Blew The Call

[wolfen]

Newbie ref. Doing BJV game. i got about ten scrimmages and ten real games under the belt. Two knuckleheads banging each other -loose ball they chase it-one knocks it out- the other gives a gentle push in front of bench.. Coach jumps up starts screaming for a flagrant-I pass. my reason for passing is both of the players have been banging all night and the push didn't seem that bad ( at the time ). i get the coach to settle down and then the kid who got pushed starts going off on me. So I T him up ( 1st one ) and everything settles down. The lessom I learned is call it tight and call it early and apparently I cannot give the youngsters any leeway. I am finding that I would prefer to give a long leash but it seems to be causing me problems ...so i will focus on tightening up early on.... Thanks for listening...Mike