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Indoor: Attacking–Restart by goal clearance
How can we give our GK as many options as possible? How can we open the court up to immediately attack from a goal clearance? Can we design a basketball fastbreak to immediately overload a side of the court in order to change the point of attack? Play 1 13 minutes. 6 sets of goals…
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Ref Life: Friendly fire and violent conduct.
On Saturday one of my coaches asked what would happen if he tripped his own kid running up the field. My response was a quick tap to my back pocket. In the Commonwealth knowing that an adult physically assaulted a minor, I would be required to not only report the red card to the league…
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Ref Life: When the US Futsal league in Pittsburgh, changes buildings.
New location, new courts, working through the house rules. US Futsal in Monroeville has a new home with Pro Sports at All American Fieldhouse
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Ref Life: Transitioning to indoor.
Here in Pennsylvania the outdoor season is closing out and the indoor facilities are starting up. We have dasher board soccer, futsal, small sided outdoor fields and even full sized outdoor fields. No matter what version of the game, we need to remember that we are not only responsible for applying the laws of the…
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Ref Life: Reflection and Video Review using Hudl.
The angles of a 2 man, 2 whistle system are bad. The joke is you have a bad look at the play or an even worse when it comes to making calls in a football game. The one angle from the center of the field on Hudl is the worst possible for reviewing game film,…
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Ref Life: Becoming a Referee Mentor in Pennsylvania.
US Soccer changed the hierarchy and naming strategy of it’s referee program a few years ago. Since all of the state associations that implement the US Soccer changes are run by volunteers getting everything up and running and onboarded often takes a little time. Here are the steps if you’d like to get back into…
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Ref Life: If you hear thunder we have to wait it out.
This rule apply to all games under US Soccer and the PIAA. Even adult leagues fall under the official lightning guidance. This past week my 6:30 kickoff became an 8pm kickoff due to lightning.
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Ref Life: in Memory of RDK 2025 Aug 01
As a player, he actually refereed a few of my games. As a referee, he coached, mentored and assigned me. As a person we agreed to disagree on coaching methodology changing over the generations. When it came to player management, he taught me to do what was right for the game at the level of…
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Ref Life: in memory of Peggy 2024- 28 April
I needed to just post this video. Knowing Buck aka Bill and Peggy’s lack of words, there wasn’t much to share from the obit.
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Ref Life: Regional Futsal Tournament January 2025.
It is winter in the Northeastern United States. Outdoor soccer does not happen unless your club has access to an indoor field or bubble. When I was growing up we either played on a basketball court (futsal/five-a-side) or inside hockey dasher boards (indoor soccer). I have been playing a form of indoor soccer, five-a-side since…
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