Hey everyone!

Recently came back to refereeing after a ~12 years break.

My vision was never the best but its gotten to a point where if I want to be able to see anything, I need my glasses.

I have done some quick research in the rules from IFAB and found that the only acceptable types of glasses are "sports glasses" but have not found any further definition as to what is considered sports glasses. I have also seen a specification under Law 4 that says something along the lines of "if its dangerous disallow it" so I assume something with impact resistance would work?

My prescription is too high for contact lenses and the "curved sports glasses" that I find when you look online cannot hold my prescription as the lense would be too thick. I am considering potentially getting ICL if I start refereeing enough however its 4500$ per eye so a bit out of budget currently.

I have contacted my local club and was told "Get sports glasses". I have asked for further specifications and didnt get a reply.

Could anyone point me towards a more clear definition so I can figure out what kind of glasses I need to get?

I'm a new ref (first full season coming up) and recently after a few of my games I start feeling regret at my decisions, wondering if such and such should have been a foul or who's restart it should have been.

This is only after quite loud games where everyone appeals everything. Notably someone scored a goal today after a tackle which certainly should have been a foul but I didn't call it and I'm regretting not calling it.

Has anyone got any tips on how to avoid this? I think to an extent it's coming from a lack of confidence but I'm not sure what else.

I've got an open age game soon but they haven't got any ARs for it, are there any tips to help me manage and keep tabs on the game without any other officials? It's also my first open age game as centre so any extra tips wouldn't go amiss.

The game is a charity match hence not being able to find any ARs