Wow, what a misread by you. First, you have NO experience in what HS officials are dealing with on a daily basis, and second you put a bunch of words into my mouth that I didn’t come close to saying.
Sorry, not my intent. You are correct I don't have experience being a HS ref. I do have experience playing and know exactly what happened when I did (many, many moons ago). Again, this policy goes beyond soccer and if that's the state of things and everyone accepts it instead of directing rules in in the right direction, then I just think it's a horrible statement on society in general. Can you explain what words I put in your mouth? Again, that was not my intent. Maybe you can clarify by what you meant by your statement, "I take great happiness from a coach getting an equipment yellow, because it loads my gun. If that coach makes noise after that yellow, I can easily shut him up by a quick drive by reminder."
Many moons ago is right! If you talk to coaches and admins as I do in two sports, you’ll find that the student-athete is NOT who you remember it to be. Not even close. And, an easy yellow to a loud mouthed coach (they exist a LOT in HS) makes my job for the rest of the game fairly easy. He says something, I remind him he’s on a yellow, and poof, my loud mouthed coach turns into Silent Coach. He doesn’t want to get called into the principals office in the morning to explain why he got tossed.
The coach is not being punished for what the player did. The coach is being punished for not doing what the coach is required to do under high school rules--and which the coach told the referee he had done. The Coach told the ref that his team was properly equipped and it wasn't true.
GREAT story! US Soccer invited me and 2 other refs to do video shooting for the referee development and training videos on YouTube.
Not positive but I assume not. I’ll already br at the facility that day since I’m doing an ODP showcase there so that’s at least less driving. Facility is about 1.5 hrs away.
Yeah this must be part of that. Also, according to the National Referee who co-runs our youth mentoring program, US Soccer made a bunch of “task forces (his words) and more assistance for youth referees was one of them (or something like that). This guy is on the task force but had nothing to do with this whole video shoot. My best guess is that Pedro Trejo recommended me to the guys since I worked 2 DA games (including my first DA middle) back in September. Guess he was impressed. No clue who the other 2 refs are or if it’s Pedro’s doing, just a theory.
Howard Webb's session at the United Soccer Coaches convention was terrific. Should have a story about it at Soccer America soon.
Speaking of the United Soccer Coaches convention, my daughter was selected/recognized as one of the 30 under 30 coaches. "The 30 Under 30 Program is a year-long education and mentorship opportunity for a special group of 15 male and 15 female coaches who are leading the way in developing soccer players and enhancing the game."Proud papa here. She did referee for a couple of years and always consults me when faced with odd situations.
I worked my first Semi-Pro Futsal (National Futsal Premier League) game last Friday in Chicago. It was executed exactly as planed. All 4 of us worked hard and even though it was a blow out, both teams were happy about the quality of the refereeing. I will be doing it again this Saturday in Indy.
After coming back from a pretty bad injury last year, good luck to you! Just remember: a couple extra weeks/months not refereeing is better than re-injuring / permanently injuring. Soccer will always be waiting there for you.
I finally got around to taking my HS test. I passed it with a 90%. Before you scoff, I was working and occasionally would answer a question or two.
Good enough, at least in our state. You get three tries. 75% qualifies you to do high school games (below that, you can only do middle school games) and 90% is required to do playoff games. A frequent problem is guys getting somewhere in the 80's and not bothering to take the test again so they can do playoff games. Then playoff time comes around and the assignor doesn't have enough people with high enough scores to cover all of the games.
Understood. My point is that the rule seeks to punish the coach as opposed to the player. I have a feeling I'm not the only one who has questioned this line of thinking with HS sports over the years.
I asked a coach the usual question “Are your players properly attired?” His response was “they better be or they will run until I’m tired.” I think the players are held responsible for their behavior.
GOOD coaches hold players responsible for their behavior. That is true. It is good enough for the playoffs here. I just like to hold myself to a higher standard. I think I scored a 96 last year, with one miss being a uniform thing that I didn't read correctly and the other I missed a "not" in a sentence.
Properly attired? Don't you mean properly equipped? There is a difference. To me, attired refers to shirt, shorts, socks. Equipped refers to shoes, shinguards, no jewelry.
In hoser ball, isn't there also something about a single point, an extra player, and speaking French for half the game? Plus I think the coach gets banned from Tim Horton's for a week.