Recent content by 1862_man

I tend to find a quick explanation is usually well received. If a referee answers queries it shows transparency and a willingness to communicate in my opinion, which are both good tools for controlling the match.

Hard to pass comment without knowing what sort of position his arm was in :)

That's exactly what I did, just stepped back and played it down!

I lined up 2 teams (u15) for respect handshakes and they just walked straight past me! In my opinion hand shakes shouldn't be mandatory. I know there's the whole respect agenda etc but its an unnecessary opportunity to raise tensions even before the game has started. E.g. If there's 'history'...

Thanks for the replies guys, very helpful and looking forwards to trying your suggestions. Could you expand? I would've thought that a card would have a very positive effect on a gobby U15, especially when he has to explain to his parents that it was because he wouldn't shut up! (obviously...

Hi all, I've just finished my basic refereeing course, and have just today finished my second match (an U15, the first being an U18 ). Today I felt I refereed really quite well, kept tight control of a rather ugly match in horrid conditions, however it seemed that after every time I blew my...