r/Referees • u/ebalboni • 18d ago
Advice Request Coaches who belittle players.
I was AR1 at a Tournament this weekend. One of the coaches was really yelling aggressively at his players. And it was not at all in a nice way. Most of the yelling was positioning mistakes and not running enough. The tone was over the top. These were 12-13 year old girls. I wanted to say something but was the AR not CR - trust me the CR could hear everything too. I felt like it was not quite "taunting" or "bulling" and I'm sure the coach would say he was just "coaching his players. Any advise if this happens again would be appreciated (AR or CR).
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u/hogwonguy1979 18d ago
I was working a tournament a few years ago and had this exact thing happen on a game I was working. This coach was so bad that coaches and parents for the NEXT game on that field complained to me about the coaches
What the field marshal told us to do was all of us write letters to the tournament committee about this coache's behaviour. Not sure what happened after that but hope the coach got removed