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Old Fri Jan 13, 2006, 04:37pm
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Re: Horror stories? You bet

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Originally posted by mplagrow
My first game, I was a teacher at a Christian grade school where 98% of the students were black ( I'm white). My school was playing a school of all white students. "Their" official was calling the most lopsided game I've seen to this day. At one point the ball went out of bounds. He actually paused and thought for a moment, and then pointed in the direction of the white team. The coach from our school asked me, "Shouldn't he have called a jump ball if he wasn't sure?" He wanted to talk to the othe ref. So he called a time out, and asked me to send the other ref over. Sitting down, he asked the same question. "TECHNICAL FOUL!" "For WHAT?" Another T! "YOU'RE GONE!" Coach stands up, keeps his cool, straightens his tie, and walks out. Later he goes and sits in the stands. When the other ref sees him, he stops play and yells at him to leave the gym. Coach plays it cool again and leaves. The fans are going bonkers and yelling at this guy. He turns to me and says, "You need to go quiet your fans down!" I told him it was his call, he needed to do it. "You're my partner, you're supposed to back me up!" I finished the game. There were meetings between the schools. What a mess.
I'd like to meet that coach, what if all coaches could be calm and cool. I wonder where he got the idea to straighten his tie though (James Bond perhaps)


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Hello, I am new to the forums and refereeing (first game this friday). I'm a senior in HS so I get to do the 3rd -5th graders and I was looking for any tips or words of wisdom. I know I will mess up but I will try my best. Right now I feel like I want to ref for the rest of my life (maybe in college) but we'll see after this weekend! What were some of your first times like? any horror stories?
Don't worry to much, call what you see, keep a good communication with your partner (let him/her help you overcome the beginners mistakes) and let the kids have fun, like they say above, at low levels it is for fun, let them learn the rules and help them when they don't understand.

And most importently, be prepared for the mistakes, evrybody makes them, but only the best are brave enough to admit them and correct them. Don't be afraid to correct a mistake (if you point the wrong way at a throw in, just blow the whistle, say "sorry, my mistake, pointed the wron way, we're going that way" and get the play going, if you're polite the coaches will accept it, evrybody makes mistakes

Good luck!
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