[ayso45-refs] Field Closures

Wilkinson Family wilkfam at pacbell.net
Sat Nov 11 12:54:14 EST 2006 

 Possible rain tomorrow.  Field closures will be posted on our phone message 
964-2976.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID M STUBBS" <aysoref at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Bill Dunaway" <bill_dunaway at usa.net>; "Beau James" 
<b_james at pacbell.net>; "AYSO Region 45 Refs Mailing List" 
<ayso45-refs at ayso45.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ayso45-refs] Field Closures


> 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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