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Seisure

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I'm just putting a set of guidelines together for a local tournament Im organising and I want to get peoples input on tips or tricks people use when they are reffing to make the best calls possible. Ill start if off...

1. Keep your ears open, you might not see a player getting hit but you might here the sound of a paintball hit a hopper which is very distinctive.
 

FirebirD

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I'm just putting a set of guidelines together for a local tournament Im organising and I want to get peoples input on tips or tricks people use when they are reffing to make the best calls possible. Ill start if off...

1. Keep your ears open, you might not see a player getting hit but you might here the sound of a paintball hit a hopper which is very distinctive.
If someone looks suspicious, check them? :p
 

JTD1993

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If you can't see get specs..

Seriously, helped me ;)

Don't stand where you know you'll get drilled.
Concentrate on your assigned area of the field, don't get distracted
STICK TO DECISIONS
Don't take any jipp..
 

Suns

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Don't stand there scratching your balls. If a player asks for a check, or asks you to check someone else, DO IT. :)
 

Tony Harrison

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Mar 13, 2007
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How to be a good Ref

1. Read & learn the rules (applies to players also).

2. Have a copy of the rules in your pocket (or use them as a codpiece) when said players tell you "they don't do that at the Millennium/NPPL/PSP/my local field".

3. Get to the site on time and sober. Bring food & drink with you.

4. Make sure you have a timer, pen, whistle, mallet/hammer, game schedule.

5. Don't forget your goggles.

6. Walk the field with your ref crew.

7. Try and ref with the same crew - like playing, you work better as a team.

8. Be firm but fair. If you make a bad call stick to it, and don't let players intimidate you. Remember, no one's perfect.

:)
 

ollgeeze

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Absolutely under no condidtions pull a 141, its a big responsibility, plus no one can think that fast can they?

Pull players for bunker rub without even thinking twice and under no circumstances appologise once its become completely obvious that you've made a mistake, this might give the player the impression that he isnt subbordinate to you after all and may cause some kind of riot.

Talk proudly about how you intentionaly pull players regularly for playing shirt prints that might look in the slightest bit suspect and chuckle moronicaly in a homer simpson style moment of recollection.

Be completely intransigent and pedantic when it comes to checking markers for bounce, if you can make it do 3 bps using questionable bounce checking techniques then its a banned marker, call the ultimate over and tell him you'l give him bum sex in the marshal tent if he bans the offending player. If the marshal does ban the player then strut around the field proudly for a few minutes knowing that justice has been served.
 

DANIEL

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Don't be afraid to get shot, it will happen. Get in and check people you are there to check people not to stand on the side lines and watch a game.

Don't stand behind a player, they won't get hit there you need to stand somewhere where you can see where they are likely to get hit.

Once a call has been made you can't change it, right or wrong. If you are wrong and a player challenges you, for example if you pulled them for bunker rub, just say there was paint there, that looked like a hit and you made a call.

If any player starts mouthing off because your an idiot, f*cked them over etc, if it's during a game tell them to get off the field or you'll pull another player, if they keep arguing do it, if they're clever they'll stop it and more importantly won't do it again on your field.
If it's after the game you can just remind them that they'll have another game or penalty point them if appropriate.

Be firm in the first few games, once players have been on your field or have watched games they'll know if they can get away with anything. Don't take any crap and people won't try to give you any.
People don't try half the stuff at Millenniums they do in local tournies.

Be firm but be polite, no one likes a marshall with a god complex, you just look like a d!ck.

Know the rules and make a call, i would rather people make the odd wrong call rather than just standing on the side line and not make any call.

Don't call players by their names even if you know them, it'll help avoid calls of bias.

clean the barricades between games, if there is no paint to rub against then there'll be less hard calls and less arguments afterwards.


So that's it, basically get in, make your call. Don't take any sh!t but be respectful and you'll get less sh!t and be treated with respect.
Get in and pull people out, don't give people a chance to play on, you'll have to pull less penalties, people playing on won't shoot anyone so there'll be less arguments.
 

jahlad

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Don't stand there scratching your balls. If a player asks for a check, or asks you to check someone else, DO IT. :)

wrong....if a player asks you to check him...fine*, if he asks you to check the guy he is shooting at him, be confident that the marshal at the other end of the field is doing his job propperly and inform the player that a marshal is watching his target.
if the marshal at the other end of the field isnt pulling his weight, its not your job to run around like a headless chicken to do his work for him, speak to the field ultimate after the game and he will deal with the lazy ref.

if you see paint hit a player who is not in your 'section' inform the ref who is in that section....use a hand signal to indicate that the player is eliminated and let the ref who is closer remove the player. The field ultimate is watching all the refs, if he sees you signal and also sees that the ref in that section isnt responding it is HIS job to get the player out not yours. Dont leave your position unless the ultimate tells you to or play moves completely out of your area of the field, in which case move to a logical position to help your fellow refs.

a good ref is watching 3 things.....the 'outside' of players in his quarter of the field, the 'inside' of players in the quarter opposite and the ref who is working opposite him. this way with a 5 man reffing team each ref watches what is infront of him and can move to best cover this, as long as you work with the ref opposite you it makes a hard job a lot easier. this also leave the ultimate free to watch the field as a whole and insert himself where needed.

*watch out for players who will ask you to check them because they know a team mate wants to loose a hit or wants to distract you for another reason...if you are 100% sure nothing has hit the player, just tell him to play on and stay in position, your opposite ref is watching the other side of him.