u/JaguarHaunting584

I was rewatching and thinking of matches I’ve seen or participated in and noticed a lot of referees at least at local / regional tournaments don’t give out shidos for inactivity very easily.
A friend of mine attended an open event in Europe and was handed multiple shidos within a minute, which is almost unheard of at any event I’ve been to.

Is this simply based on the level of the tournament as in I would see the same happen at the US Open? Or is it more of something that’s common in the USA overall ?

I’ve attended a lot of events on the east coast if that helps. Appreciate any thoughts and experiences and open to new perspectives.
Thank you.