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Originally Posted by Rich
Right here is where you whack the coach. Two wrongs don't make it right.
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Everyone has bad games especially when they start out. I'm in my 2nd year, I had a couple of stinkers last year it happens. It's also really easy when working with inexperienced people to lose control of a game.
However, that does not give anyone associated with that the game the right to berate you for that. At the very minimum a good solid "coach I've heard you, that's enough" may work for you, or just call the technical, if you feel that you should have and didn't, you should have. By not reigning them in, you've made it that much worse for you in your future if you should see them again soon or for the next officials that follow you because that coach is going to play them too.
Think about what you could do differently next time but once the ball goes up on the next game, clear your mind, the best medicine for a bad game is to do another.
I've umpired baseball for 20 years, there have been nights I've left the strike zone in the parking lot, it happens, suck it up for that night and get them again tomorrow.
You'll find it easier as you go, it really takes 10-15 games to start feeling even remotely comfortable. Keep at and really don't let others walk on you.