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Originally Posted by kheisner
It hasn't happen to any of my players (when I was a coach) thankfully......however I have seen this happen several times in ALL sports....basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. We are usually talking about teenagers or younger.
Situation....player barks something at referee/umpire......official says to player one more word and you're gone......player then says something like "Yes Sir" or "OK" in a resigning tone......RESULT: Player gets tossed!!
I've seen it happen and had it happen to me (when umping) and I won't toss a player for that. I asked one fellow ump why he tossed the kid.....ump told me, "I told him one more word and he's gone. He said "OK" so I tossed him".
Am I too easy on these kids? If they give me trouble again....God Bless Them....but they rarely do.
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I echo MB, as an official you do not "lock yourself in" by saying "one more word" as that is a threat.
The proper terminolgy as MB eluded to is to say "That's enough" or something similar.
As for the barking that's a HTBT situation and depends upon what type of "barking" is going on because in general terms most will simply ignore (again depends upon the type of barking you are referring to) the FIRST bark.
Pete Booth