Refereeing is an arbitrary job when incidents happen, the two parties concern will refer it to somebody and the person whom it was referred is the referee. Judges in court have ample time to make a judgment or even refer to colleagues of the same profession for advice. A referee has only himself and some body cues from his team-mates to make a correct decision within a split seconds. Yet his decisions have to be accepted all the time. To do this he has to show some authority, gesture, body language, hand signals and even in his style of whistling to be convincing and to show his decisiveness in his decisions.
Tips: A quick dash to the place of incident for strong hard or aggressive foul or to the penalty mark can indicate that the referee is very sure of his decision. A delayed but quick move of the arm when giving hand signal for a goal kick, corner kick or a free kick also show decisiveness. Facial impression – a smile, a calm or stern look do indicate self confidence and a pale or blank look, a shoulder shrug or a snobbish reaction can welcome negative reactions. A quick flash of the cards or a slow uncommitted raise of the hand gives a different connotation. Different intonation in the whistling for different incidents also gives a flare to the refereeing stye. Quick strong blast for a hard foul, short blow for a normal foul, long clear sounds an offside and double whistling that you want him to come to you. The first impression of yourself is very important because you will never get a second chance to create a first impression.
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