SESSION THREE

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SESSION THREE
FOULS AND MISCONDUCT
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Homework Review

• Check your assignments from the previous class
  meeting.

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Things Players Do

• Objective
• Identify when, where, and how to penalize fouls
• Recognize and name the 10 direct free kick fouls
• Recognize and name the 8 indirect free kick
  offenses
• Name the five requirements in taking a free kick
• Identify when, where, and how to penalize
  misconduct

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FOULS and MISCONDUCT
U-6 U-8 Conform to FIFA with the exception that
all fouls shall result in an direct free kick.
The referee/coach/parent may explain
infringements to the offending player.
U-10 and above Conform to FIFA
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FOULS

• For something to be a foul, it must be
• Done by a player
• Against a player on the other team (1
  exception)
• On the field of play
• While the ball is in play

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FOULS

• Easy way to remember if what you saw was a foul
  B.O.O.

B
Ball in play
O
On the field
O
against an Opponent
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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player who commits any of the following 10
  offenses in a manner considered by the referee to
  be
• careless, reckless or using excessive force
• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation

• A player who commits this offense in a manner
  considered by the referee to be
• careless, reckless or using excessive force
• Kicks or attempts to kick opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation
A player who commits this offense in a manner
considered by the referee to be careless,
reckless or using excessive force Strikes or
attempts to strike opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation
A player who commits this offense in a manner
considered by the referee to be careless,
reckless or using excessive force Trips opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation

• A player who commits this offense in a manner
  considered by the referee to be
• careless, reckless or using excessive force
• Pushes opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation
A player who commits this offense in a manner
considered by the referee to be careless,
reckless or using excessive force Jumps at
opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS Requiring Evaluation
A player who commits this offense in a manner
considered by the referee to be careless,
reckless or using excessive force Charges
opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player commits any of the following 4 offenses
  requiring a decision considered by the referee as
  careless, reckless or using excessive force
• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

Direct Free Kick to Opponents!
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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player commits any of the following 4 offenses
  considered by the referee as careless, reckless
  or using excessive force
• Holds an opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player commits any of the following 4 offenses
  considered by the referee as careless, reckless
  or using excessive force
• Spits at an opponent

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player commits any of the following 4 offenses
  considered by the referee as careless, reckless
  or using excessive force
• Handles ball deliberately

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS

• A player commits any of the following 4 offenses
  considered by the referee as careless, reckless
  or using excessive force
• Tackles an opponent, contacting player before
  ball

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS
Tackles an opponent, contacting player before
ball with little or no concern for the players
safety (No longer just from behind!)

• Careless foul
• Reckless yellow card
• Excessive force red card

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DIRECT FREE KICK FOULS
If a direct free kick foul is called, play
restarts from where the foul occurred. If the
foul was committed by a defender within his/her
penalty area, then this direct free kick becomes
a penalty kick.
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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES
Other offenses are punished by restarting play
with an indirect free kick from where the offense
occurred. A goal can not be scored directly from
the kick. It must be touched by another player.
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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by any player
• Plays in a dangerous manner
• Impedes an opponents progress
• Prevents release of ball by goalkeeper
• Commits any offense, not previously mentioned in
  Law 12, for which play is stopped to caution or
  dismiss a player

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by any player
• Plays in a dangerous manner

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by any player
• Impedes an opponents progress

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by any player
• Prevents release of ball by goalkeeper

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by any player
• Commits any offense, not previously mentioned in
  Law 12, for which play is stopped to caution or
  dismiss a player.

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by Goalkeeper
• Holds ball for longer than 6 seconds
• Touches ball with hands again after releasing
• Touches ball with hands after deliberately kicked
  to him/her by teammate
• Touches ball with hands after throw-in by
  teammate

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by Goalkeeper
• Holds ball for longer than 6 seconds

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by Goalkeeper
• Touches ball with hands again after releasing it

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by Goalkeeper
• Touches ball with hands after deliberately kicked
  to him/her by teammate

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INDIRECT FREE KICK OFFENSES

• 4 by Goalkeeper
• Touch ball with hands after throw-in by teammate

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REVIEW Direct Free Kicks

• Can you name the 10 DFK fouls?
• Think of them as parts of the body

1 with the mouth
SPITS AT
1 with the shoulder
CHARGING
4 with the hands
HOLD, PUSH, STRIKE, HANDLE
1 with the legs
JUMPING AT
KICK, TRIP, TACKLE Opponent before ball
3 with the feet
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Can you name the 4 IFK offenses?

• Think of the DIPS you must sometimes deal with

D
Plays in a DANGEROUS manner
I
IMPEDES the progress of an opponent
P
PREVENTS the GK from releasing the ball
S
STOPS play to caution or dismiss a player
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What are the 4 GK offenses?

• Think of 4 fingers on a goalkeepers hand

1st
Takes more than 6 seconds
2nd
Touches the ball again (2 touch) with hands
3rd
Touches the ball with hands after kicked to him
by a teammate
4th
Touches the ball with hands after being thrown to
him by a teammate
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card 1. Unsporting Behavior 2.
Dissent by word or action 3. Persistently
infringes laws 4. Delays restart 5. Distance
required for restart not respected 6.
Enters/re-enters field without referees
permission 7. Leaves field without referees
permission
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
Provoking a confrontation by deliberately
touching the ball after the referee has stopped
play.
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
Fails to respect the required distance (ten yards
on a kick, two yards on a throw-in) on a free
kick, corner kick or throw-in (used to be called
encroachment)
NEW2007
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
Enters or re-enters the field without the
referees permission IFK for the opposing team
at the place the ball was.
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card
Leaves the field without the referees permission
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MISCONDUCT
Caution Yellow Card

• A substitute or substituted player is cautioned
  and shown the yellow card if he commits any of
  the following 3 offenses
• Guilty of unsporting behavior
• Shows dissent by word or action
• Delays the restart of play

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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 1. Serious foul play 2.
Violent conduct 3. Spits at 4. Denies Goal or
Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity by deliberately
handling the ball 5. Denies OGSO to opponent
moving toward goal by foul 6. Offensive,
insulting, abusive language 7. Second caution
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 1. Serious foul play
The ball must be in play and on the field.
Can only be between two opponents
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 2. Violent conduct
Violence against anyone else.
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 3. Spits at
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 4. Denies Goal or Obvious
Goal Scoring Opportunity by deliberately handling
ball
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 5. Denies OGSO to opponent
moving toward goal by foul
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 6. Offensive, insulting,
abusive language
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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card 7. Second caution in the same
game


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MISCONDUCT
Send-off Red Card
A substitute or substituted player is sent off
and shown the red card if he commits any of the
previous 7 offenses. Substitute or substituted
players shown the red card must leave the
vicinity of the field and the technical area.
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If play is stopped for a foul

• Committed by a player on the field

• Play is restarted with a free kick for the other
  team where the foul happened

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If play is stopped for misconduct

• Committed off the field or by a substitute

• Play is restarted by dropping the ball where the
  ball was when play was stopped

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If play is stopped for misconduct on the field

• AND there wasnt a foul, the restart is an
  INDIRECT FREE KICK from where the misconduct
  occurred!

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Misconduct

• Only a player, sub, or substituted player may be
  shown the red or yellow card.
• No cards are to be shown to coaches or parents.
• The referee has the authority to take
  disciplinary sanctions from the moment he enters
  the field until he leaves the field of play after
  the final whistle.

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Decisions of the Referee

• The referee may only change a decision upon
  realizing that it is incorrect or, at his
  discretion, on the advice of an assistant
  referee, provided that he has not restarted play
  or terminated the match.

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FREE KICKS
2 Types Direct (DFK) Indirect (IFK)
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FREE KICKS

• 5 Elements Necessary
• Ball must be stationary
• Opponents 10 yards from ball
• Except
• U-68 opponents at least 4 yards from the ball
  until it is in play
• U-1012 opponents at least 8yards from the ball
  until it is in play
• Signal by the referee
• Ball in play when it is kicked and moves (must
  leave penalty area)
• Kicker cannot play ball a second time

(QUICK FREE KICK ALLOWED)
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FREE KICKS
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FREE KICKS Special Rules

• 1 If a free kick is given to defenders inside
  their penalty area, the ball is not in play until
  it leaves the penalty area. All opponents must be
  outside the penalty area when the kick is taken.

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FREE KICKS Special Rules

• 2 If an IFK is given to the attackers inside
  the defenders goal area, the ball is placed on
  the goal area line closest to where the foul or
  misconduct occurred.

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FREE KICKS Special Rules

• 3 If a free kick is given to defenders inside
  their goal area, the ball can be placed on the
  ground anywhere in the goal area.

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FREE KICKS Special Rules

• 4 Defenders can be closer than 10 yards to a
  free kick if they are standing on their own goal
  line between the goal posts.

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FREE KICKS Special Rules

• 5 A goal cannot be scored directly from a free
  kick by your teammates into your own goal!

NEW!
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Free Kicks in the Small-Sided Game

• All free kicks in the U6 and U8 match shall be
  treated as DFKs.
• The following distances are used for U6, U8 ,U10,
  and U12 matches
• U6 4 yards from the ball
• U8 4 yards from the ball
• U10 8 yards from the ball
• U12 8 yards from the ball

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DURING PLAY

• Fouls seen by the Referee
• Stops game
• Moves to spot of foul as needed
• Checks with AR if inside penalty area
• Indicates direction/type
• Manages wall, as needed
• Signals restart

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Fouls seen by the referee

• Assistant Referee
• Responds to eye contact from referee requesting
  location by doing the following
• Makes no signal (foul outside PA)
• Holds flag straight downward in front of body
  (foul by defense in PA)

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DURING PLAY

• Fouls Seen by the AR
• Signals as appropriate
• Is foul in penalty area?
• Positions for restart

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Fouls Indicated by Lead AR

• Referee
• Stops play, waves down flag, or allows advantage
• If play stopped
• Confers with AR as needed
• Signals direction
• Manages restart

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Fouls Indicated by Lead AR

• AR
• Ensures that referee could not see foul
• Signals with flag
• Shows direction with flag or
• Moves to goal line for PK
• Indicates restart location if not PK

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Fouls Indicated by Trail AR

• Trail AR
• Signals with flag
• Referee
• stops play or waves down signal
• If play stopped
• Confers with AR as needed
• Signals direction
• Manages restart
• Lead AR
• Mirrors Trail ARs signal, if
• needed

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Advantage

• Advantage - allows the referee to decide whether
  or not to stop play even if there is a foul or
  misconduct if stopping play would help the team
  that committed the foul or misconduct.

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Play On, Advantage Applied

• Referee
• Calls out Play on! or Advantage!
• Signals with hands
• Does NOT signal
• Trifling/doubtful fouls
• Situations where no foul occurred

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THE PENALTY KICK
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PENALTY KICK
U-6 U-8 There is no Penalty Kick U-10 The
penalty mark is made 8 yards from the goal
line U-12 The penalty mark is made 10 yards from
the goal line Players other than the kicker and
defending goalkeeper are at least 8 yards from
the ball
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Penalty Kicks

• Penalty Kicks are administered ONLY in U10 and
  higher matches
• Seven elements of the Penalty Kick
• Ball must be stationary
• Players other than the GK need to be behind the
  ball
• Signal by the Referee
• Ball must be kicked and move forward
• No second play by the kicker
• Goalkeeper on goal line may move along the goal
  line prior to kick
• Goal may be scored directly

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PENALTY KICK
Ball on penalty mark Kicker identified Keeper
on goal line, face kicker, between posts, until
ball is kicked Other Players On the field of
play Outside penalty area, 10-yds from ball,
until kicked Behind penalty mark
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PENALTY KICK
Referee Signal when players in
position Kick Forward Ball in play when kicked
and moves forward No second touch by kicker Goal
may be scored directly Kick in extended time (or
tie-breaker)
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Penalty Kick Signaled During Play

• Referee
• Whistles to stop play
• Points to penalty mark
• Positions off field
• Supervises placing of ball for kick
• Identifies kicker
• Ensures proper player positions
• Takes position and signals for kick

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Penalty Kick Signaled During Play

• Assistant Referee
• Indicates penalty kick if referee asks
  (makes eye contact)
• Takes up position at goal line and penalty
  area intersection
• If goal not scored, resumes offside position
• If goal scored, follows goal procedure

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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
Goalkeeper moves forward before the kick but kick
misses? PK retaken
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
Goalkeeper moves forward before the kick but
kicker scores? Goal awarded.
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
The attacker does something wrong and a goal was
not scored.
Restart is an IFK for defense from the place
where the infringement occurred to the defending
team.
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
An attacker commits an offense and a goal is
scored.
Or a team-mate of the Attacker enters Penalty
Area before kick is taken. PK retaken.
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
Attacker enters Penalty Area before kick is taken
and ball does not enter the net. Indirect Free
Kick is awarded to goalkeepers team from where
violation occurred..
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
A defender does something wrong and a goal was
not scored.
Defender enters Penalty Area or arc before kick
is taken. PK retaken
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PENALTY KICK SITUATIONS
If someone from both teams commits an offense,
the penalty kick is taken again regardless.
Attacker
Defender
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Penalty Kick Signaled During Play

• Penalty Kick signaled by AR
• AR
• Signals foul
• Walks to corner flag unless waved down by referee
• Referee
• Same 7 steps as if referee had signaled

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Role Playing Exercise

• All Candidates will turn away from the Instructor
  and face a wall opposite the Instructor.
• The Instructor will provide the Candidates with
  an example of unruly behavior by the fans and/or
  coach.

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Managing of Unruly Coaches

• Ask the coach to control situation
• Inform coach lack of control could lead to
  termination of match
• Continued lack of control, do the following
• Signal ball out of play
• Return game ball
• Collect game forms (if you can)
• Complete game forms
• Immediately leave area
• Do not argue, discuss, or explain to coach

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Controlling the Irate Coach and/or sideline
personnel as an AR

• Remain calm
• Ignore the trivial comments
• Be professional
• Assert your power
• Warn the coach
• Signal for the referee
• Record
• Be prepared

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REVIEW Direct Free Kicks

• Can you name the 10 DFK fouls?
• Think of them as parts of the body

1 with the mouth
SPITS AT
1 with the shoulder
CHARGING
4 with the hands
HOLD, PUSH, STRIKE, HANDLE
1 with the legs
JUMPING AT
KICK, TRIP, TACKLE opponent before ball
3 with the feet
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Can you name the 4 IFK offenses?

• Think of the DIPS you must sometimes deal with

D
Plays in a DANGEROUS manner
I
IMPEDES the progress of an opponent
P
PREVENTS the GK from releasing the ball
S
STOPS play to caution or dismiss a player
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What are the 4 GK offenses?

• Think of 4 fingers on a goalkeepers hand

1st
Takes more than 6 seconds
2nd
Touches the ball again (2 touch) with hands
3rd
Touches the ball with hands after kicked to him
by a teammate
4th
Touches the ball with hands after being thrown to
him by a teammate