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Interesting. Your corner kick issue came up just this week for
discussion at the Wednesday 10/7 Coach/Ref <i>Talk-it-out</i>
gathering.<br>
<br>
Brent, your question provoked a flurry of responses. You received them
all directly, and most were also copied to the referee mailing list.<br>
<br>
For the referee mailing list, I'm going to take the liberty of
consolidating the responses and the Wednesday evening discussion into
one reply, rather than forwarding
each individual response to the entire mailing list. <b>The
contributions of every responder are very much appreciated!</b> This
type of question and community response is how referees at all levels
support one another and improve our refereeing skills.<br>
<br>
At the same time, some members of the region 45 referee mailing list
have
requested that the list moderators try to moderate the volume of email,
especially
messages with a significant amount of duplicative content. So please
bear with your editor, this time ...<br>
<br>
Beau<br>
<br>
<br>
Let's deal with the two issues you raised in your email completely
separately.<br>
<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><u><b>Issue #1: player conduct during preparation
for taking a corner kick</b></u></font><br>
<br>
You are correct that the jostling, pushing, and holding that you
observed, prior to the corner kick being taken, cannot be called as a <i><b>foul</b></i>
at those moments. The ball is not in play at that time.<br>
<br>
The AYSO referee community generally adopts a few core approaches to
dealing with this kind of misbehavior. Each approach may be appropriate
depending on the severity and persistence of the conduct, the age and
skill level of the players, whether prior warnings have been issued,
and other factors in the referee's judgment. Naturally, there are
variants and blended combinations of each option also available to the
referee.<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><u><i>Option A: Make extra efforts to
prevent/minimize pre-CK misbehavior</i></u></font><br>
<br>
Vary your position during the setup for a corner kick. Sometimes, get
all the way down on the goal line, or right in the heart of the penalty
area close to the players. Players generally misbehave less if they
are aware that the referee is nearby and observant (and disapproving).<br>
<br>
At all ages, and particularly in younger divisions such as U10, the
referee may use verbal warnings to the players <b>at any time</b>.
Assistant referees may also give verbal warnings, especially if
they were given guidance to do so during the pregame instructions. A
verbal warning ("ladies, keep your hands down!", "gentlemen, stop the
pushing!") does not
require that the referee stop play. A warning may be issued at any time
while allowing the game to continue flowing.<br>
<br>
Use your voice for general verbal warnings or to call attention to
specific inappropriate behaviors. Use it often and early. Try to
preempt the need for formal misconducts (but at the same time, don't
avoid formal misconducts when appropriate!).<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><u><i>Option B: Recognize and deal with the
player misbehavior immediately</i></u></font><br>
<br>
If the referee decides that the player conduct problem is severe and
urgent enough to warrant a formal misconduct, first decide what is the
formal misconduct ("unsporting behavior"? "reckless push"?). The
referee first blows the whistle. The referee indicates to the corner
kicker that s/he must wait for the referee's signal before proceeding
with the CK. The referee then administers the caution(s) (including
showing the yellow card) to the appropriate player or players.<br>
<br>
Keep in mind that in AYSO U10, we do not display cards [and very rarely
in U12]. At those ages, the verbal warning is most appropriate and
often sufficient. On the other hand, in U16 or U19, the formal caution
may be both appropriate and necessary for game control. On-the-scene
referee judgement is essential!.<br>
<br>
<i>Procedural notes</i>: the referee does not "award an IFK for
unsporting behavior". Even if the referee does administer a formal
caution in this situation, the correct restart<i> </i>will <i>still </i>be
the corner kick - not an IFK. An IFK restart is used after a caution
when <i>the referee</i> <i>is the one who stopped play</i> to
administer the caution. - not when there is a restart already indicated.<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><u><i>Option C: Recognize the player misbehavior
as a <b>foul </b>as soon as the ball is kicked</i></u></font><br>
<br>
If the referee judges that the jostling is not so serious that it need
be dealt with "instantly", some referees choose to wait until the
corner kick occurs. Then, as soon as the ball is kicked, the referee
blows the whistle and indicates (verbally and by signal) the foul that
the referee has chosen to call. The foul could be pushing, holding,
charging, or the much-underutilized "impeding", depending on what the
referee has observed.<br>
<br>
For example, the referee may choose this approach when players are
marking one another far too closely, perhaps without extensive or
constant physical contact. An attacker constantly repositioning himself
directly between the keeper and the corner kick, even when the keeper
adjusts his position <i>after </i>the attacker has taken his
position, may be guilty of impeding the keeper.<br>
<br>
The referee must constantly monitor the "temperature" of the player
misbehavior to ensure that it is not allowed to escalate. The referee
also must be clearly aware of which players are misbehaving and to what
extent. The referee does not want to permit a delay in dealing with the
initial misbehavior to escalate to retaliation (and thus perhaps to
turn a corner kick into a penalty kick).<br>
<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><u><b>Issue #2: player "yelling and screaming"</b></u></font><br>
<br>
A couple of repeat comments:<br>
<br>
- Issue verbal warnings at any time; stopping the game is not required.<br>
- "Unsporting conduct" is a caution, not a foul. The referee does not
"give an IFK because of unsporting conduct". <br>
<br>
In general, the appropriate referee intervention (if any) depends a
great deal on what is being yelled, and at whom.<br>
<br>
Simply yelling "Keeper!", or "I'm open!", may be entirely legitimate
and expectedin the course of good play.<br>
<br>
Is the player screaming at opponents? At teammates? At himself or
herself?<br>
<br>
Taunting or attempting to frighten (typically but not necessarily an
opponent) certainly deserves a verbal warning, and may deserve a formal
caution for unsporting behavior (in appropriate divisions).<br>
<br>
Foul or abusive language directed at <i>anyone </i>definitely
deserves a verbal warning, and may deserve a formal send-off (in
appropriate divisions). Even in younger divisions, it deserves censure
(verbal warning) and may earn a young player a "mental injury
substitution" (our AYSO euphemism for a sendoff, in young divisions) if
not controlled.<br>
<br>
Players who yell at opponents with clear intent to deceive deserve a
verbal warning and may deserve a formal caution for unsporting behavior
(in appropriate divisions).<br>
<br>
==============================<br>
<br>
Welch, Brent wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:200910090516.n995GpsX030208@medlicott.panasas.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">In a U10B game on a corner kick restart, I saw two players pushing
against each other shoulder to shoulder with their arms up around
shoulder level somehow interlocked. I did not see it start, and while
I had a good guess as to who probably started things, I didn't see it.
I blew my whistle and told them to stop it. I did not call any foul.
The corner kick was taken without any further issue.
What's the ruling? I belive if anything it would be unsportsmanlike
conduct because play wasn't restarted? And, in U10 you basically just
want to instruct the players about appropriate behavior. In higher
divisions it would be a yellow card (if you so judged it) and then
you restart with an IFK?
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<blockquote cite="mid:200910090516.n995GpsX030208@medlicott.panasas.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I found this quote on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.corshamref.org.uk/corners.htm">http://www.corshamref.org.uk/corners.htm</a>
"If players are misbehaving themselves before the corner kick has been
taken, stop play immediately by blowing your whistle loudly, and strongly
warn players about their unsporting conduct."
On a related note, especially because it involved one of the same players,
what about yelling and screaming as you either dribble or charge? That
earned a sharp warning from me, but no whistle. If it had kept up I
would have given an IFK for unsportsmanlike conduct. More specifically,
I would have stopped play, spoken with the screamer, and restarted
with an IFK. Is that the right ruling? Should I *always* stop play to admonish
a player, or can I just tell the screamer "stop it" as play continues?
--
Brent Welch
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