Heya all
So basically I used to be a "young, regional talent" several years go, but went out of the game due to moving abroad. I should say that I am not living in the UK, but in another Western European country. However, it was the UK I moved to at the time. I have recently gotten back into refereeing, and have only been back for half a season, so keep this in mind.
Now being older and any change at the top flight is below 1 %, if even that. I've been out of the game for years, but I have aspirations to go as far I can. However, I struggle a bit with the contrast from then vs. now. I was by no means given special treatment at the time, nor did I actually feel like I had a "talent"/knack for refereeing in particular. But I was given more assessments then than now, and things seem different now vs. then. Overall, e.g. the association has a greater focus on bringing "young talent" up, and assessors are lacking more in numbers now compared to then from what I know. If I get 2-3 assessments/season, I should be happy (maybe consider myself lucky). During this first half season I've had 1, but he recommended that I got 1 more (which hasn't happened).
I know, it might be hard to relate to this, as I am not in the UK system wise, but has anyone had a (long) pause from the game and then returned (while still having some aspirations), and how did you deal with this?
Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas
So basically I used to be a "young, regional talent" several years go, but went out of the game due to moving abroad. I should say that I am not living in the UK, but in another Western European country. However, it was the UK I moved to at the time. I have recently gotten back into refereeing, and have only been back for half a season, so keep this in mind.
Now being older and any change at the top flight is below 1 %, if even that. I've been out of the game for years, but I have aspirations to go as far I can. However, I struggle a bit with the contrast from then vs. now. I was by no means given special treatment at the time, nor did I actually feel like I had a "talent"/knack for refereeing in particular. But I was given more assessments then than now, and things seem different now vs. then. Overall, e.g. the association has a greater focus on bringing "young talent" up, and assessors are lacking more in numbers now compared to then from what I know. If I get 2-3 assessments/season, I should be happy (maybe consider myself lucky). During this first half season I've had 1, but he recommended that I got 1 more (which hasn't happened).
I know, it might be hard to relate to this, as I am not in the UK system wise, but has anyone had a (long) pause from the game and then returned (while still having some aspirations), and how did you deal with this?
Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas