Years ago my daughter was playing at a field complex near a commercial "picnic park", which sometimes had bands playing and other entertainment....
I think the only time it makes a difference is if the thrower suddenly throws in the ball from an unexpected distance back from the touchline in...
I try to make a habit of telling everyone how much stoppage time I plan to add. If there is reason to add additional time during that allotted...
When my oldest daughter played, she had a pair of coaches who spoke/shouted to the players on the field, but almost never to the player with the...
I thought that the goal-scorer was offside. The AR was able to line up with the restraining line because it was a free kick. He may have been...
There is a story I have heard about Mia Hamm or another WNT player who was the beneficiary of a whistle after being fouled, but wanted to play...
I wear glasses when I ref. I usually just say something to the kid about being sympathetic with their need to wear glasses, that I am letting...
I am going to try to stake out a middle position on this. Being a sports official of any kind is not a low-pressure job for the faint of heart....
It doesn't happen often (player quieting the coach), and when it does I always make a point of thanking the player. I can't say for sure that...
I always enjoy it when I have made a call, the coach protests loudly, and the player involved quietly tells the coach "he got it right...". This...
I think it is one thing if a kid handles the ball and then acts like he just grabbed a hot potato, or it looks like the handling was instinctive,...
Yeah, I was pretty emphatic that I saw it and was not calling it. It helped that I was 20 feet away, and clearly saw it. Also, my call was...
I am going to open myself up to cyber-scrutiny... I did a U-12 second division boys game yesterday. It was a generally clean game, fairly...
One of the reasons GKs often believe that they have to protect themselves is that it is often hard for a referee to see through the mass of bodies...
