If you vote in the poll you can answer your own question as you will see the results.Does anyone else in this thread use their non-dominant hand to hold their whistle?
Absolute pet hateI was pinged for giving "policeman signals" in my observation report that came through yesterday - pointing for the direction of the foul with one hand and the location with the other simultaneously. The observers clear preference and development advice being that you should signal direction THEN position if needed...thoughts?
Typical Ref nonsense observation assessment type blah blahAbsolute pet hate
Yes, that is pretty standard advice, it can look confusing if you signal the direction one way and then point in a completely different direction. 9 times out of 10 you don't need to indicate where the free kick is anyway and can manage it verbally.I was pinged for giving "policeman signals" in my observation report that came through yesterday - pointing for the direction of the foul with one hand and the location with the other simultaneously. The observers clear preference and development advice being that you should signal direction THEN position if needed...thoughts?
Typical Ref nonsense observation assessment type blah blah
Nail a game on MC and AOL, every non-Ref delighted with the Match Officials... and the R gets marked down for this sorta thing, that counts for nowt
Found the paint in the aisle but no whistleThey are in the aisle with the tartan paint and the long stands.
Fairly sure it would derail the thread? I thought this thread was going well and I was enjoying the comments. New thread would have been good. But while you are here, in general I don't verbalise it. Some circumstances I do are when close call, two opponents going for the ball and not paying attention to signal and I want to prevent any confrontation. Also sometimes when I have the half time blues I use voice without signal.Not to derail this thread but reading all the posts made me think to ask this question...How do you feel about very verbal refs with which directions throw ins are going....for example, the ball goes out. Do you just signal or do you often signal and say..."Off white, blue throw" or something like that. What about goal kicks and corners? How vocal are you with your calls? Pros and cons to being vocal?
I think that actually ties into a bigger "refereeing style" question actually. I'm a naturally quiet person and so my personal approach is to try and be low impact and remain in the background where possible. And part of that is avoiding overusing the whistle or overusing verbal decisions where possible. Of course this only works if you can also develop a sense of when being low-impact isn't enough and are able to step up to being more involved when the game or even an individual decision requires it.Not to derail this thread but reading all the posts made me think to ask this question...How do you feel about very verbal refs with which directions throw ins are going....for example, the ball goes out. Do you just signal or do you often signal and say..."Off white, blue throw" or something like that. What about goal kicks and corners? How vocal are you with your calls? Pros and cons to being vocal?
Opposite for me - I'm left handed but hold in my right hand. I use two clipped together on a lanyard, although I only really use one of the two as the second one is there as I find it easier for grip.Am I just strange or something, I use whistle in left hand and am right handed. For me I use the Fox 40 Classic with a wrist lanyard so that it just hangs off my left wrist the whole game. Anyone else do this?