Tough Game

[Jurassic Referee]

Whatever you do, do NOT chalk that up as a learning experience. That is not only one God-awful way to try and train somebody but is also one God-awful way to treat a fellow official. He did absolutely nothing to help you learn anything in that game.

I'm not even going to begin to tell you where I thought he went wrong. There's a way to train officials and that ain't it. My advice is to just wipe that one from your mind. And please don't even think about throwing your whistle away. We need all of the good young, dedicated people that we can get in our avocation.

From your post, I think that you've got the right attitude towards learning. Hang in there and don't let people like that get to you.

[grunewar]

Absolutely agree with the Jurassic one!

If you take anything away from this game it should be - as I learn, mature, and get better I will never treat another offiicial or person like he treated me. A perfect example how NOT to teach, learn, and mentor newer officials.

We've all had a bad game, or ten, forget em and move on!

Stick with it!

[ref3808]

It may have been a tough game, but even if he thought you were far behind the learning curve there is no excuse to treat you in that fashion. By vocation I work in training and development, and this "official" broke every rule that exists in the training field. For that matter, he loses on the old chestnut "treat others as you would want to be treated".

You have the support of most of the people on this forum, and will have if you continue to want to improve your skills. Keep at it.