Date:         Wed, 19 May 2010 08:09:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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From:         Morten Mikkelsen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Help! I'm CR for a U11G game Saturday (!)
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No way, that's MY title and I am not giving it up without a fight :)

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Sandy and Ferenc Korompai <[log in to unmask]
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> Be prepared to be anointed by a parent as the worst referee ever.
> Ferenc
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Chris Mohr<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:50 PM
>  Subject: Help! I'm CR for a U11G game Saturday (!)
>
>
>  OK, I'm in my 14th year of refereeing with many hundreds of games under my
>  belt, including bunches of U11 girls games, both rec and competitive level
>  (which this one is).  It's at an end-of-season tournament down near the
>  beach in Wilmington, NC, and I'm looking forward to this particular game
> and
>  this weekend.
>
>  ONE PROBLEM: I haven't done any girl's games this young in quite awhile.
>  This spring, I've been almost exclusively doing adult games and older-age
>  boy's competitive-level soccer, with also some girl's high school games
> and
>  boy's middle school games, with a tiny sprinkling of sectarian girl's
> middle
>  school games.  I do worry a bit that for the past several months, my sense
>  of foul recognition and game management have been tuned almost exclusively
>  for a much older, much more physical level of play.  Now you might ask why
>  not just import the sensibilities I used in that handful of girls middle
>  school games, but that's barely rec-level soccer, whereas this game
> Saturday
>  is girls who are young competitve-level-players in training with a year of
>  competitive-level play under their belt, in particular used to
> significantly
>  more contact and physical play than the middle school level.
>
>  And so, it's going to be fun, but a bit tricky to feel may way to the
> proper
>  level for this game, seeking that sweet spot between allowing too much
>  physical play and too little.  At least there won't be any girls out there
>  with colorful permanent tattoos running the length of one arm, like there
>  were last Sunday (see: the thread about adult players and concussions).
>
>  Chris Mohr
>



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