refdaddy, One thing to keep in mind is that giving a coach a T isn't a personal thing towards him/her (unless you make it that way!)You're just enforcing the rules. If they make it personal or make gestures or comments that are personal towards you, then they have already crossed the line, anyway. Try to be dispassionate when you give a T. Don't throw a huge arm swing motion where you hit your hands together hard enough to almost break your fingers. Don't make a vocal production of it. Don't do it in an atagonzing way. I worked a soccer game with a guy who I knew was trying to "bait" the visiting coach into an argument so he could card him. If a T is deserved, call it, report it, and go on with the game.
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