U10s and drop kicks must go together like peanut butter and WD-40. Not allowed here, if they did the clumps of "grass" would likely roll the ball into the next county.
I don’t agree that it is against the spirit at all. It’s just poor coaching on the other side. The reason the BOL line is the OS lime is to create space to spread out in the midfield. Otherwise the players are compacted in the small space between one BOL and the MF line. The opponent’s BOL is really the midfield line in that sense, and putting an attacker at the MF line to make the defense stay back is a standard tactic in real soccer. Putting that attacker by the BOL is how the team with the ball can force the defense back and creat the space in the midfield. Totally proper. The opponent simply needs to use ordinary soccer tactics and cover the onside player. And any competition allowing GKs to drop kick is either being run by idiots or by people who don’t like the no punting rule and are deliberately undermining the BOL concept.
Coaches who value winning over playing development, especially at the U9 and U10 levels, make my blood boil. Totally agree with @socal lurker about the build out line as well. The fields are small anyway. If we are truly focused on developing spatial awareness and the ability to keep the ball on the ground with short passes, we need to stretch the defense out. The BOL does exactly that. I'm a major proponent of the BOL at that level. The issue lies with the coaching, NOT with the BOL concept. Fortunately, my son's U9 and U10 coaches had their heads on straight and focused on development instead of winning. Their teams learned so much about passing angles, etc. by utilizing the full field before the BOL. Of course, my son also knew the BOL idea and was able to get behind defenders who weren't coached that the offside line wasn't the halfway line.
Good post, and (I'm sure intended) is that it takes a majority of headers out of the game. The one exception to that, and the one that part-time coaches are most likely to see or hear when they may turn on an EPL or MLS match is that 'high press' tactic is the flavor of the day with pro teams. A one person high press can blow up a U-10 match. Compared to a pro game where a one person high press would be laughable.
.. Punt is directly from hands dropped to the foot like an NFL punt. Drop-kick is from hands dropped to the ground and then quickly kicked as it bounces up.
D1 HSGV State quarter final. Host site AD lets me know that we will have mandated water breaks about half-way through each half. Thank goodness. I drank water before the game, at each water break, at halftime, and another pint on my drive home, and I still lost 6 pounds.
A Yellow Card was issued. https://boingboing.net/2021/06/09/w...nding-in-middle-of-an-active-soccer-game.html Cheers, Mi3ke
Well he was wearing green, so the ref might have thought it was a player entering without permission.
If it were a player, at what point do you card him? Is 1000 feet up directly over the field cautionable? Or should we wait until he's close enough to interfere? This is important to know just in case.
FRD = Failure to Respect Drop-zone What if he was parachuting from a medevac helicopter, having been previously given permission to leave the field for treatment, and had not been substituted?
Watching the Iowa girls high school state finals, and we Iowans are just a bunch of crazy rule-breakers!! This is the third time I've seen my colleagues going against NFHS rules regarding black socks since the substate finals. State administrators are on site, so obviously they don't think it's a big deal.
If the medevac helicopter is hovering over the pitch, is he actually off it? And if he'd been given permission to leave but not reenter, he's getting a card. I'm just not sure of the timing. PS: Happy Friday.
Once upon a time, I thought I wouldn't be caught dead in colored socks. Then I got a pair of the OSI yellow socks and wore them in a couple of my son's friendlies when I was refereeing solo in the spring. I actually liked them, and a number of us doing NISOA/ECSR games wore them during the spring.
I forgot passes once about 30 years ago. I have never kept them on my body since. Usually under my bag if I need to keep them.
Just got my first assignment from a National Assignor. AR2 on a USL-Academy game - Birmingham Legion vs South Goergia Tormenta at BBVA Stadium. I am so excited!
After working mostly high school this Spring, I signed up late for a tournament this weekend. It looks I got the leftovers. 2 u12 and a u10. It has been 25 years since my son played u10 and I reffed a u10 game - long before the BOL. I have been reading some of the applicable thrreads here; I may need to do some additional research.
The BOL is a good gateway to lifelong learning. Its specifications and application are almost as squirrelly as the rugrats themselves. Be extra ready for "the guy last week told us..." Here in PA West, we had a stealth change over the winter: the BOL may be crossed when the ball is touched by a second player, not when the ball is in play. Been fun. The change makes sense to me, it was just not widely understood to be in place. I'm trying to keep in mind that puzzles and new concepts are good for cognitive health.
Worked a couple games tonight for our club's annual tournament. Second game the CR is from Alabama. He explains his goal is to referee a game in all 50 states and Minnesota makes 30. Pretty cool. Other best part is the other AR was @jdmahoney, was good to connect with you again.
That is a great goal; we need cards that have miniatures of those maps RVers use, where you put a sticker on each state/province you've been to.