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Originally posted by sport
I guess what I meant, was more along the lines of relating to the players during pre-game, warm-up, and during the match.
I have seen officals actually talking to the players during the match, "good job" "nice work" etc. is this acceptable?
I also had a coach tell me that he preferred a certain official because of the way that official related to the girls. Any ideas as to what that might include?
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I can't imagine that compliments to the players is EVER appropriate during the match. Too much risk of appearing less than impartial - let the coaches deliver the compliments and/or criticisms, that's not the officials' job.
"Friendly, firm, fair" is the standard. And call a consistent game and know the rules.