Some excellent work out there this weekend!
We do have a few things to fine-tune though, one of which is restarts. There are eight of them and you MUST know them backward and forward.
From the first day I met Leanne she said, and still says, the thing we referees mess up on the most are the restarts. You must know them.
This weekend we had a denial of a goal that was scored from kickoff. A goal may be scored directly from kickoff, otherwise we'd be standing there with our arm in the air wouldn't we? Thankfully this was not a game deciding decision as the denied team still won 1-0.
You must also know the infractions. There was more than one restart that would have/should have fallen in to the double touch infraction, resulting in an Indirect-Free Kick for the other team.
Click on the chart below and please review these restarts! When you first earned your badge you were told there were several things you just HAVE to know to do this job correctly.
7 Cautions
7 Send-Offs
10 Direct Free Kick Fouls
8 In-Direct Free Kick Fouls
8 Restarts
If you know these 40 items, you essentially know the game.
As always let me know if you have ANY questions!
Tom Litchfield
