Penalty Stroke Competition: Managing an odd situation

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[John]

starting umpiring I was abused every week by my own club mates...week in week out...I was told that was a bad call...but week after week I would go home and use resources I knew to make my umpiring better. towards the end of the season I overheard them saying my umpiring had really improved.

this is clearly wrong, whilst there is always room for discussion (especially after the match), there is never any room for abuse in a match.

[redumpire]

this is clearly wrong, whilst there is always room for discussion (especially after the match), there is never any room for abuse in a match.

I've said it before somewhere (Keely, help?), but I'll say it again: I'm perfectly happy for players to talk with me during a game; once they start talkking at me that's a different matter entirely.

[foozbear]

starting umpiring I was abused every week by my own club mates...week in week out...I was told that was a bad call...but week after week I would go home and use resources I knew to make my umpiring better. towards the end of the season I overheard them saying my umpiring had really improved.

this is clearly wrong, whilst there is always room for discussion (especially after the match), there is never any room for abuse in a match.

you can say this about any scenario....at the time I was learning...another umpire MAY have given up. While your perfectly right....it MADE me think of new ways to deal with the situations...I became policeman like and that stopped em going on after the first comment.  IT actually made me a more confident umpire whereas others could have cracked.

Its not a viable option to use this as an example where abuse is accepted...in AUS we just have beers and laugh after the game....we knew each other and they had played at the state level, and were used to the higher level umpires. By reacting to the way I umpired I drew my umpiring in line with what they expected.....consistancy, fairness, and most of all positioning to see the fouls.

now I will clarify...abuse falls into a broad category....all they really did was ask in various tones why a foul was or wasnt gven. why I missed a foot....stupid things. They did the same to me when I played on their team after a couple of seasons.

I dont allow players to talk AT me now...as I have that experience...

[Snoody]

I'm perfectly happy for players to talk with me during a game; once they start talking at me that's a different matter entirely.

Absolutely with you on that, Red. Have calmed a couple of 'tasty' occasions by using that very line to players. Thankfully, they reacted positively and the games went on far better. But it needs to be spelled out very clearly and very early (preferably before the match to the team skippers).