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What are the four components of a fair Challenge?

Shoulder to Shoulder.
Within playing distance of the ball.
One foot on the ground.
Not done with excessive force.

Name the four "P's" to apply Advantage.

Possession of the ball by team or player.
Potential for attack, ability to contiue a dangerous scoring attack.
Personnel - skill of attacking players/team.
Proximity - Closeness to the goal.

What are the four "D's" in order for a player to be send off for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity?

Defenders - Not more than 1 between foul and goal, not counting the defender who fouled.
Distance to goal - closer to goal less chance to score.
Distance to ball - Attacker must be close enough to play the ball.
Direction of play - Play towards the goal.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 April 2011 15:30 )

Before Kickoff

Whether you are showing up to be the center referee or an assistant referee, the first thing you're going to do is meet up with your crewmates, STSA requires that all referees must check in 15 minutes prior to their games at the garage for recreation games and 30 minutes for travel games. Once everyone has arrived, the center referee should go over a detailed set of pre-game instructions. These instructions should include subtle communications that the ref would like to use in the game, as well as positioning, mechanics, and other intangible aspects of the game like what players to keep a close eye on. Next, the crew (or you, alone) will go about your duties of checking the field for safety and proper markings, also checking in the player's passes and equipment. STSA DOES NOT ALLOW JEWELRY OF ANY KIND DURING ANY LEVEL OF PLAY! Then the refs can warm up and stretch and observe the teams to get an idea of who might be the more skilled players. Just prior to kick off, the referee should clear the field and get the captains out for the coin toss, REMEMBER: The winner of the toss choses which end to ATTACK and the team that loses the flip gets to kick off in the FIRST half. After the toss, the referee and AR's should shake hands before they split off. AR's flags are furled until ready to start the game! When the 22 players are in position and the AR's flages are unfurled the game is ready to begin! REMEMBER: A referee's first priority is the 22 players on the field!

Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:34 )

Laws of the Game

A new referee must know the Laws of the Game. There is no worse feeling than making a mistake because you don't know the laws. The better you know the laws, the more comfortable you will be once you're the person in charge.

Studying the mechanics and procedures will give you a solid foundation for what you will be doing on the field, how it should be done, what it should look like, and how to interact with your teammates. ALL STSA CERTIFIED REFEREES MUST KNOW THE LAWS OF THE GAME! If you have any questions about the laws do not hesitate to call or talk to a senior official. For more information on the Laws of the Game, click on the link near the top of the screen.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 September 2009 17:57 )

Positioning Yourself

Posititoning is the key to officiating a good game for both the center referee and the assistants. For the center referee running a diaganol is important to keep both ARs in your sights, and when it is nescessary step out of the diaganol to move closer to play. Soccer is a game of constant movement, which means that the referee should also be moving. Whatever the pace of play is the referee should be moving at the same pace of play. You MUST be in fit for the game you are officiating. If you feel that you can not effectively officiate a game do not be scared to contact Stan Krajkowski to let him know that you are not ready to officiate this age group of play.

The assistants job is offside, and in order to avoid screaming coaches and parents you must stay in line with the second to last defender (the goalkeeper is a defender) or the ball, which ever is closest to the goal line. If you can easily "sell" a call the coach whether it be right or wrong will think that this referee knows exactly what he is doing, and is in position to make the correct calls. If you are in the correct positioning for refereeing your job making calls is easier, and dealing with upset coaches and parents.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 September 2009 02:34 )

U.S. Soccer - Week in Review

U.S. Soccer posts a Week in Review weekly on their website. These articles look at aspects of national referees in professional settings or even FIFA referees. A referee can never have a perfect game, so Week in Review picks apart these referee's games to help improve younger referees skills by learning from other's mistakes. By showing videos of other soccer games Paul Tamberino, the national director of referee development, stops the video and voices over where the referee could make improvements. Many referees find this very useful to improve their skills, and if you are interested in moving up the ranks as a USSF referee this website could be a useful resource to learn from other's mistakes. The link to the Week in Review is: http://www.ussoccer.com/Referees/Week-In-Review.aspx.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:54 )

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