I was refereeing a soccer game yesterday, as I had been all weekend, and I am finally on my last game, It was the 10th game of the weekend, and I was extremely tired, Some kid touches the ball, I blow my whistle, and I call out (pretty loudly mind you, decent sized field) “Hand!”.
Well, now imagine my complete mortification, when I look at this child, and he does not, in fact, have a hand on the arm he hit it with. And to make matters even better, my dad, and sister were already there, and laughing their asses off about it.
When I woke up this morning, and got downstairs, I see my siblings sitting at the counter, and when they saw me, they started laughing, and my sister that was there said “Hand”.
TL;DR: I called a handball on a kid missing a hand, and my family is never going to let my live it down.
Edit: Yes, I know that is the call, only 1 of the 3 siblings play soccer and she doesn’t care to back me up, My siblings bring up things from 10+ years ago, I am not going to live this down
Edit number 2: The kid found it funny, was joking with friends and the coach, I apologized for my families laughter anyways, and the kid just laughed and said my reaction was funny. If the kid took it badly I would have told my family to shut up, or asked them to leave
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That’s what the call is. The kid knows what the call is. What else would you call, nub-ball?
I don’t see the fuckup, it’s still called a hand foul regardless of which part of your arm touches the ball.
My first ever game was U6. I called handball in the penalty area on last kick of game. The kid I called it in just started bawling. Probably should have let that one go.
Your dad and sister were there laughing at the situation? Did the boy with no hand see them laughing?
I’m with you man, that’s hilarious. I would also spend the next ten years whistling at you, holding up a hand and going “hand”
Draw a line. Tell your sibs it’s time to stop. They’re being stupid, it wasn’t funny to start with and it’s not improving with repetition.
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Lifes little moments, you werent even there when it happened to the kid! You were probably out… walking your dog.