Recognizing Intent

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Recognizing Intent

• Referee
• Educational
• Session

Marvin Mohring
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Why this session?

• To raise the level of understanding and
  interpretation of the Laws of the game.
• To discuss clear examples of intent through video
  examples. (courtesy of the BCSA)

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Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this session, the participant will
• Understand the meaning of intent.
• Recognize factors associated with intentional
  action.
• Determine if fouls are careless, reckless, or
  using excessive force.

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Intention

• The act or fact of having in mind a purpose
  determination to act in a certain way

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Intent

• The concept of "intent" and "deliberate" are much
  the same to referees. Both indicate that a player
  has decided to participate in some action, the
  result of which they own responsibility.

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Intent

• It matters not what a players thoughts were when
  he performed an action that led to their
  opponent's fall to earth. What matters is if
  their choice of action that caused the fall was
  legal contact or an illegal act.
• http//soccer-referee.us/index.php?optioncontent
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Defining a Fair Charge

• Shoulder to shoulder
• Both players must have at least one foot on the
  ground
• Ball is within playing distance
• Both players must be attempting to play the ball
• The charge must not be dangerous or violent

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THE DIRECT FREE KICK FOULShttp//www.ussoccer.com
/templates/includes/services/referees/pdfs/Advice2
003.pdf

• Ten offenses are described in Law 12 for which,
  if play is stopped as a result, the restart is a
  direct free kick (or a penalty kick if committed
  by a team within its own penalty area). These
  offenses are referred to as direct free kick
  fouls.

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6 and 4

• Why are the 10 penal offenses divided into a
  group of 6 and a group of 4?

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THE DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• They are divided into two groups
• 1. Six actions (kick, trip, jump at, charge,
  strike, or push, including the attempt to kick,
  trip, or strike)for which the referee must
  evaluate how the act was committed and
• 2. Four actions (making contact with an opponent
  during a tackle prior to contacting the ball,
  holding, spitting, deliberately handling the
  ball) for which the referee need only decide if
  the act occurred.

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THE DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• Referees should not punish actions that are
  accidental or inadvertent.
• In the case of the first group, the action
  becomes an offense only if the referee decides
  that it was committed carelessly, recklessly, or
  with excessive force.

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"Careless"

• indicates that the player has not exercised due
  caution in making his play.

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"Reckless"

• means that the player has made unnatural
  movements designed to intimidate an opponent or
  to gain an unfair advantage.

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"excessive force"

• means that the player has far exceeded the use of
  force necessary to make a fair play for the ball
  and has placed his opponent in considerable
  danger of bodily harm.

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Video Examples

• Pen and paper required

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Recognizing Intent

• Determine if the actions are fair or foul
• Evaluate the direction of the players movement
• Where was contact made?
• Judge the timing of the actions
• Judge the follow up actions (follow through)

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Resources

• http//soccer-referee.us/index.php?optioncontent
  taskviewid2Itemid3
• http//www.ussoccer.com/templates/includes/service
  s/referees/pdfs/Advice2003.pdf

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Learning Outcomes

• Understand the meaning of intent.
• Recognize factors associated with intentional
  action.
• Determine if fouls are careless, reckless, or
  using excessive force.

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Recognizing Intent

• Thank you for participating

Marvin Mohring