Why left hand? That's something I've never come across. We've always stuck to the 'keep the flag in the hand closest to the referee' rule.Flag up and burn yourself out running away frm goal line. Flag ideally in left hand
Agree with this. Flag up is 'something has happened'. It always precedes another signal.Flag up until the ref blows the whistle and then sprint up the touchline.
?Flag up and burn yourself out running away frm goal line. Flag ideally in left hand
It should be left when you're crabbing, or sprinting towards the goal line. But the hand closest to the ref will be your right when you're running towards half way?Flag in left hand is correct if you're on left backs/right wings which is the norm. Hand closest to ref is technically correct but it will be the left
Some situations are explain by LOTG clearly and concisely and this is one of them. This forum is good and it gives you different views about some matters but the lotg should be the first source of reference.How an assistant referee has to signal that a ball has clearly passed the goal line for a goal scored and come back to field?
No, you run side-on, not crab. Especially for something like this you'll run faster than normal to make a very clear 'goal' signal.I see what you're saying, but in practice I don't think you'll end up turning and running up the line, just crabbing quickly for 15/20 yards so it would be in your left hand
You drop the flag, then run.To signal this kinda goal as AR is a raise flag and sprint away from goal line, flag raised in left hand with the theroy of, its a goal, ball goes to half way line
picture it in head, it would look awkward for AR to sprint like a demon one way, with flag raised indicating the other way?
Can you find any clip of an AR running fast with the flag raised in the air. I have never seen it at any level. I must admit it sounds like a very strange instruction.Our instructions in Scotland are to raise flag to indicate ball over goal line ( for a goal), buzz ( if applicible) , shout "goal goal goal" ( if comms), keep flag raised in LEFT hand and set yourself on fire running away from goal line
Of course if anybody doubts thats the protocol in Scotland they are welcome to contact the referee dept for clarification rather than dispute it on here with me
Edit, if eye contact can be made during this process thats a bonus but the ref seeing you bolting up the park with flag up should be enough
You must be a much quicker/more diligent crabber than me then! It might be down to my glass ankles, but I can't comfortably crab at anything more than a very gentle jogging pace (i.e. if defenders are walking up with the ball out of play). Anything faster than that and I'm switching the flag to my right hand, turning side on and running.I see what you're saying, but in practice I don't think you'll end up turning and running up the line, just crabbing quickly for 15/20 yards so it would be in your left hand
Had one on my own a few years ago where the ball is hitting crossbar and everything else near the line. Striker peels away celebrating and looks at me in disgust at my no reaction and called it a ‘cheat decision’. Took me a second to compute this and I initially saw orange. Stopped play and called him over, went yellow with a massive bollocking. Regretted that later as he did use the cheat word, but not directly. Though later I should have gone red. Without Lino’s goal line decisions are at best guesswork! Honest guesswork not cheat guesswork!