A few years ago I cut the legs off one of my Duofold union suits to wear in a fall tournamet out in Hopkinton, where the wind-chill brought the...
Bhudda and the Hot Dog vendor. I see good referees at many levels and while fitness, knowlege and skills are all components, the most significant...
Alberto, et al.... It is not that I want players to cheat, but rather, in a competitive match, I expect players to test the limits right up to...
Were it not for those little things done by player's which you call "cheating", as a referee, I would be out of a job. It is their game and they...
Possibly you failed to understand what I wrote. What you refer to, above, is the kind of "second guessing" I was alluding to. When you talk...
Even if the commentators were experts on the Laws, it would be unreasonable to expect them to do any better than they do now, and I suspect they...
Really... I thought it was a means of penalizing the defenders for committing a penal foul in their own penalty area. It is a free kick with a...
No, you are not misinterpreting me. the foul is the subjcect and the unfair or unsafe action is the predicate of all so to make each prepositional...
Maybe to you, but the ATR suggests that if all three criteria are not met, then it is not a foul, but still may be misconduct. This is also the...
Actually Gary, in the ATR 12.1 USSF defines a foul as "an unfair or unsafe action committed by a player against an opponent or the opposing team,...
MR... you would take the one example where an opponent need not be involved, but think about it. If we define a foul as an act which disadvantages...
Possibly you have misunderstood..... What makes striking any different from any other offense? In the normal course of play arms and hands...
This is not only a situation of "you had to be there", but also that you probably should have been there from the beginning. What level was this...
You answers suggest that you may have issues which go way beyond the game or the authority of the referee to deal with your misconduct. In my...
Usually, it is because the referee observes a player do something to an oponent (not handling), decides that a foul has ocurred and then either...
Actually striking is not by itself a foul at all, it is the manner with which one strikes and who and under what context, as well as the manner...
Personally, I enjoy the game that Abbey Okulaja makes possible. In the one's I have seen I don't recall diving or whining. The game develops to a...
A moving ball can be your best friend. Ed Rae, the former MA SDI, often said that a moving ball was the referees best friend. Deal with whatever...
Personally, I lack the cognative capacity to keep events such as described, above, straight, particularly when I am the center. This is why it is...
Stop right there! No more thinking required. You said it above: "the ball rattled around a bit and hit the defenders arm". This is nothing. Not...
If the referee had doubt as to whether the defender was guilty of a deliberate passback, and by the way, the onus is on the defender on this one,...
I would not be so hard and fast on this one. Defenders often "make themselves bigger" by spreading their arms while marking an opponent. This is...
I do a fair amount of indoor and, though a six match night can be mind numbing, I do feel it helps with foul recognitiion and game management....
If it is a particularly challenging match, I may do a longer pre-game with the crew, touching on specific issues with the teams, but normally I...
This does not solve the problem of abusive coaches, and particularly, adult coaches who bully children who have accepted the responsibility of...