Proactive Refereeing

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Proactive Refereeing
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Introduction

• Good referees are students of the game
• They can feel whats coming next
• That sense of whats coming next helps them
  control the match
• Good referees anticipate what fouls are coming
  based on which player has the ball, and where it
  is on the field
• Good referees keep track of who is fouling and
  who is being fouled in order to proactively end
  persistent infringement

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Objectives of the Game and Principles of Play
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First Be a Student of the Game

• The better you understand the overall game and
  coach / player tactics
• the better you will be able to read the game,
  anticipate play and be in the right place at the
  right time

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OBJECTIVES OF THE GAME(What To Do)

• Attacking Team
• Score
• Advance
• Maintain Possession

• Defending Team
• Prevent Scoring
• Delay
• Regain Possession

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PRINCIPLES OF PLAY(How To Do It)

• Attacking Team
• Penetration
• Depth
• Mobility
• Width
• Creativity

• Defending Team
• Delay
• Depth
• Balance
• Concentration
• Composure

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Objectives Change, Depending On
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL




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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third
Midfield
Our Defending Third
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score
Midfield
Our Defending Third
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score Regain
Midfield
Our Defending Third
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score Regain
Midfield Advance
Our Defending Third
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score Regain
Midfield Advance Delay
Our Defending Third
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score Regain
Midfield Advance Delay
Our Defending Third Maintain Possession
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Our Teams Objectives
LOCATION TEAM POSSESSING BALL TEAM POSSESSING BALL
Our Team Opponents Team
Our Attacking Third Score Regain
Midfield Advance Delay
Our Defending Third Maintain Possession Prevent Scoring
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Being Proactive Before and During the Match
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Refereeing is Thinking

• A famous Ken Aston saying
• What does it mean?
• What would happen in your match if you couldnt
  think well?

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If Refereeing is Thinking

• Anything that affects your ability to think
• affects your ability to control the match

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The Impact of Fatigue

• Reduces your ability to think
• Reduces your ability to communicate
• Impairs your ability to make decisions
• Impairs your ability to control your emotions
• Affects you and the players

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The Impact of Stress

• Triggered internally (up for the game)
• Triggered in reaction to physical or vocal attack
• Exactly the same as the effect of fatigue

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SolutionDeal with problems early, when everyone
is thinking clearly
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Before the Game

• Find out what you can about the teams speed,
  style, skill, physicality, misconduct
• Eat, sleep, and hydrate properly
• Shake the coaches hands (Wow, the refs
  human!)
• Watch the teams warm up
• Shake the captains hands
• Evaluate the field and the weather

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During the Game

• Be where you need to be
• See what you need to see
• Call what needs to be called

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Times You Need to be Close to Play

• The Learning Time
• The first 5 -10 minutes of each half
• The Burning Time
• The last 5 - 10 minutes of each half
• After a Goal
• Goals follow goals as do frustration/getting-even
  fouls
• Other Times
• Dont be predictable in your positioning move
  around!!!

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The Rest of the Time

• Pulse in (10 yards) and out (20 yards) as needed
• Look through play at an AR
• Move to get a good angle on potential trouble
• Stay out of the players way
• Anticipate where to be next
• Sprint to the point of hard fouls

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The best way to deal with foul play is
toprevent it!
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Position Proactively for High-Risk Situations

• A player who is looking at you every time you see
  him
• Players around whom bad things just happen
• An unbalanced or lopsided match
• The star attacker and the hard man on defense

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Position Proactively for High-Risk Situations

• Midfield fouling (more are likely to happen here)
• Player far from his normal position
• You are fatigued
• You have club linesmen
• Hard fouls on attackers early or late in the match

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Persistent Infringement

• Dramatically breaks the flow of the game and the
  strategy of the targeted team
• Not sanctioned nearly often enough
• Repeated fouls by one player caution for PI
• Repeatedfouls by multiple players against one
  opponent caution for USB
• No magic number of fouls the referee just has
  to recognize that the PI tactic is happening
• Very important to be proactive in recognizing PI

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Conclusion

• Reading the game (Objectives and Principles)
  gives the referee an idea of whats going to
  happen next
• This allows the referee to proactively move
  towards the best position to be near play
  (anticipation)
• Understanding what players will likely do in a
  particular part of the field helps the referee
  watch for expected types of fouling
• Anticipation and foul recognition together help
  the referee control the match
• Recognizing and proactively sanctioning
  persistent infringement helps keep the match safe
  and fair