As the last two posts indicated it's been a long week and it was good to finish it off by completing the latest Basic Course for New Referees with 24 successful candidates.
We originally started with 27 but lost one before the first session and lost two between week one and two. Today's session included an exercise on misconduct offering candidates the chance to practice dealing with situations where players are cautioned, receive a second caution in the same game and also situations where they dismiss for a single offence.
To wrap this session up we simulate a mass confrontation to see how a candidate deals with it and we pull out the learning points. Today we set up the scenario with some "spectators", some "runners" and around 20 "players". Now normally we find that the candidates flounder a little, which is no surprise considering everything that is going on.
Today's volunteer (victim?) was without doubt one of the best I have seen in over 4 years of being involved in Basic Courses. He followed a simple procedure of adopting a good position to observe what was happening, blowing his whistle repeatedly to try establish control, isolating offenders (even enlisting the help of the team captains), sending off those guilty of the relevant offences and then "reading the riot act" to the captains.
And that's when I got that feeling that he might just be a special candidate. So hopefully, he'll take to refereeing, will enjoy it and also demonstrate those skills in his games over the next few years. With dedication, commitment, hard work and a little luck who's to say he won't be on the Football League Show or Match of the day within the next 10 years?
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