Tag: soccer
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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: 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: PlumKickoff Classic Tools for Managing The Temperature- field, sideline, crowd.
Referees– What tools do you have in your toolbelt to manage player safety, fair play, sportsmanship and a general positive environment for our grassroots community players in PA West? If you are a first year referee there is a good chance you never thought about using non-verbal or non-audible tools to control the game. Creating…
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Ref Life: Recert for US Soccer- handling bench personnel and dissent vs when to use soft skills.
Here is a thought I had before US Soccer released their updated policy for abuse of officials that starts this month. I began this post over a year ago. I realize after 15 years of officiating many of these situations, I can avoid by using humor and soft skills. However whenever the actions or words…
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