View Full Version : Do you have a paper copy of the ATR
Greyhnd00
13 Mar 2003, 07:02 PM
In northern michigan they have stopped giving out the Referee administrative handbook to everyone but head referees and they give NOBODY the ATR as it is available on the internet..........Is this what is being done elsewhere?
In the past couple years we have received hardcopy of the LOTG, ATR, Admin Handbook, and Guide to Procedures at recert clinics. I believe that all four are given to new Grade 8 referees, too.
OTOH, the MSRC had a significant deficit this past year. I would expect similar cutbacks here soon.
Personally, I prefer to have access to soft-copy. It stays current. For example, I would not have known about the change in the fitness test without checking the on-line version because my copy was the 1999 edition.
BTW, what is a "head referee"?
Greyhnd00
14 Mar 2003, 08:10 AM
I am in an area of northern michigan that is in many ways in its soccer infancy. There isnt a single certified assignor within 200 miles so most assignments are handled by a volunteer with little or no soccer knowledge who recieves input/advice from a selected "head referee" who is selected by the board of directors. Leaving the DC area to come here was alot like stepping out of the proverbial house and out of kansas!
Gary V
14 Mar 2003, 12:28 PM
Originally posted by Greyhnd00
There isnt a single certified assignor within 200 miles ...
There's an assignor class this weekend at the MSYSA office - take it and you can assign for everything north of Ludington!
We haven't gotten a hard copy of the updated (2001) Advice to Referees in metro Detroit either. Since the next revision is due for 2004, we probably won't get a hard copy this year, either.
We all got updated copies of Laws of the Game; most of us got Procedures ... and Administrative Handbook at our recert class last fall, until they ran out. My daughter's recent original cert class got all three.
Greyhnd00
14 Mar 2003, 04:33 PM
I am arranging a class in my area with he state next month.......Should get about 10 people on board.
Greyhnd00
14 Mar 2003, 04:34 PM
I think we are selling our guys short by not stressing the ATR. Especially for a new referee it is crucial.
pkCrouse
14 Mar 2003, 06:37 PM
Originally posted by Greyhnd00
I think we are selling our guys short by not stressing the ATR. Especially for a new referee it is crucial. It amazes me how many USSF referees have never even heard of the ATR, let alone looked at it. I would suspect that fewer than 10% of grade 8's have used it with any regularity. As you say, it is a great tool for helping the relatively new referee who is ready to take that next step beyond bare foul-recognition and rote memorization of the LOTG. Of course it has its limitations, but it is one of the best resources available.