Line Referee
Introduction:
Line Referees are assistant referees that helps the main referee on the sideline of the field to better help the main referee make the right call. They are closely watching the game on the sideline of the field and communicate with the main referee. They are there to make the right calls that the referee cannot see sometimes from the angle on the sideline. In some situations, it is really hard for the main referee to see some things and make the right calls. That is why almost every sport has assistant referees. The carry a lot of responsibility and they take a lot of pressure to improve fairness of the game.
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The main referee is running on the field and keep his/her eye on illegal things in the game. Two assistant referees are positioned opposite each other. Each assistant must watch their own half of the field. The assistant refs serve as a second pair of eyes to make calls on offside, sideline out of bounds ball, and foul play that the head ref can’t see. The offside calls are made when the attacking forward player is behind his opponent defender. It is hard sometimes to tell if there is an offside because of the high pace of the game and that is why they have a lot of pressure on some big games.
Requirements for Pro Refereeing:
● The official referees have to go through specific training.
● Referees have to be physically and mentally prepared in order to be a good ref.
● Referees should be able to run and have the visual capacity to keep up with the technical sideline.
● Referees must ref a substantial amount of amateur games and gain self-confidence and experience to ref at a higher
Introduction:
Line Referees are assistant referees that helps the main referee on the sideline of the field to better help the main referee make the right call. They are closely watching the game on the sideline of the field and communicate with the main referee. They are there to make the right calls that the referee cannot see sometimes from the angle on the sideline. In some situations, it is really hard for the main referee to see some things and make the right calls. That is why almost every sport has assistant referees. The carry a lot of responsibility and they take a lot of pressure to improve fairness of the game.
Figure 1: (http://learnsoccerrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soccer-assistant-referee-flag-signals.jpg) …show more content…
The main referee is running on the field and keep his/her eye on illegal things in the game. Two assistant referees are positioned opposite each other. Each assistant must watch their own half of the field. The assistant refs serve as a second pair of eyes to make calls on offside, sideline out of bounds ball, and foul play that the head ref can’t see. The offside calls are made when the attacking forward player is behind his opponent defender. It is hard sometimes to tell if there is an offside because of the high pace of the game and that is why they have a lot of pressure on some big games.
Requirements for Pro Refereeing:
● The official referees have to go through specific training.
● Referees have to be physically and mentally prepared in order to be a good ref.
● Referees should be able to run and have the visual capacity to keep up with the technical sideline.
● Referees must ref a substantial amount of amateur games and gain self-confidence and experience to ref at a higher