| Positive Areas |
| Hi Jasper, It was nice meeting you on Saturday and watching you ref. You showed up to the field ready to ref with your shirt tucked in, socks pulled up and presented with a professional appearance. I was impressed with the tone of your whistles. The louder you can blow your whistle, the more control you will have during the game for starts and stopages. Good job using verbal explanations when they performed an illegal throw in. One of the times you spoke to them was when they had a foot fully on the field during a throw in - many kids are so concerned about keeping their feet down, they forget where their front foot actually is when they take the throw in! |
| Areas for Development |
| When you are doing the check in process, have the kids touch their wrist, neck, ears and head for jewelry. By physically touching, they will say "oops, my watch" and you can ask them to take it off. Remember to use your whistle as a tool - the laws of the game say you need a whistle to start play after a goal - this is a good time to teach them that and not let them start play until you are ready and blow the whistle - there may be subs that are coming in that you are paying attention to but the kids want to start playing. Blow your whistle and explain that they need a whistle to start play. Don't forget your mechanics! Refer to the Pocket Guide that came with your patch as a review. Every time the ball goes out of bounds, you need to make a signal - throw in, goal kick, corner kick, etc - and when you call a foul, you must give them the signal for direct or indirect free kick.
Keep up the good work!
Please let me know if you need anything!
Whitney Widger
VT SRC Advisor Coordinator |
| Critical Match Incidents |
| N/A |
| Comments to Bill / Assignors / SRC |
| Jasper is unique. He reminds me of Jonathan Knakal with his understanding of the LOTG. He wasn't really sure about speaking with me and I felt like he was trying to avoid me at half - I had to go to where he had put his bag down in the corner of the field. He's not very outgoing but maybe he is when he gets comfortable. |