Welcome to Lake Highlands Girls Classic League
Assessor's Corner
Saturday, February 26, 2011
2011 Spring Season Referee’s Meeting
The Spring
season got off to a great start with a referee’s meeting Sunday January 30th.
We were pleased with the turnout and those in attendance were treated with free
LHGCL referee shirts and presentations from Larry Huey, Dave Luckey, Jim
Henderson and Theo Freeman. Larry, the North Texas State Director of
Instruction, gave a presentation that asked the question, Are You a
Professional? and distributed handouts of important website address's that every
well informed referee should have in their favorites list. Dave is Chairman of
the North Texas Olympic Development Program, and is a primary instructor for the
LHGCL’s Meet the Referee Program. He reviewed some of the concerns expressed by
parents of U11 players in the MTR sessions. Jim Henderson discussed some of the
concerns of the LHGCL regarding dealing with foul and abusive language.
We would like to thank Manny Ortiz Jr. for giving referees
an opportunity to purchase equipment from Official Sports International and
Larry Huey and Jim Parker for processing 2011 USSF registration paperwork.
I would like to thank everyone who took time out of your busy
schedules to attend.
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Irresponsible Behavior
Referees are dealing with the
irresponsible behavior of coaches and spectators this season. Let’s make sure
that we are employing the procedures as prescribed in Advice To Referees section
5.10 when managing these occurrences:
The referee should only take action against coaches or other team officials for
irresponsible behavior or for actions
that bring the game into disrepute.
When
irresponsible behaviors occur, officials should use a gentle escalating approach
so that the referee’s responses do not incite more unacceptable bench behavior.
Whenever possible referees should use the Ask -Tell - Remove
process:
ASK- If a situation
arises where there is irresponsible behavior, the official (referee or assistant
referee) should
ASK the person(s) to stop. (This should not be a long conversation)
Tell– If there is another occurrence of irresponsible
behavior, the official should inform that person that the
behavior is not permissible
and TELL them (insist) to stop.
Remove– If the
unacceptable actions continue, the referee must REMOVE that person immediately.
Remember the Laws of The Game provide that one coach at a
time may provide tactical advice to their players, including positive remarks
and encouragement. Referees should enforce the “one coach at a time”
policy – It helps identify the person responsible for bench behavior.
The playing rules of the LHGCL (section IV D.) state that all
coaches, spectators and players will stay within 10 yards of the halfway line
and five feet back from the touchline.
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Silence is a referee’s best friend
Conversations between
assistant referee, coaches, team officials and spectators distract the official
from his primary duty which is to assist the referee in controlling the match.
Any communication to anyone along the touchline should be short and to the
point, no long winded conversations, and no attempted explanation of the
referee’s decisions. Assistant referees should always remember the Code of
Ethics for Referees.
When was the last time you picked
up a copy of the Referee Administrative Handbook
and read Subpart C – Code of Ethics for Referees? Well here are three sections
that you should review:
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Securing Your Equipment
We know that a game fee will not replace a referee
shirt. Let's be security conscious as well as good referees.
Theo
Freeman
USSF State Assessor