Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:36:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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From:         Lawrence Savell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: AR Responsibility/Authority
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Thanks for all the comments. The assessor was actually a FIFA assessor
(formally?) and was just making a general comment. Actually, even thought it
was a HS BV tournament championship game, the game wasn't too physical and
went well. I think the teams tend to get tired from their semi-final games
which I think are usually more challenging than the final.  :-)

The assessor did not hear our pre-game. Our crew had already done a match
together and concentrated on crew communications, signaling and properly
handling substitutions. I don't believe I have ever been in a pre-game where
the throw-in has ever been discussed. I think that everyone typically feels
that we know what we are doing and it simply isn't a big deal. By the way,
the assessor did make several positive comments about holding the off side
flag and some positioning suggestions for the center.

...larry

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From: Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:00 PM
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Subject: Re: AR Responsibility/Authority

Lawrence Savell writes:

<< During an assessment the other day, the assessor suggested that as AR I
ought to make sure that the throw-in comes from the right spot on the
touch line. I usually point to the spot where the player should take the
throw-in when a ball is kicked far from touch and the player is bringing
the ball back to play. If the player ignores my direction and takes the
throw-in some 5-10 yards from where I point, should the AR flag this as
a bad throw-in or is it really only the CR's responsibility for calling the
play back?>>

 
As several other responders have mentioned, this depends on what was
discussed in the pre-game. My take (assuming that the assessor listened in
on the pre-game, which is part of her job) is that the assessor was probing
for exactly what each member of the referee team heard in the pre-game -
presumably, how the referee team performed in this (these?) situation(s) did
not correlate with what the assessor heard prior to the match.
 
One of the usual areas for improvement in an assessed match is teamwork - we
tend to learn the higher levels of inter-referee rapport somewhat later in
our careers, just because those levels can't be accessed until a large
majority of the lower level skills (staying with the 2nd-to-last defender
100% of the time, e.g.) are thoroughly ingrained in one's game, and there is
surplus processing power to apply to those items that are 'frills' in a U-11
match and make or break the team in a tournament final.
 
(How's that for a run-on sentence?)
 
Doug Smith
  		 	   		  
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