By: Dan C. Heldman (Virginia), National Clinician and National Assessor What is the common thread between a combat soldier, police officer, long haul trucker, teacher, parent, and a referee? Working in all of these professions, along with others of course, has something in common. To be successful – or in some cases merely to survive – […]
“Deal With One Player” By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida Introduction. There are many skills the Referee has to develop in order to be successful. Some of the more important are those various skills it takes to manage the behavior of players who infringe on the rules or guidelines for acceptable behavior. One in particular has […]
By: S. John Hagenstein, MISOA President, Minnesota In college and high school soccer, one method we use to assist officials in their improvement is through a process called assessment, where an educated and/or certified Assessor observes an NISOA Referee Team during a soccer game. This Assessor makes notes on things that occurred during the game […]
By: Rodney Kenney, NISOA National Clinician, Florida Most referees finish a game, and if no one has accosted them during or after the game they feel they had a successful game. The truth is that every game could have been better refereed. And the best referees are always looking to improve their performance. One way […]
By: Georges-Frantz Louis, NISOA National Referee Emeritus, Instructor, Assessor Introduction. The purpose of this article is to create an effective learning/teaching association committed to developing Referees and other interested parties intellectually, and preparing them for a productive future where they will contribute fruitfully to the sports community. As Referees interact to manage situations and players, […]
By: Bill Wagner, NISOA National Clinician and Assessor Have you ever considered the number of decisions that must be made by the NISOA official during the course of a single college game? No matter what number you decided upon, it probably doesn’t match the real number that was required in the typical regular season competition. […]
By Rodney Kenney, NISOA National Clinician, Florida Looking for the perfectly refereed game is akin to looking for the Holy Grail, you can devote your whole life trying to achieve it, but you will end in failure. We all have every intention of refereeing a perfect game every time we walk on the field. What […]
“Compilation of Input for Isolating a Player” By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida Introduction: Either Cautioning a player for misconduct, or talking to a player whose conduct may not quite have reached misconduct, involves skill on the part of the Referee in order to get the procedure over quickly, professionally, and with a minimum of argument, […]
“When to Caution or Eject; Making the Decision” By: Rodney Kenney, NISOA National Clinician, Florida After teaching a referee class, I asked if there were any questions. To my surprise I got a question I had never been asked before. “How do you know when to caution or eject a player?” As I started to […]
By: John Van deVaarst, NISOA National Clinician and Assessor, New Jersey Early in every soccer referee’s career, the reasons for caution and ejection were memorized. The NCAA Rule book provides specific reasons for cautions and ejections as well as discretionary times when a yellow or red card can be issued. As a quick review, a […]
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