This season has overall been a very good one for me, but one thing that bothers both me and the RDO is the number of cards I've been dishing out. In 20 games I ended up showing 87 yellows and 11 reds. Feedback from assessors have for the most part been positive, and the consistent, no-nonsense approach I've taken gives me good match control and acceptance from players. However, some assessors have said that some cautions have been exaggerated, avoidable or outright wrong.
On those occasions where I have gone into the match trying to be more preventive and cautious with my cautioning, I often miss cautions. When I do this I overcompensate, either later on in the game or in later games, showing an unnecessary caution out of fear of missing a caution, usually in "borderline" situations where a card is not needed. My overzealous carding is often reinforced when I assist in, watch or read reports from games refereed by less "card-happy" referees, and quite often they lack at least one or two cautions, according to assessors.
I am afraid that my further development will be in jeopardy if I don't get my card average down to at least under 3 cautions per game, ideally even lower. What can I do to help me reach this goal?
On those occasions where I have gone into the match trying to be more preventive and cautious with my cautioning, I often miss cautions. When I do this I overcompensate, either later on in the game or in later games, showing an unnecessary caution out of fear of missing a caution, usually in "borderline" situations where a card is not needed. My overzealous carding is often reinforced when I assist in, watch or read reports from games refereed by less "card-happy" referees, and quite often they lack at least one or two cautions, according to assessors.
I am afraid that my further development will be in jeopardy if I don't get my card average down to at least under 3 cautions per game, ideally even lower. What can I do to help me reach this goal?
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