I attended the basic referee course in February. I've come into refereeing later in life (late 30s). I just managed my five games in before the end of the season (took an age for DBS check to come through), so I'll start thebnew season as L7. My five games were two u13 games and three open age. No sin bins, one yellow and no reds.
One thing I have noticed is my tolerance level for dissent may have been too high, particularly in the open age games (but not exclusively). At least one of the open age games started to get a little out of control and some earlier chats, a sin bin or even a yellow card may have calmed things. I know there were a few other things for me to work on - positioning and keeping up with play made my "selling" of some decisions harder.
I did feel that my later games went better, but I wonder if that is down to the nature of the games (nothing to play for end of season games), or if I did l more to keep control. Home team gave me a glowing report for the last match (not so sure the away did, they got my only yellow that stopped them from getting fair play award for the league).
I've looked though older threads, but I'm intrigued as to how useful you've all found sin bins in managing/setting a clear threshold for dissent? I get the sense that sin bins are a rarity in my county (Northumberland)!
My plan next season is to keep a mix of open and youth football, so equally any advice on how you alter your approach for younger players. I've encountered a few who like to argue back their point and my chats with them didn't seem to help.
One thing I have noticed is my tolerance level for dissent may have been too high, particularly in the open age games (but not exclusively). At least one of the open age games started to get a little out of control and some earlier chats, a sin bin or even a yellow card may have calmed things. I know there were a few other things for me to work on - positioning and keeping up with play made my "selling" of some decisions harder.
I did feel that my later games went better, but I wonder if that is down to the nature of the games (nothing to play for end of season games), or if I did l more to keep control. Home team gave me a glowing report for the last match (not so sure the away did, they got my only yellow that stopped them from getting fair play award for the league).
I've looked though older threads, but I'm intrigued as to how useful you've all found sin bins in managing/setting a clear threshold for dissent? I get the sense that sin bins are a rarity in my county (Northumberland)!
My plan next season is to keep a mix of open and youth football, so equally any advice on how you alter your approach for younger players. I've encountered a few who like to argue back their point and my chats with them didn't seem to help.