inviting a sarky response from the player!
Also agree, saying to a player that you want to see an improvement is asking for trouble and is asking for the response "so I am ref". And it does sound like something a schoolteacher would say.Agree.. be attuned to the language the players use, not swearing obviously. that sounds like a teacher telling kids off.
Refer it to a higher person/authority?"If I have reason to speak to you again, I'll escalate this"