By: Joe Manjone, Chair, National Federation High School Associations Rules Committee The high school rules book provides a Sample Tie Breaking Procedure that state high school associations may adopt. From the number of questions concerning this rule, it is obvious that most states have adopted this procedure, but some have modified the number and length of […]
By: Dr. Joe Manjone, NISOA Interscholastic Repressentative As indicated in rule 6.1.1 ball holders are required for every high school soccer game played. The referee, assistant referee or side referee is to review the ball holder duties with the ball holders prior to the start of the game as indicated in rule 5.2.3b. Ball holders […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida INTRODUCTION There are two offside-related tactics used by teams that affect the performance of a Referee Team using the Double Dual System of Control. The first tactic is by the defending team who uses the “offside trap” to create offside offenses for the opposition when the opponents pass the ball […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida INTRODUCTTION There are two offside-related tactics used by teams that affect the way the Referee Team using the Diagonal System of Control needs to handle offside events in a game. The first tactic is by the defending team who uses the “offside trap” to create offside offenses for the opposition […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida INTRODUCTION There are two offside-related tactics used by teams that affect the way the Referee Team needs to handle offside events in a game. The first is by the team who uses the tactic of the “offside trap” to create offside offenses by the opposition when the opponents pass the […]
“Ethics and the FIFA World Cup; An Opinion Piece” By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida In watching the current 2010 FIFA World Cup games on television, one is reminded that there is still much work to be done about encouraging and ensuring ethical conduct among the players and other participants in the competition. This is a […]
“HOW YA GOIN TA ACT!” By: Bob Jones, NISOA National Clinician, Maryland This month across the nation ten’s of thousands of student athletes await with anticipation the start of interscholastic tryouts and practice. They know that they are good. During the so called “off season” they have attended numerous “specialty camps” played in countless games […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA A. Introduction It is important for the Referee Team to correctly manage the taking of a penalty kick. This is a point in a game where a decided advantage is given to the kicking team by penalizing the offending team with the award of a penalty kick. Most penalty kicks result […]
By: Georges-Frantz Louis, National Referee Emeritus, Instructor, Assessor, and Assignor INTRODUCTION The intent of this article is to raise a level of concern for Referees who allow too many reckless contacts in their games, and eventually lose control of their matches. One little story tells it all. Imagine the referee crew as having four members […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA, Florida Yes, this is an important subject. It’s about Referee Ethics, perhaps one of the most important topics that concerns Referees, because it shapes and defines your refereeing career. The entire basis for having a referee in soccer rests on everyone trusting in the integrity of that Referee, both on and […]
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