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 Jose Mourinho Bruce Arena Leif Lindberg Sir Alex Ferguson Darren Cann Lionel Messi 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

 You are on your way to discuss your next assignment with FIFA Questions?

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