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Wall management: 9 steps to do it properly
Wall management at ceremonial free kicks. How to avoid problems with players trying to come closer than 9.15 metres or players to take the ball to fast? Most important advice: always keep an eye on the ball. Good example where referees could learn from is the situation last weekend in Russion football competition. Referee Eugene Turbin gave a free kick just outside the penalty area to Zenit St. Petersburg in the match against Volga Nizhny Novgorod. The referee showed his whistle to signal that the free kick can be taken after the whistle. Hulk from Zenit was holding the ball and was about to place it on the ground when…
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Referee training session under Italian sun
Referee training session of the Associazione Italiana Arbitri CAN A – the Italian referees of the highest football level. The Italian referees had to pass their fitness tests at the beginning of the season. Someone filmed it and published it on YouTube accompanied with some relaxing music. I love it to see other referees do their training sessions. Check out the three video’s below about the referee training session. Video one contains the warming-up laps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcDl887HgE Video two contains footage of the sprint tests. Video three contains something that looks like a shuttle-run (beep) test. And a new series of sprinting.
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Referee gets ball right in his face
A referee in the match between German teams SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen gets the ball in his face. The referee whistled for a foul and the player was taking the freekick very quickly. He shot the referee, who was standing close-by right in his face. You can see the referee whistled after he was hit by the ball. How would you handle the situation? Would you give a red card for kick the ball against the referee’s head? http://youtu.be/YvwjqSF1MHg In the Laws of the Game there’s some info about taking a free-kick quickly: “If a player decides to take a free kick quickly and an opponent who is less…
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Historic Sheffield rules used during youth football match
Youth players took part in a football tournament with historic rules. The original Laws Of the Game, the so-called “Sheffield Rules” were used for the first time in over hundred years during a tournament at Hallam FC last month. Who took part in the experiment? The Press Association channel on YouTube says: “Four schools from across Sheffield came face to face at Sandygate Road, home to Hallam FC, and used the original 1858 football rules, known as the Sheffield Rules, for the first time in 150 years.” Uriah Rennie, former Premier League referee and current president of Hallam FC, was the referee during the matches. He was dressed with a…
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Headbutting a teammate in Ukrainian football
The Laws of the Game cover lots of topics you think they might not happen in a football match. So is headbutting a teammate. This might be rare, but it happened in Ukraine this week. Volodymyr Lysenko from football club Hoverla Uzhhorod in Ukraine was angry at his teammate Mirko Raicevic and gives him a headbutt. He gets a red card for it by the referee. The face of their manager says enough. Check out the video below. In this situation the ball was out of play. A LATG question for you: How should play restart if the ball was in play at the moment a player headbutts a teammate?
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Red card for throwing dog over the fence
An Argentine player creates riot on football pitch after picking up a dog from the pitch and throwing it over the fence. The player Enzo Jimenez saw the dog on the field of play in the match between San Juan and Bella Vista. He got it by his throath and tries to throw it over the fence. He failed. The dog walked away when landing on his feed. Then a small riot with angry players happened. After everyone was calmed down, the referee showed Jiminez the red card. What would you decide? Check out the video:
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Juggling referee shows skills at tournament
The juggling referee: nice skills from this football match offial. Sometimes referees are talented players as well. Watch the juggling referee video below, taken at a recent World Futbol Tour event in Charleston, South Carolina.
