Fellow refs, I'm contemplating a Smart watch. But want one to use for reffing too. Any recommendations. While I'm a tight fisted Scotsman, I'm not adverse to paying a wee bit for a good quality product. Nothing silly costs that a pro might use, just something a step tracker, stop watch, maybe a couple of countdown timers. HR monitor not needed though.
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Flish
Referees in England
Despite the fact I am in the process of creating a ref watch app for the Apple Watch, I would say no to that, certainly not as your primary refereeing device (doesn’t respond that well in the pouring rain). That said, I do find it an excellent secondary, use the activity tracker as a time elapsed device, and a very basic scoring app to keep the running total (alongside my paper tally). My primary reffing watch is the Ref Scorer as it allows me to keep a penalty count.
You could just as easily use a Garmin Device, or probably some of the Fitbit devices as an all rounder too, but IMO again not as a primary referee watch
You could just as easily use a Garmin Device, or probably some of the Fitbit devices as an all rounder too, but IMO again not as a primary referee watch
I have never refereed a game in all my years without one of these on each wrist!!!
Ciaran Trainor
Referees in England
All sounds far too complicated for me.
I have a watch for each wrist.
One has a 40 minute timer that I can start and stop, the other is a watch that tells the time with a big face
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If I cock up the complicated one, I always have the old school back up!
I have a watch for each wrist.
One has a 40 minute timer that I can start and stop, the other is a watch that tells the time with a big face
.If I cock up the complicated one, I always have the old school back up!
All sounds far too complicated for me.
I have a watch for each wrist.
One has a 40 minute timer that I can start and stop, the other is a watch that tells the time with a big face
If I cock up the complicated one, I always have the old school back up!
That's what I have. Ironman counts down from 40 and I stop start it
On the other hand a watch tells me it's half past three.
Tim, was there a time that you pressed the wrong button on your watch?
My Current set up is 2 digital and analogue watches. One is worn facing "up" and I use it for the stopwatch for my halfs (i can still se the time with the hands, so if I forget to press a button I still know approx how long we've played). The other is worn face down, It gets used for the countdown timer for Yellow cards. I have a countdown timer on the "face up" watch too so I can have 2 separate Y/C going. I want have a step counter/GPS tracker in addition to this. I was thinking a SMART watch could tick all of the boxes (with the poss exception of multiple countdown timers).
Ciaran Trainor
Referees in England
I actually do that Tim, one piece of your advice I do use:biggrin:
Tim, was there a time that you pressed the wrong button on your watch?
Of course -that's when I started writing down the time. I have also forgotten to re-start after time off; forgotten to start the watch at the start of a game, pressed start button and blew whistle without checking the watch had actually started, mis-calculated time elapsed/time left (depending how the watch was set up) when asked.
Perhaps I should have kept a list, but that would be like self-flagellation.
Of course -that's when I started writing down the time. I have also forgotten to re-start after time off; forgotten to start the watch at the start of a game, pressed start button and blew whistle without checking the watch had actually started, mis-calculated time elapsed/time left (depending how the watch was set up) when asked.
Perhaps I should have kept a list, but that would be like self-flagellation.
Flish
Referees in England
All of the above, which is half the reason why as much as I am plugged into the digital world I have analogue back ups (paper, and yes I right down time on too if it differs from planned), also why my main countdown watch is not a ‘smart’ watch, far less likely to need a reboot, lock up, stop in the rain etc - also has physical buttons so less likely to miss (I have actually stopped the watch by bending my wrist on one type!)