Pre-Game Instructions


  • Determine experience if you are unfamiliar with your Referee "teammates"
     
  • Emphasize teamwork, eye contact, cooperation
     
  • Discuss handling of substitutions
     
  • Discuss responsibilities for determining direction of throw-ins, goal kicks, and corner kicks in the Referee’s area and the AR’s area
     
  • General positioning: offside position, Follow the Ball to the Goal Line
     
  • When to raise the flag for offside
     
  • Goal situations: good goal, offside by the shooter, offside by a non-shooter, ball enters goal and rebounds onto the field
     
  • Assistance required on fouls in and out of the penalty area
     
  • Incidents behind the Referee’s back … how to handle them … when to raise the flag
     
  • Pre game assistance: check nets, count players, take up position, unfurl flag when ready to start
     
  • Half-time and end of game responsibilities
     
  • Post game Referee team assessment
     
  • Pre game will vary based on experience of the Referees and level and age of the players --- Do it every time!

 


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