Refereed a ladies game this afternoon. absolutely no issues whatsoever. Very easy game to referee.
Anyway, the home team are 5-0 up going in at the break with a full squad and bench, playing against a side who have a bare 11... Anyway, I blow for half time and the manager approaches me...
Throughout the first half, there were a number of foul-throws. Now, you don't expect to see such a basic error the higher up you go, but when you blow for the foul throw, people often wonder what happened.
"Ref, I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job, but are you trying to coach the teams and give them tips"?"
"Excuse me" I reply, "What do you mean"
"Well, every time there is a foul throw, you are telling the players why it's a foul throw and how to correct it, that's coaching. You are wasting time".
"Okay, whilst I appreciate your feedback, I like to explain my decisions to the players when I need to. If there is a foul throw, it is not always as obvious as a foul, a handball etc or anything that I can give that everyone sees. Now, I am not coaching, I simply say to the players why the decision was given; "you released that ball too early, both feet lifted from the floor, you stepped onto the field". Now, in a half where there has been multiple foul throws, I'd like to think you'd be the one explaining to your players what it is they are doing wrong. If you'd like to talk about time wasting, maybe I could tell you about how the 14 substitutions you made during the first half had an effect on the time? Now, I do not tell you how to do your job, please do not try and tell me how to do mine".
*Blank face*
It does annoy me when you get people question your style of refereeing. I like to explain my decisions when they aren't so obvious, more often that not. Anyone else get told this sort of thing?
Anyway, the home team are 5-0 up going in at the break with a full squad and bench, playing against a side who have a bare 11... Anyway, I blow for half time and the manager approaches me...
Throughout the first half, there were a number of foul-throws. Now, you don't expect to see such a basic error the higher up you go, but when you blow for the foul throw, people often wonder what happened.
"Ref, I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job, but are you trying to coach the teams and give them tips"?"
"Excuse me" I reply, "What do you mean"
"Well, every time there is a foul throw, you are telling the players why it's a foul throw and how to correct it, that's coaching. You are wasting time".
"Okay, whilst I appreciate your feedback, I like to explain my decisions to the players when I need to. If there is a foul throw, it is not always as obvious as a foul, a handball etc or anything that I can give that everyone sees. Now, I am not coaching, I simply say to the players why the decision was given; "you released that ball too early, both feet lifted from the floor, you stepped onto the field". Now, in a half where there has been multiple foul throws, I'd like to think you'd be the one explaining to your players what it is they are doing wrong. If you'd like to talk about time wasting, maybe I could tell you about how the 14 substitutions you made during the first half had an effect on the time? Now, I do not tell you how to do your job, please do not try and tell me how to do mine".
*Blank face*
It does annoy me when you get people question your style of refereeing. I like to explain my decisions when they aren't so obvious, more often that not. Anyone else get told this sort of thing?