Warning Players

[Josh the referee]

Just interested to know from more experienced refs, how do you talk to players regarding warning them and particularly if they're on their "last chance" without using that phrase?

 

[RustyRef]

Something simple like "remember you are on a yellow card, be careful"

 

[Anubis]

Just interested to know from more experienced refs, how do you talk to players regarding warning them and particularly if they're on their "last chance" without using that phrase?

" you are drawing attention to yourself" is my fav

Idea being it sinks in that you are out of options

 

[Anubis]

Also, if am going to engage in anything like that, it be in passing

if am feeling need to make an official show of it, chances are he has done enough to depart proceedings

 

[higdawgy]

keep it simple, players mostly know they've done something wrong.

"No more of those"

 

[Stonewall]

I'm quite partial to Keith Hackett's "I want to see an improvement". He advises against giving concrete consequences which remove leeway/discretion.

 

[Max2]

"If I have reason to speak to you again, I'll escalate this"

 

[GraemeS]

If you're warning about a possible PI caution, my preference is to focus on the previous fouls so that they see the pattern you're seeing: "As well as that one, you've had a couple of other fouls recently, over there and there, just be careful"

 

[ChasObserverRefDeveloper]

I'm quite partial to Keith Hackett's "I want to see an improvement". He advises against giving concrete consequences which remove leeway/discretion.

That's inviting a sarky response from the player!

 

[OnlyUseMeWhistle]

I'm a personal fan of "that's 2/3 of those now", it's one of the few laws all players understand

 

[Tealeaf]

"If I have reason to speak to you again, I'll escalate this"

Why do I get visions of being sent to see the headteacher at school when I read this?


I know you’re making a serious point but I can’t shake that image!

 

[Kref]

I'm a personal fan of "that's 2/3 of those now", it's one of the few laws all players understand

Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?

 

[Anubis]

Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?

no, am also lost

 

[GraemeS]

Am I the only one would doesn't understand what he means by this?

"That's 2 or 3 of these" (types of foul) rather than "that's two thirds of one of these" fouls.

 

[OnlyUseMeWhistle]

"That's 2 or 3 of these" (types of foul) rather than "that's two thirds of one of these" fouls.

Yes sorry Graeme summed it up, most yellows I end up giving are repeated foul plau

 

[Therealcjhill]

That's inviting a sarky response from the player!

Agree.. be attuned to the language the players use, not swearing obviously. that sounds like a teacher telling kids off.

 

[santa sangria]

When a player doesn’t want to come for chat - or often when they do - I usually start with - “look this isn’t just for you, it’s for everyone else here” and that seems to disarm quite a few. I’m basically saying I don’t give a monkeys if you listen but the act of the “warning ceremony” is much more important. The player already knows why they are getting a warning!

 

[RustyRef]

Agree.. be attuned to the language the players use, not swearing obviously. that sounds like a teacher telling kids off.

Also agree, saying to a player that you want to see an improvement is asking for trouble and is asking for the response "so I am ref". And it does sound like something a schoolteacher would say.

 

[Kes]

"If I have reason to speak to you again, I'll escalate this"

Refer it to a higher person/authority?