Pitibear
11-25-2007, 07:36 PM
just perused the Crazy Parents thread, and thought this deserved a new thread...
(uh, apologies to mods up front, maybe I shoulda searched, but I'm going for it anyway...)
I am disturbed by all the enmity shown toward refs for "bad calls." There is no such thing. The ref is not there to make the right call. That would be impossible, because no rferee can see the play correctly all the time. So, as a player (or parent) you let every call, and every non-call, stand, and you keep playing the game. I personally invite everybody on TLF, all 31,000 of us, to re-visit their attitude toward ref calls...
just got done playing a inline hockey tourney this weekend, 32 games on Friday and Saturday, all with no referees! Part of the "Xtreet Sports" concept. This way all the players learn to respect the game, and their opponents, and their teammates ...if you don't play nice, the league will invite you to leave, believe me...the league stands behind its demand for respectful play by all participants.
This guy fell in an entanglement, and hit me square in the face with his stick, later the same guy rolled on his change-of-direction right into my skates from behind, and took my feet out from under me. I went down hard...every player knew that both of these incidents would have been a penalty with a ref...so play stopped briefly, while everybody picked themselves off the floor, play restarted, and away we went...
respect for the game is paramount. Sometimes, you put a ref in, and this just gives players an excuse to complain when things don't go right. Take the ref out, and you just play...and have fun. This was a great tourney, my team finished third, with a 4-3 overall record. Playing the game was what was important, not even winning the thing...
Everybody maybe add this to your way of thinking at my invitation, eh?
It's the season to be jolly, darn it, so everybody jolly-up.
(uh, apologies to mods up front, maybe I shoulda searched, but I'm going for it anyway...)
I am disturbed by all the enmity shown toward refs for "bad calls." There is no such thing. The ref is not there to make the right call. That would be impossible, because no rferee can see the play correctly all the time. So, as a player (or parent) you let every call, and every non-call, stand, and you keep playing the game. I personally invite everybody on TLF, all 31,000 of us, to re-visit their attitude toward ref calls...
just got done playing a inline hockey tourney this weekend, 32 games on Friday and Saturday, all with no referees! Part of the "Xtreet Sports" concept. This way all the players learn to respect the game, and their opponents, and their teammates ...if you don't play nice, the league will invite you to leave, believe me...the league stands behind its demand for respectful play by all participants.
This guy fell in an entanglement, and hit me square in the face with his stick, later the same guy rolled on his change-of-direction right into my skates from behind, and took my feet out from under me. I went down hard...every player knew that both of these incidents would have been a penalty with a ref...so play stopped briefly, while everybody picked themselves off the floor, play restarted, and away we went...
respect for the game is paramount. Sometimes, you put a ref in, and this just gives players an excuse to complain when things don't go right. Take the ref out, and you just play...and have fun. This was a great tourney, my team finished third, with a 4-3 overall record. Playing the game was what was important, not even winning the thing...
Everybody maybe add this to your way of thinking at my invitation, eh?
It's the season to be jolly, darn it, so everybody jolly-up.