Thursday, April 14, 2016

Personality Types of Officials

Psychiatrists and psychologists tell us that we can learn a lot about human personality types by studying the different personality types in animals--and that is surely true in the tennis world!  Not only can we learn about personality types in players, we can learn a lot about officials and coaches.

Check out the different personality types of officials by comparing them to different breeds of dogs.


ST. BERNARD PERSONALITY TYPE

*  They think they are called to rescue the whole world with their officiating.
*  They want to hug every player they code.
*  They want to be the "new best friend" to all coaches and parents.
*  They get their slobber all over their score cards.
*  Their sensitive spirits gets them into trouble more often than not.


DOBERMAN PERSONALITY TYPE

*  They code anything and everything.
*  They butt into every match they officiate.
*  They offend most of the universe with their attitudes and demeanor.
*  They bite.
*  They snarl.
*  They are not easily taught or controlled.


COCKER SPANIEL PERSONALITY TYPE

*  They always win the award for "most loveable."
*  All parents love them--until they rule against their kid.
*  Coaches want them on all their matches.
*  They give more warnings than codes on a regular basis.
*  They try to figure out the "reason" for infractions instead of coding them.
*  They rush to pick up the balls for the players.
*  A great asset but tend to be way too emotional.
*  A great peace maker in volatile situations.


JACK RUSSELL PERSONALITY TYPE

*  They run around like the energizer bunny.
*  They measure every net in sight.
*  They love to number the ball cans.
*  They can't understand why everyone can't keep up with them.
*  They drive their referees crazy.
*  They're good with parents because they drive them nuts.
*  Players can't stand them.
*  They know all the rules and want to remind you about each and every one of them.
*  They're cute but will make you really tired just being around them.
*  They grab the best lunches.


CHIHUAHUA PERSONALITY TYPE

*  They make cute but useless officials.
*  They are sweet until they get mad.
*  They yip and yap about everything in sight.
*  No player wants them on their court.
*  When they kiss you, they are just licking off a place to bite.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I must be a mixed breed.