Assistant Referees: Critical Decisions in the High School Game James Brooks CSOA Annual General Meeting 6 February 2016 Let’s Play a Game David Beckham Pierluigi Collina Jose Mourinho Bruce Arena Leif Lindberg Sir Alex Ferguson Darren Cann Carli Lloyd Howard Webb Lionel Messi Mark Geiger Dario Garcia Don’t Forget! Plate Exercise
Form Groups of Three (3)
Select a Captain
Hold plate up only using tip of pen
Lift plate by moving tip of pen
Only Captain can communicate verbally
Time begins when you begin movement
Two attempts to be made Get your FACTs for the Right Critical Decision
Follow the referee’s lead
Assist the referee
Communicate with the referee
Trust that your teamwork brings success to your game Know Your Role
Only one Defined by NFHS Gives signals to referee Decisions made by referee Main dynamic priorities: Offside Decisions Ball in and out of Play Foul Assistance Common Myths in the High School Game
Fiction Fact I don’t need to be as fit as the ARs need to sprint faster in the HS referee when I am an AR game than referees
More games are assigned with An AR assignment is a second rate specific ARs to meet the speed of assignment the game
Being an AR is easier than a The AR is tested to make critical referee decisions just as much as the referee Keys to a Correct Offside Decision It’s a Piece of CAKE
Concentration
Awareness of the tactics
Knowledge of the Rules
Explosive movement Offside
Position When ball is played a teammate:
In Opponent’s half
Nearer to goal line than the ball and two opponents Action Interferes with Play Interferes with an Opponent Gaining an advantage by being in an offside position Exceptions Goal Kick Corner Kick Thrown-In Offside Decision - Girls Chantilly v West Springfield 0.00 0.42 sec Did you concentrate?
Pierluigi Collina Mark Geiger
Sir Alex Ferguson Bruce Arena
Carli Lloyd Jose Mourinho
Howard Webb Dario Garcia
Lionel Messi Darren Cann
David Beckham Andrea Stefani Your Score
0 ARs
Do you know what a flag is?
1 AR
You need to stay with the 2nd to last defender
2 ARs
You know how to call offside
3 ARs
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