Controlling Players

[Ed Hickland]

Touching is one thing, grabbing, shoving and or act that displays a forceful attitude I would consider inappropriate.

Raising your voice can be interpreted in many ways. A command voice to get attention, when appropriate, is fine but a screaming, yelling plethora of words an official should not utter.

As officials we demand respect and with that respect comes an expectation that we are in control. Once we contact a player showing our disgust or yell and scream at a player for the same reason then we no longer can truly demand that respect.

If you push a player and yell at a player then how can you reasonably penalize him when he contacts you?