Posting this in the New Referee's section as I'm not sure if it fits here or in general.
Anyway, I went to meet my RDO the other day, wanted to pick up some advice and I came away with some great stories and some great advice on a variety of matters.
One of the bits of advice he gave was to be vocal. So, call your first few obvious decisions - say, the ball goes out for a throw-in, shout 'red ball' or whatever, if it goes for a corner, shout corner-kick etc. The idea being that it gives teams the chance to get used to your voice, so that later when you're shouting for advantage, they're already familiar with you. It also acts as an exercise in confidence building for yourself, and enables you to impose yourself on the game.
It was an interesting discussion, I explained I've never really felt comfortable doing that sort of thing, I've always been of the mindset that a referee should be invisible until the crunch issues crop up, but it gave me food for thought. Anyway, he suggested I try it in the next few games, so I'm going to give it a go and see how it impacts me.
So, I thought I'd ask here, are any of you vocal like that in your matches or are you more of the quiet kind? What works for you? Does being vocal make a difference for you guys?
Anyway, I went to meet my RDO the other day, wanted to pick up some advice and I came away with some great stories and some great advice on a variety of matters.
One of the bits of advice he gave was to be vocal. So, call your first few obvious decisions - say, the ball goes out for a throw-in, shout 'red ball' or whatever, if it goes for a corner, shout corner-kick etc. The idea being that it gives teams the chance to get used to your voice, so that later when you're shouting for advantage, they're already familiar with you. It also acts as an exercise in confidence building for yourself, and enables you to impose yourself on the game.
It was an interesting discussion, I explained I've never really felt comfortable doing that sort of thing, I've always been of the mindset that a referee should be invisible until the crunch issues crop up, but it gave me food for thought. Anyway, he suggested I try it in the next few games, so I'm going to give it a go and see how it impacts me.
So, I thought I'd ask here, are any of you vocal like that in your matches or are you more of the quiet kind? What works for you? Does being vocal make a difference for you guys?