[ayso45-refs] Field Closures

[DAVID M STUBBS]

There are some fields open and playing but Crittendon
and Whisman have no word yet.

--- Bill Dunaway <bill_dunaway at usa.net> wrote:

> Since I have not seen an email yet - FYI the COoper
> field was declared closed
> for the day after Beau checked with the City this
> morning due to rain -
> appears to be a city wide outage.
> 
> Another best practice to check (ANd send) email
> about game status before going
> to your games for the day.
> 
> FYI
> 
> Bill Dunaway
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:51:57 PM PST
> From: DAVID M STUBBS <aysoref at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Beau James <b_james at pacbell.net>,	AYSO Region 45
> Refs Mailing List
> <ayso45-refs at ayso45.org>
> Subject: Re: [ayso45-refs] Point,	now Counterpoint
> (Re: Fwd: The Most
> Difficult Part of Refereeing)
> 
> I can speak from experience that calling fouls as a
> new ref is the hardest thing to do.  The coach of my
> son's team was all over me during games.  It has
> taken
> me several years (100 games of combined AR and
> Refereeing) to start doing it "correctly".  Referees
> working the youngest levels are frequently new refs.
> 
> They grow as they move up the ranks with their
> children.  As one would expect, so do the coaches. 
> How many games does one hear the coach yelling at
> the
> players constantly...I mean constantly.  That kills
> the game too.  The coaches of U14 and above are far
> less stressed and just let the kids play.
> 
> Parents are no different.  The chatter on the
> sidelines becomes one of where they will be
> vacationing next, than "The ref is missing a good
> game".
> 
> We're all human and experience trumps all.  Do your
> best and the hell with the rest.
> 
> -Dave Stubbs, referee philosopher and consumer of
> massive quantities of beer and pizza
> 
> --- Beau James <b_james at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > I forwarded this article to the coaches' mailing
> > list as well.  Here's 
> > one interesting response:
> > 
> > > Just an observation from coaching 1st and 2nd
> > graders over the last 
> > > two years.  The refs almost never make any foul
> > calls.  Over 90% of 
> > > the games I've coached don't get more than 1
> foul
> > call per game.  
> > >  From what I observe there are at least 5 - 8
> > fouls that should be 
> > > called per game that aren't.  (Of course this is
> > massively 
> > > subjective.)  The fouling has definitely gotten
> > worse with 2nd graders.  
> > >
> > > Don't know if refs are over-sensitized to "not
> > impacting the game."  
> > > Or, don't want to deal with parents and coaches
> > complaining.  I've 
> > > also refereed two games over the last two years
> > and it is tough.  It's 
> > > tough to see everything that is going on.  It's
> > definitely easier to 
> > > just let play continue.  
> > >
> > > For the kids safety and to not reward fouling, I
> > just wish they would 
> > > call a few more fouls.  The kids would catch on.
> > 
> > 
> > Something to think about.
> > 
> > Beau
> > 
> > 
> > Beau James wrote:
> > 
> > > Tom Rudkin passed along this article, from the
> > CNRA (USSF's Calif. 
> > > North Referee Administration) mailing list.
> > >
> > > It's not new, but it does make for some
> > interesting reading for both 
> > > referees (and coaches? parents? players?)
> > >
> > > Beau
> > >
> > >
> > >           THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF REFEREEING
> > >
> > >
> > >           Robert Evans
> > >
> > >
> > >           FIFA Referee (1979-88); FIFA Referee
> > Instructor (1990-92)
> > >
> > > <>
> > >
> > > <>Many people who go to watch a soccer game -
> > youth, adult, 
> > > professional - wonder why a lot of physical
> > contact between players is 
> > > not punished by the referee. If they are new to
> > the game, they may be 
> > > no more than puzzled by the apparent lack of
> > understanding (or 
> > > eyesight) by the official. If they've been
> around
> > the game a bit, or 
> > > if their little darling is playing and perhaps
> > gets knocked over, they 
> > > may become irate at the irresponsibility of the
> > referee. And of 
> > > course, if they have the authority of a coach's
> > jacket or hat, they 
> > > not only become irate, but they may even take it
> > upon themselves to 
> > > let the official know exactly what they think of
> > him (or her). After 
> > > all, everyone knows that the official is
> supposed
> > to call fouls and 
> > > other infringements of the laws, and if he
> doesn't
> > do that, he must be 
> > > incompetent, right?
> > >
> > > <>
> > >
> > > <>
> > >
> > > <><><>Well, actually, no! By allowing some
> > infractions to go 
> > > unpunished he may in fact be doing his job just
> > the way that the laws 
> > > tell him to. (Pause to wait for the muttering
> ...)
> > Oh, I can here it 
> > > now: "What is this idiot talking about? He says
> > that a referee misses 
> > > the calls and yet is still doing his job? He
> lets
> > fouls go unpunished, 
> > > and we are supposed to compliment him for doing
> > things right?" And 
> > > those comments are the mild ones ...!
> > >
> > > <><><>
> > >
> > > <><><><>After being involved in refereeing since
> > 1964, through 
> > > thousands of games refereed, watched and
> assessed,
> > and through 
> > > countless classes instructed, I have to say that
> > the most difficult 
> > > part of refereeing is knowing what infractions
> to
> > call, and what ones 
> > > to let go. The reason for the difficulty is
> > simple: For more than one 
> > > hundred years, the laws of the game have
> > INSTRUCTED REFEREES NOT to 
> > > call everything, but to call only the
> infractions
> > that affect the game 
> > > adversely.
> > >
> > > <><><>
> > >
> > > <><><>
> > >
> > > <><><>IT COMES DOWN TO THIS: THE ART OF
> REFEREEING
> > IS THE ART OF 
> > > PENALIZING ONLY THOSE BREACHES OF THE LAW THAT
> > AFFECT THE GAME.
> > >
> > > <>But the problem with that statement is that at
> > each level of the 
> > > game, from little wobbly kids to U-8s, U-10s,
> > U-12s through the early 
> > > teenagers up to full youth competitions, into
> the
> 
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