Dave Mac
Member
Really pleased.
At the workshop we had last night only 3 of the 23 of us there were over 18 and I was pretty stunned by the level of flack these youngster refs get. I think perhaps I've been lucky in my 10 games. But 4 people had incidents of their linesman walking off mid way through a game, at least 10 had been abused alot by spectors or managers. I'm not sure if its how I handle games, or the fact I'm 27 so not a kid. But I've never had any incidents during a game that have come close to that.
Without blowing my own trumpet I tend to give most decisions with a decent degree of confidence even if I'm not sure, I just stick to my guns like it was the most obvious decision. Plus with spectors I think I do afairly decent job of knowing those I should just ignore and will shut up, and those you can have a cheeky word with as your jogging past etc.
But I can see why so many young refs give up hearing these stories of managers giving them a mouthful at full time or the linesman. The worst I had was an assistant manager refusing to shake my hand at the end of a game and that made me feel pretty rubbish so lord knows how getting so much verbal must be like!
At the workshop we had last night only 3 of the 23 of us there were over 18 and I was pretty stunned by the level of flack these youngster refs get. I think perhaps I've been lucky in my 10 games. But 4 people had incidents of their linesman walking off mid way through a game, at least 10 had been abused alot by spectors or managers. I'm not sure if its how I handle games, or the fact I'm 27 so not a kid. But I've never had any incidents during a game that have come close to that.
Without blowing my own trumpet I tend to give most decisions with a decent degree of confidence even if I'm not sure, I just stick to my guns like it was the most obvious decision. Plus with spectors I think I do afairly decent job of knowing those I should just ignore and will shut up, and those you can have a cheeky word with as your jogging past etc.
But I can see why so many young refs give up hearing these stories of managers giving them a mouthful at full time or the linesman. The worst I had was an assistant manager refusing to shake my hand at the end of a game and that made me feel pretty rubbish so lord knows how getting so much verbal must be like!
