Actually this is not correct. You keep your arm up untill the ball touches another player or out of play after the kick is taken. Also as @santa sangria says you can drop the arm if it's clear the ball is not going directly into goal. Note this is not just for offside but for every indirect free kick.Also we keep our arm up until the kick is take.
Amazing what that does for any sport tbh.Actually this is not correct. You keep your arm up untill the ball touches another player or out of play after the kick is taken. Also as @santa sangria says you can drop the arm if it's clear the ball is not going directly into goal. Note this is not just for offside but for every indirect free kick.
@newref kudos to you for coming here and asking lotg questions. This forum is a fantastic learning tool for all of us. So keep doing that. However you can only ask question about the things you know you don't know . May I humbly suggest, given you are a new ref, to also spare half hour every week to read the book. You'd be surprised the number of times you find things in there you had no idea about.
I tend to blow.. Hold my arm up to indicate offside and an indirect free kick.You don’t blow the whistle and raise your arm straight up, you’d only raise your arm when you’re ready for the kick to be taken and you’re in position. Otherwise you’d then be moving around with your arm in the air before being ready for the kick to be taken, which looks stupid
Thanks. That ctually makes perfect sense too. So what about the whistle to restart play after the IDFK does the player have to wait for the whistle before taking the IDFK? Or can they take a quick one without the whistle?
Thanks, so based on this no whistle is required for IDFK I.e to restart play after an offside and everyone is retreating.
Again, the wording explains why you will see "other referees blow the whistle just before an IDFK is being taken." The law basically says that a whistle sometimes is required before a free kick and it even gives examples of when that might be the case.However, I'm pretty sure I've seen other referees blow the whistle just before an IDFK is being taken. Why do they do that?
some referees like to be the centre of attraction, fortunatly this kind dont tend to last longThat's a bit of an over-simplification. The wording of the law is quite precise - there's no need for a whistle on most free kicks. Which means that it almost certainly is needed for some others.
Again, the wording explains why you will see "other referees blow the whistle just before an IDFK is being taken." The law basically says that a whistle sometimes is required before a free kick and it even gives examples of when that might be the case.
Although of course, there are always some referees who just blow the whistle regardless (hopefully they're in the minority).
The AR, if ARing correctly should be in line with the second last defender OR the ball if it is closer to the goal line. So in your example the AR should be in line with the edge of the 18 or very close to it.Not necessarily related to the offside mentioned but I've always found it strange that referees restart offside IFKs from the position of the AR - in line with the second to last defender. Surely, if the player received the ball at the edge of the 18 then that is where the offence occurred while the AR could be on the halfway line (if a very, very high line.) So the offence was not on halfway at all?
The AR, if ARing correctly should be in line with the second last defender OR the ball if it is closer to the goal line. So in your example the AR should be in line with the edge of the 18 or very close to it.
This has been discussed many times in the past. It occurs even more after the law changed a few years ago to change the location of the restart to where the offence took place rather that position of the attacker when the ball was kicked (I think). The correct thing to do for the AR is to move in line with the correct position before the second signal of the offside (or first if short distance). Unless of course if the location is in the other half of the field in which case communication with the R should sort it out.
However in many cases it is only a matter of a few meters and usually deep in the defending half. It is in the interest of the game not to fuss about it if no material advantage is gained.