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Old Tue Dec 08, 2015, 12:11pm
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Officiating men's wreck league is a whole different beast than your typical 'interscholastic contest' and thus presents several unique challenges. First, there is no "coach" per se; therefore, you must deal directly with the players in resolving protests on in-game issues.
Secondly, many such players are looking for a 'scapegoat' (i.e., someone to assign their poor performance and diminished playing capabilities to): missed a layup under slight defensive pressure--they are always crying 'foul';improper post-play defense technique like holding cutters and arm bar tangling--they will cry "how am I supposed to play defense?"; called for grossly inhibiting RSBQ of ball handler because of their low fitness level and training does not enable them to properly shuffle feet on defense and maintain LGP -- they will often cry "let us play".
Thirdly, there is no 'quality control' over the crew partners you are working with--e.g., you could be a state certified and competent ref whereas your partner(s) could be untutored in the current practice of rules of play and POE--in other words: 'just a good guy [or gal]' the league assignor knows who is free and not watching football on a weekend.
Solutions: as other posters have indicated--to cope with the chirping from such type of players you ought to use "progressive discipline" approach: step 1) issue a warning to players about the chirping and pause to notate the time of such warning to the score table (this acts as a public recording of the event); 2) if such chirping persists, then be strong and serve the cup of T. The other players (both teammates and opposition) will greatly respect you for doing it--male psychology is such that the male respects another man who stands up to him (despite any difference in physical stature). 3) Now mind you that if your partner is less inclined to assertiveness than you are, then you will have problems if you don't pre-game with partner on how you will handle excessive chirpings. 4) when reffing men's wreck league it is very important to impress upon the players that you are the authority figure on the court--that you are reasonable and have a low tolerance for disrespectful behavior. Remember that other men are looking to you to enforce fair play and discipline--you want to be viewed as the "alpha-dawg'' on the court. You want those players to have the perception in their minds that "don't piss off that one ref because he don't take no $h*!(*% in the game".
Lastly, if you are a serious interscholastic ref, then you should be warned that your officiating skills could become moderately degraded by working such wreck league games wherein issues such as proper positioning, mechanics, and other aspects that inhere with an NF game are not emphasized. In otherwords, the wreck league games are basically "glorified recess".

Last edited by Kansas Ref; Tue Dec 08, 2015 at 12:25pm. Reason: spelling.
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