recball site marshals/refs - love em or hate em?
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Usually when I got shot as a marshall, which didn't happen very often, just often enough to be bothersome, I just called out the amount of money they'd wasted on me.
Worked quite well.
Anyway, I found that the best way is to set examples. I always gave somebody a warning, after that I had him sit out a game, after that you wouldn't play.
I found that the rest of the guys get in line pretty quick when they see someone get benched. Usually, after having missed 2 or 3 games, the offender would show enough remorse to be let back in the field. Only the monumentally stupid would lift his goggles again then.[/QUOTE]
Have this problem at my local site where i ref, even got the group organisers together they all understood the rules only for some players to lift there goggles again.
I found that the rest of the guys get in line pretty quick when they see someone get benched. Usually, after having missed 2 or 3 games, the offender would show enough remorse to be let back in the field. Only the monumentally stupid would lift his goggles again then.[/QUOTE]
Have this problem at my local site where i ref, even got the group organisers together they all understood the rules only for some players to lift there goggles again.
im a site marshal and am not the biggest person in the world [understatement]
you have to look at the type of customer they are before you deal with them, and find a way which suits both of you.
may be being nice to them, listening to them, to shouting like hell and letting them know whos boss.
if they like/ respect you they will listen to you and not act like a complete w***er.
..... only one occasion had this happen... if in doubt call someone bigger then them =]
i was marshalling today in 3/4 lengths and got shot on bare skin, mucho fun...
i tend to remind punters if they shoot me ill shoot them back and that i can shoot alot more paint than them
usually get a nervous laugh heh
and yes i have shot the odd punter from the sidelines only at the end of the day though, need them shooting that paint
i tend to remind punters if they shoot me ill shoot them back and that i can shoot alot more paint than them
usually get a nervous laugh hehand yes i have shot the odd punter from the sidelines
only at the end of the day though, need them shooting that paint 
when i marshall at our site, we do have the odd bit of bother i.e lifting goggles, shooting on the way to the game zone, arguing. i see it as a game. turn the bad calls on them and they shut up. i think i might be use to the bother due to working for the prison service, but the people i marshall with are huge and all army lags. so no bother comes that way. i think alot of it is down to the marshalls. we get involved with them and have a laugh and joke, some sites iv been to just go out marshall then sit in there little huts and dont bother. thats where the problems arise, if they cant be bothered to get involved we will do our own thing type thing
just my 2p
just my 2p
Im a woodsball site marshall and ive had the same feelings as all of you have mentioned.
I get up extremely early on my day off from work to go down to a wood and run around after other people, getting shot at occasionally.... the one thing that makes it worth it is when you get a thank you, and they tell you that they had a great day. I appreciate that more than anything!
There have been times where I have been scared for my own safety, and I strongly don't believe that any marshall should have to fear for their own safety. You get a big group of lads down for a stag party, you have to shout at one of them for lifting goggles, and the whole group looks like its about to kick the crap out of you.
I guess I do it because I love the sport.
I get up extremely early on my day off from work to go down to a wood and run around after other people, getting shot at occasionally.... the one thing that makes it worth it is when you get a thank you, and they tell you that they had a great day. I appreciate that more than anything!
There have been times where I have been scared for my own safety, and I strongly don't believe that any marshall should have to fear for their own safety. You get a big group of lads down for a stag party, you have to shout at one of them for lifting goggles, and the whole group looks like its about to kick the crap out of you.
I guess I do it because I love the sport.
im a newbie woosdball marshall and really enjoy it tbh.
you get the odd nob but nothing that cant be sorted.
To make sure they dont shoot you, just scare the crap outa them, tell em you have a kick ass marker, you play tournet paintball and you shoot 20 bps outside of marshalling and your markers are kept back at base :/
wnt be shooting you then. but you probably already do that?
either way, scare tactics.
But i havent really been there long enough to experience total bstards... so i cant say much else.
AnDy
you get the odd nob but nothing that cant be sorted.
To make sure they dont shoot you, just scare the crap outa them, tell em you have a kick ass marker, you play tournet paintball and you shoot 20 bps outside of marshalling and your markers are kept back at base :/
wnt be shooting you then. but you probably already do that?
either way, scare tactics.
But i havent really been there long enough to experience total bstards... so i cant say much else.
AnDy
Tbh, all you have to do to ensure a day that will be as hassle free as possible is to interact with the customers in as friendly a way as possible, right from the off. Granted you will get the odd knobbers who want to do their own thier own thing but so long as you demonstrate the potential for injury, and what a paintball to the eye can actually do, they tend to listen and actually apologise for any misdemeanours. I used to show them the scar on my left eyeball (believe me, I've taken one, and it scares the facking life out of you, not to mention hurts 10 times worse than a kick in the swingers). Although can I stress the incident was genuinely NOT my fault or the site owners, just the one dick who likes to spoil the session.
It can also help calm people's nerves if you can incorporate a little humour into the safety brief at the same time. Remember you are gonna be part of a group of say, 6 refs, who are gonna have to control a group of approx. 50 testosterone filled trigger happy loons, who are there to spend their hard earned, or ill gotten whichever way you look at it, and they just wanna enjoy themselves and go away knackered and loving the experience.
Personally speaking, to shoot customers from the sidelines if you are not a "terminator or predator" is a bad move and will only help to fuel aformentioned knobber's adrenaline, so you should NEVER do it as a ref.
Oh one more thing, THEY ARE PAYING YOUR WAGES NOT THE SITE OPERATOR
It can also help calm people's nerves if you can incorporate a little humour into the safety brief at the same time. Remember you are gonna be part of a group of say, 6 refs, who are gonna have to control a group of approx. 50 testosterone filled trigger happy loons, who are there to spend their hard earned, or ill gotten whichever way you look at it, and they just wanna enjoy themselves and go away knackered and loving the experience.
Personally speaking, to shoot customers from the sidelines if you are not a "terminator or predator" is a bad move and will only help to fuel aformentioned knobber's adrenaline, so you should NEVER do it as a ref.
Oh one more thing, THEY ARE PAYING YOUR WAGES NOT THE SITE OPERATOR