Having been exclusively doing U10 games last couple weeks to work in new ARs, it occurs to me that there is a lot of time and brainpower I could be using to instruct coaches: It's fine to let your defenders cross midfield! Strict positions are over-rated! Spend five minutes at every practice doing throw-ins! And for the love of Collina, keep those throw-ins simple!
And teach them the correct way to do a throw-in. Crossing your legs while throwing in the ball is seldom a good idea.
I've coached for about 17 years now and it's REALLY hard to not coach while reffing. Hardest thing I've done so far is coaching my club team, then pulling off warm-ups and reffing the next three matches. Thinking to self "SOMEBODY PRESS", "hey, buddy, next time, just throw it where you want him to go." or "Next time they do that check the other side of the field for help." sooooo tough
That would explain why you didn't call that foul the parents were yelling about last weekend. 12 Fouls and Misconduct 13 Free Kicks 14 The Penalty Kick 15 The Throw-in 16 The Goal Kick 17 The Corner Kick
^^^ The coach last night storming the field after my CR ended the game just before his team could take a corner kick on a 2-2 game in which they were expected to win... "YOU CAN'T END THE GAME ON A CORNER KICK"
That is taught by some coaches to kids who have trouble keeping their feet on the ground. I've never been a fan, but I can understand it it places where referees are two excited to be calling overly nit picky throw in violations.
I joined today with an aim to inquiring about fear of writing proper reports, and then came across this thread, so holding the main thought, here is what transpired in one of my futsal matches that I feel encouraged to share after reading many of the responses. It is CoEd Adult, the facility listed the teams as Division 5 - Silver, div 1 being highest, and gold higher than silver from div 2 all the way down to 5. During player check-in, it became obvious, that there must be bad-blood as I heard one male say "we dont like them." I make sure I collect match-fee promptly from them. Checking other team, they submit cards, one female says, we pay after seeing your performance, her teammate seconds her. I smile and show them the rules of the facility posted above their bench - simple process, you pay, then we play. They pay up; I put time on clock and we start. The seconds start ticking down and the ball zips back and forth by the Performance-team. The Dislike team intercepts and two male players sprint down my line, and at the corner, clip in performance-calf by dislike-male, and both get snagged into the only hole in the netting. Performance untangles first and after getting upright, strong words to Dislike, who gets up and handbags galore. I am small, unlike the 105 referee shown earlier in this thread, so I blow the whistle again. Yellow to Performance for provoking I tell him, and you Mr, for retaliating. I look at the clock, it is 48 seconds since kick-off. Next phase of play, and Dislike pulls up but still body-checks the Performance goal-keeper. No extra-curriculars. We are still in the second minute after kick-off. I bark at Dislike, You are already on one yellow, what's it going to be? He substitutes out, and does not return to play until the last minute of the half. Lots of back-n-forth action, the females going hammer-n-tongs against each other, and all unfair contact penalised; I show another yellow to another Dislike after he persists. So 3 yellows and not even that many minutes of play. I tell them, I like the intensity and would like to keep it, but you guys better start playing proper futsal. One penalty kick to each team, each scored. The intensity keeps up, and is just enough to keep me focussed. There are several pairs that are one-on-one, one girl on each team is a weak-link, so they come in only to give breather to their teammate. The opponent males do not molest them; it is only one touch they get on ball. When Dislike returns, he and Performance re-create their first encounter, exactly in the same corner. I blow the whistle a few decibels higher, Dislike mutters I am going, I tell him, just careless. The foul count is now 4-all. The score is 2-all. The facility CoEd rule is fouls accumulate until end, and the 6th is direct shot on goal. Dislike asks that he has question during half-time break, and I approach him. He asks me why I called that, I tell him, he went ahead of you and shielded the ball out, you did not put brakes on. Just a careless foul for me. But I was going to take a shot and he blocked me, so I responded, he was ahead of you, so then there was no fair way left for you to play. Another Performance male joins in and asks can I ask a question. I wanted to have a quick sip at the fountain, so I say Enough questions. His teammate, the weaklink, asks what happens now? They wanted to know what happens with 4-fouls each. I tell them, in this division, fouls accumulate, and after 5th foul, the 6th is direct shot on goal. I restart second half. No contact play for 22 minutes and 48 seconds, yes, I looked up and saw 00:12, and smiled. Time had flown by. Dislike goal-keeper conceded a couple of easy goals, gets frustrated and while hustling to save another barges into his goal-post and lands into his netting. So now it is Dislike 8 : 4 Performance, and boom, take-down by Performance within the 10-metre line. I ask Dislike, from there, or the 10-m spot and tell them, direct shot on goal, no pass. They have no idea what I am talking about, so I repeat. I inform the Performance goal-keeper about 5-metre limit, not necessary to be on goal-line. Dislike decide the 10-m spot, but not the direct shot on goal part, and passes to the provoking-Dislike. Tweet, turnover. Time ticks on. Another foul by Performance, by this time they know which spot and what to do. The Performance goal-keeper is smart to the setup. He saves. Buzzer sounds. I return the cards to the players and tell them I am very glad to give all your cards back, then rush to get a sip of nectar from the fountain. I reckon there was some mention about meagre pay earlier on this thread, but this is the sort of futsal refereeing that gets my juices flowing after, now if only I remember to take a drink before, o well ...