Game tonight sucked

[seohio]

Probably 8 varsity games watched this year.

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by seohio

Probably 8 varsity games watched this year.

That is a good start. Sounds like you and your son want to get better...so you probably will.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by seohio

Has anyone else had a game like this in their career?

The short answer is YES, and the best solution is another game.

[seohio]

Thats what Im thinking Bainsey

[johnny d]

you got the first step right, you recognized that the teams were out of control. now all you got to do is put some air in the whistle and start calling fouls. players will adjust or you will just shoot free throws all night, but either scenario is better than having a fight because you didnt call fouls. also, dont hesitate to t the coach, even if you are not having your best game, you cannot let him walk all over you. stick with it, it gets easier as you gain more experience

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by seohio

....the game got out of control on us......

I try to avoid using this phrase when thinking about my own game. (everybody else using it is enough) No matter where you are in a game, it is never too late to regain that control. Sometimes when a game gets very rough, it is overwhelming.

"It was so rough and there was so much going on it was hard to sort it all out."


The good news is you don't have to sort it all out. You can "regain control", if you want to put it that way. If a game is that rough, usually you will have no trouble finding a call to make. Don't worry so much about the 3 other things which may have happened before, during, and after the action at hand. Just don't give in and quit on the game.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by seohio

This is the first year of officiating for my son and I. Tonight we had a game and we really sucked....the game got out of control on us and the coachs were irrate. Officiating is something I thought I always wanted to try and tonight made game 4 for me....It was a JV game and I even had a coach call a time out to give me hell and tell me I was horrible

Right here is where you whack the coach. Two wrongs don't make it right.

[Moosie74]

Originally Posted by Rich

Right here is where you whack the coach. Two wrongs don't make it right.

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.