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Originally posted by Sleeper
I had a parent come across the field after a pee wee game to yell at me about tossing his kid for fighting. It was a pretty tense situation after a long day, and I told him to learn the rules and get a bottle if he was going to cry like that.
I was really frustrated with how I reacted, even after a long day.
Any suggestions on how to diffuse these situations? As a second-year official, I don't have any experience with this type of venom or voracity and it caught me off guard. With as much as I am calling, it is only a matter of time before I have this happen again. I just want to make sure that I am prepared next time.
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Get away from him as best as you can.
Don't inflame him further by making such remarks.
Keep a fellow official with you in such situations.
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