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Why Be A Referee?
Bill Hinds in his cartoon of 26 Aug 09, Cleats, says it well:
Region Referee Administrators The names, email address and postal address for the Area K Region Referee Administrators are:
Other Area Referee People The names, email address and postal address for the Area K Referee People are:
Uniform Interpretation
-- Sir Stanley Rous
September 1969 From a lecture to UEFA Referees' Conference Sir Stanley was the reorganizer of the LOTG in 1938 to its current ordering; then FIFA president. Thanks to Ferenc & Sandy Korompai (korompai*no*spam*@MSN.COM) for the quote.
Referee Respect Rodney Dangerfield's classic line was : "I don't get no respect." Here is a site with t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps and other stuff printed with ref-centered sayings to counter the 3 blind mice image. I hope you'll check it out. If referees wore such shirts expressing pride or attitude, maybe we'd get a bit more respect. Thanks to Jim Gordon for the link.
Acronyms In many communications in the referee community various acronyms are used. The meaning is not always known. Here is a list of some acronyms:
Refereee Classes The Referee Classes in Area K are shown on the Referee Classes page.
USSF Instructions for Referees The United States Soccer Federation has published its latest Instruction To Referees. USSF has published a Revised Procedure (pdf, 78 kB) for flag signals concering penalties occuring in the Penalty area.
Law Changes 2008 The International Football Association Board (IFAB) held its 122th Annual General Meeting in Scotland on 8 March 2008. The results of this meeting are available in the referee reference library. Note that these changes do not go into effect until the beginning of the fall season.
Enforcing the Required Distance The methods to enforce the required distance on free kicks has changed. See the new interpretation in the referee reference library.
Misconduct Form 21 Mar 09. Caution drop down list is consistant. The attached Microsoft Word template (78 kB) is the AYSO misconduct report. Right click the link to download it. Put it in where ever your word templates live (on a windows machine C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates, or search for normal.dot and put it where normal.dot lives). To use the template, open a new word document by clicking on File and choosing New (clicking the new document icon on the toolbar does not present the template choice step) and select this template. Email the form to the appropriate referee administrator. See above for Area K referee administrator email addresses. If you do not have Microsoft Word, a pdf version is available
Area K has established, in 2008 - 2009, some rules for sent off players and, although not written, for the referee of the next game. See section 14.10 of the Area 11 K Rules and Regulations. What you as the referee must do is report the presentation of the suspended player to the Area Referee Administrator. Include the player's name, jersey number and team information (age, gender, region, coach name). FIFA has requested more information on game reports when a sendoff is involved. USSF has published a memo (pdf, 65k) on this topic. Every referee should read this memo. Game reports, especially those involving sendoffs, must contain sufficient information to justify the sendoff. It is possible, under very limited circumstances, to recind a card given for misconduct. Read the USSF publications, one published in 2003 (pdf, 82k) and one published in 2008 (pdf, 27k) for more information.
Pregame Instructions Need an idea of what to cover in Pre-game instructions to the Asistant Referees?. Gil Weber's Pre-game is available.
Referee Upgrade Forms Many forms are needed in the referee upgrade process. You will find them all here. All of the forms are in Adobe pdf. The principle form is Referee Upgrade Application. (70 kB) For assessments the candidate should read these tip sheets:
The assessor will need the following forms, and it is the candidate's duty to supply these forms to the assessor:
The physical test requirements are listed here
The mentor checklist is provided
Assessors will need to provide the following to their mentor: Assessor Upgrade Aplication (19 kB). The assessor requirements are given here
Reference Library Many documents needed by referees may be found in the reference library.
Ask a Soccer Referee Answers to Laws of the Game
and Practical Refereeing Questions Jim Allen, National Instructor Staff/National Assessor Assisted by Dan Heldman, National Instructor Staff To view recent answers to questions on the Laws of the game, or to ask a question yourself, visit Ask A Referee From the Ask A Referee site:
Referee Mail List A Referee mail list is available for those of you who wish to obtain a wide varity of opinions on a wide array of referee topics. There is no cost. There are 30 to 50 messages a day; more on days with something significant to the referee community. This is not the official voice of FIFA, USSF nor AYSO. The list is populated mostly by United States referees but there are contributors from Canada, the Bahamas, Australia and New Zealand. There are some very good referees on the list that offer considered and well formed opinions. The list can sometimes be brutal to the referee who offers and maintains an incorrect position. The newby to the list is advised to lurk for a month. To subscribe to the Soccer Referees list, send email with the body of the mail containing
Alternatively, you can go to the web site to do everything. Once you are a member of the Soccer Referee list, order a user manual by sending email with the body containing the text:
Referee Badge Levels AYSO has changed the badge levels in summer 2003. There are still five referee badges:
Acrobat Reader You can obtain an Acrobat reader at no cost for a Macintosh
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