| Positive Areas |
| Carter, as we discussed on Sunday, excellent 1st ever game as a Referee. You were properly dressed and had a good appearance. The players respected your calls and you maintained control of the game. Your substitution management was acceptable and improved after we discussed the process at halftime. We discussed the offsides call at halftime and you called Offsides ~3+ times in 2nd half. Excellent spatial recognition and understanding of the Offsides law as well. You worked with the players insuring they respected the build out line. Your foul recognition was good, better in 2nd half. You even had the confidence to recognize a clear foul in penalty area. You made the foul call and demonstrated proper signaling mechanics by pointing to the penalty spot. Blue team shot before hearing your whistle to start. You correctly made them do it over, and wait for your whistle to start. Demonstrated situational awareness in 2nd half when, before sounding your whistle to restart play with ctr kickoff after a goal, you counted the players for Blue and found they had 1 too many on the pitch. You informed the violating team and waited for them to remove that extra player before restarting play.... Great stuff ! |
| Areas for Development |
| As with any Referee, there are always few things you can work on to become an even better Referee. Remember to get in the habit of turning your head after any/every stoppage and look at midfield for Subs. It really helps with overall game management, and keeping coaches from yelling "subs", when YOU take charge of the substitution process and establish that you are in control. Head on a swivel... check midfield at every stoppage.
Positioning is key component of being a Referee. Proper positioning will always help you "sell" any calls you make simply by being close to play and insuring your view of the action and abilty to see the play is optimized based on your constant adjustments to your positioning. To that end, when the ball gets close or into the penalty area, accelerate and run a deeper diagonal. This will improve your sight lines / angles and insure other players are not lined up and thus blocking your clear view of a play. When the foul needs to be called, anyone observing will see you are close enough to play (no more than 15-20 yds) and your viewing angles are optimized. This will always "sell" your calls because it will be clear you have put your self in the best position to make the correct call. Lastly, you can grow as a referee by taking Asst referee assignments on older level games. Learning the AR position , at the same time, give you the opportunity to observe more experienced refs running a middle and how they control / manage the referee responsibilities. |
| Critical Match Incidents |
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| Comments to Bill / Assignors / SRC |
| Great 1st game for Carter. Clear he has good foul recognition abilities. Was open to advice and suggestions. He hustled and the players / coaches respected his calls. I told him to snag some AR assignments as well.... learn by observing more experienced Referees in older level games.
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