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Originally posted by williebfree
IF I have the game play situation (GPS) like the one that started this thread, I am going to work that much harder to "witness" and process it the next time, so I can make the call.
This is unfortunately a "No Call."
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Unfortunately, the other 2 "Bench" Refs or worse, the other 50 - 5000 "stands" refs saw something and they want the whistle. Being a Rook,
No calls where I know something happened but just didnt see it makes me feel bad. The speed of the game can overtake your ability to process what is going on both near and off ball. The flip side...I feel like I have to
see the advantage gained before I can pop the whistle. Kids (especially the grade school variety) can do the unexpected, creating at times violent, incidental contact. And that is what I have found to be one of many eye opening things regarding what its going to take to be successful.
Its the time when Johnny's dad is in the front row yelling for "tripping" after Johnny simply loses his footing while running near a defender off ball and all you see is Johnny flying thru the air followed by a 18 foot slide accross the floor...you see that...you know Johnny drug his nose on the tile floor for ten feet but you have NO idea how. Almost all of us No call there and we would be right but what if Johnny was assited in his effort by the defender to slide as far as possible on his schnoz accross the floor? We're all still a
No Call. The eye opener for me is the crowd reaction and keeping my cool by realizing that I have 2 eyes and they have 691 and a half.
Any comments on cooling a crowd or should I keep it to puking on the front row's shoes?
We'll review "Wisdom from the stands, "tripping" and staring at Johnny's dad's pants later.
Tripping....which page is that on again? Yes Mr. Expert, Johnny tripped....over his own left foot.
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