Good. Don't quit either. At some point you might need to make a decision to focus just on your refereeing - but that's only a maybe.Plenty of referees are involved in the game in multiple capacities. Local first grade referees in my old local area were often involved in playing and coaching. Used to be a nightmare for me as an appointments manager (while playing, coaching and refereeing) with 160+ referees and up to 800 matches!!I am a player. I love playing. I'm a referee because I am fed up with the games being postponed, but I've also begun to enjoy refereeing. I have no doubt that when I've finished playing, I'll go on to be a referee in the meantime, I'm happy with the balance
If his young and learning then my apologies If thou can work on stamping your authority early doors Matt that will sometimes help how tall you Matt if you don't mind me asking
At this point I'd be feeling pretty validated with your 5 cautions if I were you.
Although you may feel you could have shown different colours, 5 cautions is not to be sniffed at and that team has been left in no doubt they're behaviour has been unacceptable on the day.
I doubt anyone is coming away from that game thinking they "got one over on the ref"
What it is about your height I was going to say because I'm a small referee and I look younger than 26 so really you could used your height as a little bit of presence as well it probably med a little bit of difference to how the players perceived you do you have confidence issues as well mate
I applaud the OP's self-analysis of the match, and it demonstrates the mind-set that will mould a great referee.
You obviously don't understand what implicit means. It means that something is not stated, but can be inferred. In this case, it means that when the law says that it is an offence to deliberately handle the ball, it is implicit in that statement that it is not an offence when the handling is not deliberate.Erm, where in the laws does it say it is implicit?
I don't think that situation, as described, would meet the definition of an involuntary reflex. However if I thought that a particular incident was a case of handling involuntarily (i.e. not deliberately) then no matter where it occurred and no matter whether it prevented a goal or not, I would not give a free-kick/penalty for it since the law does not allow for it.You are inventing though when you talk about a reflex being some kind of exception.
If the same thing happens and the defender is in the middle of the goal, on the goal line, and puts his/her hands up near his/her head and the hands block the ball then you are probably giving a red and pen, right... ?
I am not trying to argue. I am trying to establish what it says in the laws and where we are actually using our common sense, and how to interpret.So, are you trying to argue that if a ball is blasted at your face from 3 yards away that you don't have a reflex to block your face?
I've just started refereeing womens' football and have needed to extend my tolerance level for 'handball' which is in fact simply protecting sensitive parts of the body .....I assume that if the ball struck the hands of somebody protecting their crown jewels in the wall, you'd also award a PK for that then?