Triangle Soccer Officials Association

1. Triangle Soccer Officials Association

2. MANY THANKS! • To Ed Alston and his 25+ years of service to Middle and High School Soccer!

3. NCHSAA Rules Clinic/Association Meeting Agenda • Rules Clinic • Arbiter Clean-Up • Procedures and Protocols for Fall 2012 • Association Meeting • Questions/Answers (If you have a question, please jot it down on a sheet of paper and wait until for this part of our session)

4. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Assignments • All Assignments will go out on Sunday. They will cover 2 weeks out. • For example, Assignments for August 20-31 will go out on August 12. The assignments for September 3-8 will go out on August 19. • You will have 48 hours to accept your assignments. • Turn backs will be assigned the Wednesday after the assignments go out

5. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Assignments • Assignments for August will be based on Clinic attendance, Scrimmages worked, and Performance. • Middle Schools begin in September so there will be plenty of work then if you do not get an assignment in August. • Again, please constantly update your AVAILABILITY

6. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Assignments • If you accept an assignment and have to turn it back later, email me at trirefcancel@gmail.com. • If it is the day of the game, call me at 919-368-4434 • Do not make this a HABIT

7. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Philosophy • The assignment staff if looking to eliminate OVER-EXPOSURE of officials to schools • Travel is also a consideration for assignments. You may have a “linked” assignment where games on different days are attached to each other. • We have to service ALL the schools, not just the ones next to your home. • If you have to travel a great distance one day, my goal is for your next assignment to be close to home

8. Arbiter Clean-Up: Ralph Jordan To be assigned for the fall of 2012 all officials must: • Accept the Triangle Soccer Officials Invite, Group #107102 • Click on Ready to Assign • Insert a Picture • Utilize the sharing function • Clean up your information, especially the multiple telephone numbers • Update your travel limits. For example, your work zip codes might be drastically different from your home zip code • Constantly update your AVAILABILITY

9. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Pre-Game Contact • The referee will contact his/her crew in a 3 man system 48 HOURS before the scheduled contest • The referee listed first will contact his/her partner in a 2 man system 48 HOURS before the scheduled contest • Preferred method of contact is email. If no response via email, call your partner. If you are an AR and you have not been contacted by the referee, call them! • Email me at 9 PM the night before the scheduled contest if no response after email or call • Please determine what color jerseys you have, socks, etc.

10. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Pre-Game Arrival • You must be on the field 15 MINUTES prior to kickoff for any contest that starts before 6:15 PM • You must be on the field 30 MINUTES prior to kickoff for any contest that starts after 6:30 PM (This includes 6:45 and 7:00 PM starts) • If you can’t be there before that time, don’t accept the game • Be sure your AVAILABILITYmirrors this as well

11. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Pre-Game Arrival Why? • Inspect the field. Ensure goals are anchored • TALK WITH THE CLOCK OPERATOR (All fields with a scoreboard will have the clock run down to zero. No Exceptions) • Conduct a Pre-Game with crew • Warm-Up

12. NFHS Rules Quiz • What are the reasons in NFHS for a yellow card? • What are the reasons in NFHS for a red card?

13. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Post Game • Complete Match Report on Arbiter • What should a completed match report look like when reporting misconduct? #5 Kyle Smith, 56‘, Cary High, UB (reckless tackle) • Use the NFHS codes for yellow and red cards, the give a brief explanation in parenthesis

14. 2012 Procedures and Protocols-Post Game • IF YOU HAVE AN EJECTION DO THE FOLLOWING: -For a NCHSAA Public High School, call me at 919-368-4434 (for middle and private schools, do the rest below) -Complete the ejection report (http://forms.nchsaa.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Ejections&-loadframes) -Email the report to trianglerefs@gmail.com

15. I have a 3 year plan • My goal is to RAISE THE STANDARD of our officials pool. • Year 1, the focus will be PROFESSIONALISM. • Year 2, the focus will be GAME MANAGEMENT • Year 3, the focus will be FITNESS

16. What others think of our GROUP WAKE COUNTY AD’s • Officials don’t show up on time or at all • We don’t differentiate the rules appropriately • We allow too much trash-talking/dissent • Lack of fitness • Refs wearing different color jerseys

17. What others think of our GROUP Northern Carolina Conference • Back and forth banter with officials and crowd • There is inconsistency in rule application • No preventative officiating • Officials with hats are not keeping up with play

18. What others think of our GROUP PAC VI • The temperament of officials is poor. • Officials escalate the situation instead of calm it down

19. What others think of our GROUP Carolina 12 • Referees are on power-trips and neglect AR’s • Refs act like they own the place • Refs not showing up on time

20. Professionalism Focus We are not that bad! However, slight modifications to our APPEARANCE will help our PERCEPTION

21. Professionalism Focus • Be on TIME, on THE FIELD • Inspect the field • No faded, discolored, or torn uniforms (Is it time to update your uniform?) • Be professional with coaches and players with our demeanor • Do pre-games with scoreboard operators • Warm-Up! • No hats for Varsity games.

22. Professionalism Focus • MANDATORY: All yellow and red cards will be explained to the head coach of the player who received the card. NO EXCEPTIONS! • Why? It gives everyone time to cool down and explains the behavior to the coach who can correct. • Remember, this is school soccer. The playing field is an extension of the classroom

23. Professionalism Focus • If we can raise the standard of PROFESSIONALISM, we will eliminate the PERCEPTION that we currently have

24. Observations • If you would like an observation, email me with a request • If your request is granted, the cost is $55.00 to be paid by the REFEREE on site to the observer • I can’t promise we will honor every observer request but we will do our best. • Observations will be focused for the referee but all crew members will be looked at • Some games will have blind observers on them. The cost of the observation will be covered by TSOA

25. Observers-Scrimmages Every scrimmage will have an observer at it. Observer Scrimmage Staff • Jude Carr • Bill Gibson • Dan Fitzgerald • Mark Kadlecik • Ayman Nabulsi • Demah Payne • Ken Rudder • Jeremy Smith • Larry Stroud, Jr • Jeff Thomas

26. Questions???? • Please, do not hesitate to ask!

27. FALL 2012 • This PowerPoint presentation will be on the Arbiter • Be sure to constantly update your AVAILABLITY • Be professional in all that we do! • Good Luck for a successful FALL 2012