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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m both a parent and a NCSL coach, and have reffed in the past. A few thoughts.

- The field is often loud, the distances can be far, and you’re not allowed to enter the field to get close to the ref. You often have to yell to communicate.

- Yelling about calls happens in virtually every sport, at every level. Ever watch a basketball or football game?

- I never yell about throw ins. That’s stupid.

-Yelling should be about a call, and should never include personal attacks.

- Refs miss things all the time, or are unsure. They’re human, and others often have angles the ref doesn’t have. If they see a shot in the box and it hits off an arm, but they’re not sure whose arm, if one coach is yelling for a handball and the other is not, that can influence them.

- Especially at uLittle, I can’t count how many times a ref does not know or apply the rules correctly. Build out line is always the worst, but I have had refs forget there is no offside before the build out line (and call it just past midfield), forget keepers can’t punt, not stop the game after the ball hit someone in the head, etc.

- I’ve also seen some biased behavior (intentional or otherwise), and am going to call it out. One ref at uLittle was letting one team retake bad throws, but their opponent had to turn the ball over every time it happened to them.  I had a game the other day where there were multiple handballs in the box by one team, with the ball hitting a defenders forearm which was above their shoulder in each case. Never called. End of game, a midfielder passes back to my defender in our own box. Defender goes to play the ball, it hits a bump in the grass and caroms off the top of her foot into her bicep, which is at maybe a ten degree angle to her torso (ie a natural one). PK that tied the game. You can bet I yelled. [/quote]

Does yelling in this context actually do anything or just allow you to blow off steam because you are (perhaps rightfully) irritated?  Like if a ref has a poor site line and no side refs, does yelling about off sides at them serve any purpose?[/quote]

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