Good start but it goes WAY beyond what you have....Cards are complicated. The USSF continues to dance around the word "madatory" for that very...
You must referee in michigan! :p
After reading all of the gotcha replies........I agree.. No PK. I read the following article in the first year of my career(its alot older then...
What do you mean to tell them by "play the whistle" I hear new reffs say that all the time and I always ask them, "do you REALLY want the players...
It is bad procedure to blow the whistle for every ball out of play and players should not expect you to do so.
Yellow cards at such a low level are as much to teach the players how to play as they are to control the game. Quite honestly, the kids probably...
Havent posted in awhile! As I have passed 40 I am noticing that keeping up my fitness is ALOT more challenging then it was when I was...
I moved out of the New London area two years ago......Having refereed in Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Alabama.........I...
Couldnt have said it better.
Pure speculation to follow: I have never refereed in that conference but I have been around at enough levels to know that when coaches have a say...
No.
:( A disclaimer on myself as well: I have been assaulted 3 times in the past. So I may be a little LESS willing to play some of these reigndeer...
Well I did a college game last night and we nearly had a fight. Stupid stuff really(I guess it usually is): Ball goes out of play and two players...
I am REALLY going to try to tune down how I really feel about the above response............. Please dont talk to me about our "legal"...
Fellow reffs: I was recently the referee of a hotly contested High School game after which I felt the prudent thing to do was jog immediately off...
I am across the river from the Loo and a recent transplant from Connecicut. SLYSA is the best youth league in the area. There is some decent but...
I admit I dont do many games below the U16 level.....but I am not sure I would say that things "Calm Down" as you move up..:o
As long as we keep thinking like Marcello Balboa and say things like "it was smart to get the yellow for time wasting" and as long as we allow our...
My two favorites(probably posted before) After I make a valiant but unsuccessfull attempt to get out of the way of an errant pass and get hit...
Having recently moved FROM CT and with games in 7 different states under my belt I have to agree that players and coaches in CT have the poorest...
You can also adjust the clock in NFHS.......good luck!
I think that this was a movement AWAY from the use of the term MANDATORY in that it stipulated that the referee has the discretion to caution more...
Its funny how different parts of the country do things differently: Virginia: if it sprinkles, cancel the game......you wont have any grass by...
Its amazing what they can do....I remember my first reconstruction in 1991...I woke up and the first words I said was "morphine!" and this last...
Not sure if I told this one before: U12B final........Foul at the top of the area and the attacking player who was legitimately fouled takes one...