1. Welcome Irish Football Association Polish Football Association Football Brisbane National List Talent Group Referees

2. Polish Football Association
Welcome
National List
Talent Group Referees
Irish
Football Association
Football
Brisbane
Referees
Polish Football Association
Michael Naylor
Alan Snoddy
Ted Kearney
Michal Listkiewicz
Craig Pawson
Herbie Barr
Casey Reibelt 
Zbigniew Przesmycki
Roger East
Trevor Moutray
Adam Kersey
Darren Deadman
James Adcock

3. A Question of Law

4. Positioning & Movement

5. Aim
To consider how we can improve our positioning and movement without invading player space
To review our positioning during fluid play situations

6. A Coaches View Need to aware of invading players space
Teams practice their attacking playing situations
Let the play to develop in front of you rather than gaining closer proximity to the ball in these areas
Firstly to avoid being hit by the ball
Secondly, to stop play develop around the referee (referees turning 360°)

7. Invading player’s space during fluid playAR

8. A Manager’s View
"The most important thing is tactics, the movement of your players once the ball starts rolling"
Rafael Benitez

9. Referee Coaches View
The more sophisticated the tactics become the less time and space are available
Anytime that the referee is in front of the ball, he may be using space that the players could use
Stan Lover in his book “Soccer Match Control” (Pelham Books, 1978, revised 1986), p. 179 says that “Total football demands total refereeing , that is, control of all phases of the play over the whole field.”
As a result, teams playing at a high level of tactical skill will require highly sophisticated match control. The key to tactical play is effective use of space and time.
The same can be said for the key to effective refereeing. Again, according to Lover: “The more sophisticated the tactics become the less time and space are available. The message for match officials is the same. For effective control, tactics must be assessed more quickly.”

10. Change position relative to the ball
Possible Solutions
Change position relative to the ball
(a) by waiting for the player in possession to move ahead
by actively seeking a position behind the ball
Widening your patrol path?
An example is shown in the next slide.

11. Positioning & Movement
In Pairs, please record your discussions on the following two questions?
What is the best position?
How do we achieve the optimal position?

12. Positioning & Movement
What is the best position?
One that is flexible and intelligent
How do we achieve the optimal position?
Through tactical awareness and common sense

13. Tactical Thinking - Fluid Play
How can we as referees not interfere with the tactical flow of the game?
How can we avoid becoming too narrow and limit the opportunities to take up players space?
Must know how to read and anticipate play
Must know where to go
Must know where not to go

14. Group Exercise

15. Discussion Groups Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Howard Webb (C)
Martin Atkinson (C)
Mike Dean (C)
Chris Foy (C)
Jon Moss
Andre Marriner
Neil Swarbrick
Kevin Friend
Mike Jones (S)
Lee Mason
Mark Clattenburg
Anthony Taylor
Mark Halsey
Lee Probert
Phil Dowd
James Adcock
Michael Oliver
Michael Naylor
Roger East
Darren Deadman
Alan Snoddy
Herbie Barr
Trevor Moutray
Ted Kearney
Casey Reibelt
 Adam Kersey
Michael Listkiewicz
Zbigniew Przesmycki

16. Positioning & Movement
In your groups, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the positioning or position adopted by the referees in the video clips:
What can we see or can’t see from the position adopted by the referee in each of the clips?
What are the advantages and or disadvantages of adopting this position?
What should we be considering during this phase of play?
What would be the most advantageous position to adopt as a referee in this situation?

17. Match Incidents
View the video clips and use the ‘still picture’ to draw on to indicate the position the referee should adopt in this situation
Answer the 4 questions on the sheet provided for each video clip

18. Feedback

19. Summary
Reviewed the KEY ingredients of good positioning and movement during fluid play
Reviewed and discussed our positioning on the training video clips

20. Thank you