I've seen a few of these and thought I'd post my thoughts on my first game yesterday.
I arrived 45 minutes before the game was to start and found all 3 pitches at the venue were in use. I checked the board at the clubhouse and noted which pitch I would be on. Having met the home team manager he let me know the pitch we were going to be on was running late but we can kick off straight after they finish.
This threw me off my game a little bit.
I went through my plan and revised my notes before going over to check for jewellery, studs, and shin pads. One lad was missing 2 studs, the coach was able to source a couple for him. It was then that I met my assistants and I ran through that I would use them minimally.
When the game finished I walked the pitch quickly to check for anything dangerous and checked the nets and markings. All was okay as you'd expect having had a game on previously. We done the respect handshake and got the game underway.
The game was uneventful. The first goal was scored on the stroke of half time and I would have blown for half-time there and then had the keeper made a save. I let them kick off and gave them 30 seconds to play out the half. The second half the losing team came back to win 3-1.
I found myself to be ball watching a couple of times on long balls. How does one break this habit?
Was I right to delay the kick-off further to do a pitch inspection when there was a team playing on there just before?
I arrived 45 minutes before the game was to start and found all 3 pitches at the venue were in use. I checked the board at the clubhouse and noted which pitch I would be on. Having met the home team manager he let me know the pitch we were going to be on was running late but we can kick off straight after they finish.
This threw me off my game a little bit.
I went through my plan and revised my notes before going over to check for jewellery, studs, and shin pads. One lad was missing 2 studs, the coach was able to source a couple for him. It was then that I met my assistants and I ran through that I would use them minimally.
When the game finished I walked the pitch quickly to check for anything dangerous and checked the nets and markings. All was okay as you'd expect having had a game on previously. We done the respect handshake and got the game underway.
The game was uneventful. The first goal was scored on the stroke of half time and I would have blown for half-time there and then had the keeper made a save. I let them kick off and gave them 30 seconds to play out the half. The second half the losing team came back to win 3-1.
I found myself to be ball watching a couple of times on long balls. How does one break this habit?
Was I right to delay the kick-off further to do a pitch inspection when there was a team playing on there just before?