Thankfully I am yet to come across a mass confrontation in any of my games. However I was just looking on how to approach them when it inevitably will happen.
My two questions are:
1) How do you keep track of all that’s going on? For example if you see a player throw a punch, would you write that player down instantly at the risk of missing something whilst looking at your book? Or do you create a mental note a risk the chance of forgetting which player it was who threw the punch? (at the level I am at, I don’t have neutral linos to help me keep on top of it)
2) I do a lot of youth football and in these cases parents and coaches often like to get involved if a scuffle starts to occur. I know that parents and coaches aren’t allowed onto the FOP (particularly in Covid times) but is that not better than it all kicking off, especially with younger players? How would you approach an incident where parents have come on and successfully diffused the situation in say an U13 game?
Any guidance would be much appreciated.
My two questions are:
1) How do you keep track of all that’s going on? For example if you see a player throw a punch, would you write that player down instantly at the risk of missing something whilst looking at your book? Or do you create a mental note a risk the chance of forgetting which player it was who threw the punch? (at the level I am at, I don’t have neutral linos to help me keep on top of it)
2) I do a lot of youth football and in these cases parents and coaches often like to get involved if a scuffle starts to occur. I know that parents and coaches aren’t allowed onto the FOP (particularly in Covid times) but is that not better than it all kicking off, especially with younger players? How would you approach an incident where parents have come on and successfully diffused the situation in say an U13 game?
Any guidance would be much appreciated.