Parent Etiquette

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

You and I, as well as most of the partners we work with, have the luxury of "appearing" to be seasoned umpires when we step on the field. And I think that's why we don't get too much crap when we send a coach back to his bench to NOT bring the rule book out again, or depending on the level of play, we can send him to the showers, parking lot, or Lazy Boy and Budweiser for the rest of the day if they pull one out at all.

I don't know that it works that way for a 14 year old kid.

Tim.

But, for the 14-year old to be really effective, and in-charge on the field, it HAS to work that way; and the BOD or other "Higher Authority" HAS to back him up.

Otherwise, the 14 year old ump will be steamrollered on a regular basis by "adult" rats, with and without Rulebooks in tow.

This is the toughest part of having teenagers officiate: getting both them and the adults used to the concept that the teens are IN CHARGE and due the exact same deference that an adult doing the same job is entitled to [and demands] as a matter of course.