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Game Management Model: Foul Selection/Recognition, Flow and Game Control

Enhance game flow, safety, and entertainment by effectively managing fouls and flow through the Game Control Model. Implementing this model can result in positive outcomes such as increased time for ball in play, more player skills on display, and heightened entertainment value.

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Game Management Model: Foul Selection/Recognition, Flow and Game Control

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  1. Game Management Model:Foul Selection/Recognition,Flow andGame Control

  2. Game Management Model Objective: • More game flow and less stoppages • Play through: trifling, minor, soft challenges Michel Platini, UEFA President tells BBC Sport: "Football is based on speed, pace, and rhythm. And if you interrupt the flow of the game, you kill the game's spirit."

  3. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model

  4. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model If implemented correctly, the results can be positive: MLS 2008: 3.5+ less fouls per game Results in - Approx 2 minutes more time ball in play Results in - More time for players to exhibit skills Results in - Increased entertainment value

  5. Game Management Model SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT What is the CORE? SAFETY • Safety of the players over Flow and Foul Selection ENTERTAINMENT • Game flow/less stoppage increases enjoyment • Think “entertainment value” • Advantage to goal 100% MISCONDUCT • Misconduct is misconduct • NO gray areas: discipline is clearly needed • Mandated by the Laws of the Game

  6. Game Management Model What is the TRIANGLE? SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT Foul Selection Identify the types of small/minor challenges that the players will accept. Foul Selection/ Recognition • Appropriate foul selections are ones that make sense given: • The location on the field • The type of challenge committed • The opportunity for a successful result from the application of flow • The eventual impact on game control given the “big picture” of the match

  7. Game Management Model What is the TRIANGLE? SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT FLOW • The ability of a referee to manage the • game so that the ball is in play by • eliminating unnecessary stoppages flow Foul Selection/ Recognition • Correctly differentiating the trifling • challenges from the careless/reckless fouls, • officials can ensure more rhythm to the game. Remember this? The game is meant to be played with as little interference as possible. Constant whistling for trifling or doubtful offenses brings the game into disrepute and spoils the pleasure of the spectators.

  8. Game Management Model What is the TRIANGLE? GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT GAME CONTROL The ability of the referee to find the right mix of Foul Selection and flow flow Foul Selection/ Recognition • How you set the tone for what is acceptable in the game and • what is not acceptable • Presence and how the referee projects his personality on the • game • More game control is needed when the players’ actions • indicate they do not want to play within the spirit of the Laws of • the Game High level of game control = more Foul Selection and flow Lowlevel of game control = less Foul Selection and flow

  9. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model What is the BIG PICTURE? Atmosphere and mood of the match Referees should consider asking: • Does player need the card? • Does the game need the card?

  10. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition BIG PICTURE Game Management Model 100% Misconduct Cautionable Foul or Hard Foul ? Yellow Card ?orRed Card? There are NO gray areas

  11. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model Considerations for Implementation • Recall previous action • Player’s skill • “Wait and See” Probability of Success vs. Risk • Warning Signs • “Feel” Advantage signal visual/verbal message

  12. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model Trifling / Minor / Soft Challenges • Player safety • Not careless, reckless or • excessive force Player has been target • Attacking player stops playing • “Feel”

  13. Proper Use of Discretion Leads To Game Flow Game Management Model All fouls are challenges, but All challenges are not fouls Advantage is flow, but Flow is more than advantage Foul discrimination leads to flow Use your discretion

  14. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model Trifling / Minor / Soft Challenges Examples for Flow • Upper body challenges • Tugs and holds (non tactical) • Incidental contact

  15. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model WARNING SIGNS? Key indicators that the referee needs: LESS Foul Selection LESS FLOW MORE GAME CONTROL

  16. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model WARNING SIGNS? • Foul near the team benches • Wet field – comfort level • to make tackles increases • Tackles extend from 3 yards to 7 yards • Sequence / succession / repetition of challenges • in a short time span (cluster fouls)

  17. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model WARNING SIGNS? • More body contact • Mismatched body contact • (feet versus chest, head versus knee) • Change from containment defense to high • pressure and chase • Challenges (including 50-50) and apparent • challenges on the goalkeeper • Near the touchline and no way out for the • ball or the player

  18. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model WARNING SIGNS? • Retaliation foul after play • restarts • Player into goal to retrieve ball after a score • The winning team protecting the ball at the • corner flag to use time • Excessive fouls on the skillful player (play maker • and scorer)

  19. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model WARNING SIGNS? • Escalation in the “severity of • fouls” • Frustration level of players increasing • Dissent increasing • Player feedback from both teams indicating • “we don’t want flow” • Score and time

  20. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model Advantage “4 P Principle” Possessionof Ball Potential for attack Personnel Proximity to goal

  21. BIG PICTURE GAME CONTROL SAFETY ENTERTAINMENT 100% MISCONDUCT flow Foul Selection/ Recognition Game Management Model Video Examples Game Mgt Model 1 Game Mgt Model 5 Game Mgt Model 2 Game Mgt Model 6 Game Mgt Model 3 Game Mgt Model 7 Game Mgt Model 4

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