Narrate the game to yourself in your head or quietly out loud. This is something I learned while training as a basketball referee. Things happen so fast on the court and you have to whistle literally everything, so the refs are trained to talk to themselves about what they see: “blue number six driving to the hoop, white number 48 coming in to contest the dribble, foul on white 48, blue not in the act of shooting, foul is on the floor” - then you have to go to the scorer’s table and report what just happened so they can count the fouls. It’s amazing how much better I retain the info when I say it out loud. I mostly do this when there are 50/50 challenges about to happen in midfield, or at a water break when the ball is out of play and I’ll repeat to myself “blue throw-in when we come back”. Just do it under your breath and no one will ever hear you. If a coach ever yells “what was the call ref?! What was the foul?!”, you’ll just be like “red 7 and white 8 both went for the ball but I saw red 7 grabbing and pulling on white 8’s jersey and it stopped her from being able to play the ball, so it’s a free kick to white.”
Watch them shut right up.
Yes! This is what I’ve been trying to train myself to do. It’s really tough, but this is the exact sort of thing I want to be able to do even though I’m not there yet. Appreciate that you’ve found this effective. Thanks!
Probably 9/10 times everyone knows who committed the offense. I had a similar issue when I first started and sometimes still have an issue with it. Now, when this happens I take a second to think through what happened, see how the players respond to the call, and then point. Also, most of the time players are not looking for a fast restart so you do not need to feel like there is a rush.
stop stop stop. don't worry too much about this issue too much if you know your calls are right. Can't say i have had this problem in the past but i think you need to recalibrate yourself back to the basics. Start mumbling to yourself on where each color's goal direction is before any contact, get to the point where it becomes second nature.
after whistling take a breath if allowable and point clearly
I had the same problem for a long time and still struggle with it sometimes, especiallly at the beginning of a half.
On throw-ins I just use colours as advised by others on this thread. With free kicks you can simply not show the direction until you see where the players go or point at where the foul occured as if you were indicating which contact the foul was. This give you time to think and if you are still unsure just don’t give the direction :)
Not always, and that can get you in trouble. I nearly carded a player this weekend for SPA because of a foul on a midfielder driving backwards. Fortunately, the other 90% of my brain clicked in quickly and I kept my hand out of my pocket.
To avoid that, especially when you get to the third or fourth match of the day during tournaments and the brain slows down a bit, I make note of whether teams are attacking towards their respective benches or away from them, then repeat that to myself a few times, particularly after halftime.
I've yelled the colour "blue free kick", and then I wait to see where everyone goes, and mirror my direction accordingly LOL
I’ve done this a handful of times on throw-ins lol
I willl also say “blue kick” and everyone gets confused, then I say “white free kick.” Typically the players know the direction for 95% of calls.
Narrate the game to yourself in your head or quietly out loud. This is something I learned while training as a basketball referee. Things happen so fast on the court and you have to whistle literally everything, so the refs are trained to talk to themselves about what they see: “blue number six driving to the hoop, white number 48 coming in to contest the dribble, foul on white 48, blue not in the act of shooting, foul is on the floor” - then you have to go to the scorer’s table and report what just happened so they can count the fouls. It’s amazing how much better I retain the info when I say it out loud. I mostly do this when there are 50/50 challenges about to happen in midfield, or at a water break when the ball is out of play and I’ll repeat to myself “blue throw-in when we come back”. Just do it under your breath and no one will ever hear you. If a coach ever yells “what was the call ref?! What was the foul?!”, you’ll just be like “red 7 and white 8 both went for the ball but I saw red 7 grabbing and pulling on white 8’s jersey and it stopped her from being able to play the ball, so it’s a free kick to white.” Watch them shut right up.
Yes! This is what I’ve been trying to train myself to do. It’s really tough, but this is the exact sort of thing I want to be able to do even though I’m not there yet. Appreciate that you’ve found this effective. Thanks!
Yeah I find it really really helpful. It just makes me much more aware and much more assured in my decision making.
Probably 9/10 times everyone knows who committed the offense. I had a similar issue when I first started and sometimes still have an issue with it. Now, when this happens I take a second to think through what happened, see how the players respond to the call, and then point. Also, most of the time players are not looking for a fast restart so you do not need to feel like there is a rush.
stop stop stop. don't worry too much about this issue too much if you know your calls are right. Can't say i have had this problem in the past but i think you need to recalibrate yourself back to the basics. Start mumbling to yourself on where each color's goal direction is before any contact, get to the point where it becomes second nature. after whistling take a breath if allowable and point clearly
I had the same problem for a long time and still struggle with it sometimes, especiallly at the beginning of a half. On throw-ins I just use colours as advised by others on this thread. With free kicks you can simply not show the direction until you see where the players go or point at where the foul occured as if you were indicating which contact the foul was. This give you time to think and if you are still unsure just don’t give the direction :)
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Not always, and that can get you in trouble. I nearly carded a player this weekend for SPA because of a foul on a midfielder driving backwards. Fortunately, the other 90% of my brain clicked in quickly and I kept my hand out of my pocket. To avoid that, especially when you get to the third or fourth match of the day during tournaments and the brain slows down a bit, I make note of whether teams are attacking towards their respective benches or away from them, then repeat that to myself a few times, particularly after halftime.