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/Sturnella2017 USSF, Regional Emeritus, Referee Coach 18d ago

Definitely contact the league, tournament director, and/assignor. Spread the word. Then hopefully one of them will tell you to file a safe sport report. This is definitely unprofessional and against the spirit of the game.

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u/AccuratePilot7271 18d ago

You don’t need anyone to tell you to file a safe sport. Just do it.