1. WNY Points of Emphasis
2013 Season

2. Grade 5/6 Test
Test problem areas

3. True or False?
At a dropped ball restart, the ball hits the ground and is played by Red #5 by flicking the ball off the top of her foot to her head and then heading the ball to her goalkeeper. The goalkeeper makes no contact with the ball which then enters the Red team’s goal. The correct restart is a corner kick.
FALSE

4. If the ball is dropped and enters the goal …
… before any player touches it:
Re-drop
… after being touched ONE time by ONE player:
Goal kick or corner kick
… after a second touch by any player (including the same player)
Kickoff (goal awarded)

5. What do we do? We have to get this one right!!!!
A player tackles an opponent in a manner which endangers the safety of that opponent.
SEND OFF AND SHOW THAT PLAYER A RED CARD
We have to get this one right!!!!

6. The ball was never in play Go back to original restart
What’s the Restart?
The ball was never in play
Go back to original restart
A throw-in, taken illegally under the requirements of Law 15, results in the ball violently striking an opponent. After sending the thrower off and showing the red card, you should restart the game with a direct free kick for the opposing team to be taken from the spot where the opponent was struck.
FALSE

7. What’s the Restart?
A Blue player in the Blue penalty area impedes the progress of an opponent by physical contact. A) Direct free kick B) Penalty kick C) Indirect free kick

8. DFK What’s the Key Phrase?
A Blue player in the Blue penalty area impedes the progress of an opponent by physical contact.
“by physical contact”
Inside penalty area makes it PK
DFK

9. What’s the Restart?
A goalkeeper standing inside his/her own penalty area throws the ball deliberately and viciously at a teammate standing outside the penalty area.
INDIRECT FREE KICK

10. Misconduct?
A Red team official standing in the Red technical area forcefully throws a full water bottle at an opponent who is about to take a throw in. The team official is guilty of violent conduct.
FALSE

11. Who can commit misconduct?
Player
Substitute
Substituted player
What’s a “Team Official?”
“Someone on the roster who is not a player or substitute.”
Sooooo … Don’t call it “misconduct”

12. Misconduct?
A substitute enters the field while the ball is in play near the benches. You stop the game and caution the substitute. The caution must be reported as “entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission.”
FALSE

13. We miss this every year!
ATR : “Substitutes may be cautioned and shown the yellow card only for: • Unsporting behavior • Dissent • Delaying the restart of play If a substitute enters the field of play illegally, the caution must be for unsporting behavior….”

14. What do we call it?
The Blue team has just scored a goal resulting in the score now being tied. With not much time remaining, a Blue forward runs into the goal to retrieve the ball and bring it back for the kick-off restart as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this results in a tussle with the Red goalkeeper who was also in the process of picking up the ball. You decide to caution the Blue player. Given that the Blue player was trying to restart play quickly, the caution must be reported as unsporting behavior rather than delaying the restart of play. FALSE It IS Delaying the Restart of Play

15. Yellow, Red or None?
A player is attacking the opponent's goal from inside the penalty area. With the defending goalkeeper and a fullback guarding the goal, another defensive player carelessly tackles the attacker and causes the shot to be deflected wide of the goal. For this incident neither a caution nor a send-off is directed by the Laws of the Game

16. Outside Agent?
During play, Blue #45 kicks the ball high and it hits an overhanging power line. You should stop the game and restart it with a dropped ball. FALSE “Pre-existing condition” not “outside agent”

17. Cheating on a PK
After you have given the signal for a penalty kick to be taken and before the ball is in play, a teammate of the kicker rushes in, takes the kick instead, and shoots the ball into the net. You should:
A) award a goal.
B) award an indirect free kick to the defending team.
C) order the penalty kick retaken

18. Recent changes in application of Law 14…
Player other than identified kicker takes kick OR Kicker “back heels” the ball IFK to opponent at location of action

19. AR Procedure
The ball has completely crossed over the goal line on (referee’s) side of the goal line. Referee is certain of the decision and clearly indicates a corner kick. The assistant referee need not make any signal. FALSE

20. Guide to Procedures
Assistant Referee Provides confirming flag signal (45 degrees downward toward near corner) after referee indicates a corner kick when ball crosses referee’s side of goal

21. PK Cheating
At a penalty kick, the kicking team commits a Law 14 violation but the ball is saved and controlled by the goalkeeper. You should allow play to continue to maximize flow of the game. FALSE

22. REMEMBER!!!! Kicking team cheats Ball does NOT enter goal
IFK to opposing team
“Why” it didn’t go in the goal does not matter
No such thing as “advantage” here

23. AR Signal
A penalty kick is taken and the defending goalkeeper comes off the line early in order to make the save. The lead AR should raise the flag vertically in order to signal the illegal goalkeeper movement.
FALSE

24. Guide to Procedures
“If the goalkeeper moved illegally and thus prevented a goal from being scored, stays in position and signals by holding the flag across the lower body as shown.”

25. Adding names to roster?
Both teams have each already given you the official 18-player roster. During warm-ups before a game, Blue #34 (listed as a starting player) and Red #18 (listed as a substitute) get into a fight. You decide to send both players off. Red #18’s name on the roster may not be replaced by another name. TRUE

26. ATR 5.17
“If a player is dismissed before the match begins, the player may be replaced by a named substitute, but the team is not allowed to add any names to its roster and its number of permissible substitutions is not reduced.”

27. True or False?
A substitute runs onto the field of play and violently kicks an opponent while competing for the ball. The substitute is sent from the field and shown the red card. The incident must be recorded as serious foul play. FALSE

28. Advice to Referee Defines
12.33 SERIOUS FOUL PLAY It is serious foul play when a player uses violence … when challenging for the ball on the field against an opponent.
A substitute is not a player

29. AR Position – PK vs. KFTM The position of the lead assistant referee
A) is the same for penalty kicks as it is for the taking of kicks from the mark.
B) for penalty kicks is on the goal line in front of the near flag.
C) is not specified in the Guide to Procedures for either penalty kicks or kicks from the mark.
D) for kicks from the mark is where the penalty area intersects with the goal line.
E) for penalty kicks is where the penalty area line intersects with the goal line.

30. Lead AR Position PK vs. KFTM

31. True or False?
Red #9, who was playing at the end of the first half, deliberately strikes a spectator during the halftime break and is sent off for violent conduct. Red #9 may be replaced by a named substitute if the team has not used all of its allowed substitutions. FALSE This isn’t high school …

32. Areas where we might make some changes
Local input

33. Referees aren’t calling fouls
League feedback (Buffalo and Rochester at least)
Referees are letting too many fouls go
Older age divisions (U14+)
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR CUSTOMERS!

34. A foul is a foul – regardless of level of play
A foul occurs when:
Law is violated
In the opinion of the referee
Call every game the same?
Of course not …

35. What changes from Level to Level?
Is the foul TRIFLING?
What factors influence this decision?
What players are tolerating
What game will tolerate
What competition authority says

36. NEWS FLASH
It’s THEIR game.
Not yours.
YOU have to change

37. Things WE need to change
Raise our standard of “trifling”
My opinion on “how the game should be played” – Irrelevant!
(Youth) Players’ opinion has very little bearing
LEAGUES = Competition AUTHORITY
Their direction: OUR DEFINITION OF TRIFLING NEEDS TO CHANGE

38. The leagues decide how they want the leagues run.
How do we change?
Do we ever call fouls that “aren’t” fouls?
Concentrate on “physical” fouls
Advantage – be careful!
Don’t look for reasons to “not call it”
Ignore “Let them play” commentary
You’re sure it’s a foul, but not sure if it’s trifling – MAKE THE CALL.
The leagues decide how they want the leagues run.
Respect their authority!

39. Position on Ceremonial FK
You’ve set the wall – now what?
Don’t blow the whistle yet
Get to where you want to be
Where do you want to be?

40. Which position do you like?
Players gathered here A B C E D
The Black X marks the location of the free kick. The circle shows the area where the players are congregating in expectation of the kick landing there. Have students select the position they would take – A-E – and explain why they took that position. Discuss the pros and cons of each position. Don’t look for a right or wrong answer – look for a good reason for taking that position. If the cons outweigh the pros, perhaps that referee needs to consider other options.
The following slides change the location of the free kick and/or the location of the players waiting for the kick. Repeat the exercise with those slides.

41. Which position do you like?
Players gathered here A B C E D

42. Which position do you like?
Players gathered here A B C E D

43. Which position do you like?
Players gathered here A B C E D

44. Key Points Get in position before you blow the whistle
Where is the action going to be?
Different view from AR
Close – not too close
Don’t be predictable