In this article we have collected the most useful and important questions.
What is the best way for players to address the referee? Some can be extremely emotional…
First of all, try to avoid various gestures and spreading hands, waving and all other demonstrative things. Why? We all understand that this is all directed more at the audience than specifically at the referee.
If the judge has any history, or knows him or her already, then knowing him or her by name. It will be useful to build some psychological bridges.
Of course, no fraternizing. No YOU, Seryoga, Leha. No! Even if you know the man, only Sergei, Alexei. The most neutral is Ref. Very often I hear it. Very short, clear and immediately understand who is addressed.
What’s the best way to tell the referee about the opponent’s “hidden” fouls, if he doesn’t pay attention to them because he simply can’t see them?
You just say, “Raef, he’s holding my shirt, pay attention to that. He’s going to look at it and then he’s going to have to give an answer. Either start whistling those fouls, because he will understand that there really was an omission, or justify to the player the reason for not giving them. In case he saw the whole situation before the player even addressed it. May even ask to show this foul, if, say, the player is just standing still, and he is being pulled by the jersey at the same time. But he is standing still and no one sees it at all. This can also happen.
What is the correct way to show this foul?
For example, there is a situation, when, for example, there is a fight under the ring, where one starts to elbow the other, but he does not really resist and starts to respond. If, in this situation, the referee thinks that this level of contact is acceptable to both sides and no one has any complaints, then he doesn’t react. Because everyone is happy and the game is going well.
But if you’re being held with your hands, you have to raise your hands and say, “See, I’m being held. But in no case do not swing away or push away.
There are situations when, on a fast break, because of an active show or imitation of a foul by the attacker together with his shouting “Ouch” and “Ouch” during the shot leads to the fact that the judge believes him and gives a foul to the defender, although he barely touched him or even flew by.
The rules change and sometimes it takes the referees quite a while to get to them. More often than not, it’s on issues of the run. The umpires keep whistling what no longer counts as a run. What should the players do in this case?
What is needed here is for both players and umpires to take an interest in what is going on around them. You have to always try to stay up to date, “on topic,” so to speak.
Regarding the run, we need the referee’s automaticity skill. Sometimes, the judge concentrates on contacts and just misses everything else, and the whole room oohing and ahhing, and he blows the whistle intuitively, although he himself has not seen it. That’s as far as umpiring mistakes go, but umpires don’t get it wrong more often than not.
As for amateur leagues, there’s a problem. People who go out on the court as amateurs often don’t take all the trends and changes seriously. It’s just a matter of learning and repetition.
There are a lot of courses for judges now, aren’t there?
Yes, such materials are present now and there are enough of them, but as practice has shown, the most effective is a monotonous and routine work. When an instructor comes up to you and tells you that you missed a run or didn’t commit a foul here. It’s the perspective of an experienced person that helps you give yourself a real objective assessment and improve your officiating skills. Sometimes a young person’s perspective can be helpful, too, because they can point out things you’ve lost your eye to and you’ve stopped noticing.
Is there a special attitude toward team leaders?
There’s a certain stereotype that the stars are looked at more. Everyone looks at them more. They get more scouting, they are more analyzed and evaluated. That’s probably why everyone pays more attention to what the referee blows his whistle on them and what he doesn’t. But authority itself, as in life, always matters. With stars, it shows in the fact that they know how to communicate better, are better psychologists. Maybe that’s why there is a perception that they are treated better.
And about all kinds of “Ouch” and “Ouch.” It happens that this imitation plays just the opposite role. Judges study stars and know their habits. For example, Juan Carlos Navarro was a big fan of imitations, and the judges knew that, so it sometimes played against him. All these tricks are being studied.
It even happens that a foul really did happen and the referee, not being in the best position or somewhere in motion and not noticing the situation. But because he thinks the player was faking it, he doesn’t call a foul, even though it really happened. This is a very ambiguous situation.
Tips for players through the eyes of a referee:
- You must learn how to communicate properly with referees.
Don’t use phrases like: hello, hey, hey you, come here, but understand what he is reacting to and first of all analyze your actions and try to commensurate what you are doing. Is it worth proving to the umpire that you didn’t make a run, but in such terms that you can get a technical foul? Sometimes it may not be necessary. - It is necessary to analyze your actions.
For example: a player gets two absolutely identical fouls in 10 seconds.
In such situations it is necessary to look at the video. Sometimes we ourselves do not understand what we are doing. Watching the video can greatly change the perception and realize that it turns out I did not do everything perfectly. If you have a lot of complaints about the officiating, be sure to watch the tape of your game. - stay on topic.
To understand the innovations and nuances, as a player to be “on the same page” with the judges and understand what to pay attention to in the game