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@santa sangria Yep, totally agree on this point. Important to always try to exude confidence. @RefRyanAus Yeah, agreed. I think a perfection mindset can be helpful as long as if we failed to be perfect (which we will) we don't take it too hard. We want to make every call right but also have to...

My question is about the offside call at 4:06. The VAR call is clearly the right one. The left foot of the attacker is offside. IFK for the defending team. My question is more about what the AR can/should do in situations like this when your line of sight is blocked by another player. The...

Hell yeah! Thank you so much. Love RC 💯

Boom! Awesome :) Any idea when it will appear on my comments?

Over a meter away seems like a good general rule of thumb for good shielding vs illegal obstruction. I don't 100% agree that being outside of kicking distance should always be called as obstruction. I ask myself the question, "is he/she shielding in relation to the ball?" Sometimes this can be...

Cool! Thanks for the quick reply. Is there a forum where updates to RC are announced?

I know this is a UK-based referee forum. But...I've seen a few folks from the US active here. I thought it might be nice to be able to display our USSF level even if we're not UK-based referees. In the settings, the only way we can select our level is a numerical value. In the UK, I think you...

I think everybody here mostly understands most of the risks of being a referee. Every day there's another story or post about referee abuse, safety issues, etc. While some of this is out of our control, I'm sure there are lots of things we can do post-match to optimize safety. I thought it...

Another good way to think about it 💯

Thanks for your input, everybody! 1. Sorry to restate but it just allows me to make sure I fully understand... Retake the penalty if the outside agent stops the ball from going in the goal Award a goal if the outside agent touches the ball while the ball is moving forward, doesn't affect the...

@CaptainsPlease Yep, got it. Thanks! Follow up question: what happens in this situation when an outside agent touches the ball and the ball doesn't enter the goal?

I like this way of thinking about it. Obviously ideal positioning allows you to see the push or extended arm. But if you don't have a clear view on the push, watch for one player's body to be displaced unnaturally such that it disadvantages him. No other reason for that to happen than a push...

3/5 again! Well at least I'm learning and improving haha. A couple questions...

Spot on!

Yep!

This is probably covered more strictly in your competition rules, I'd assume. A good question for your local assignor, admin person, etc. LOTG state: That's really all we get. It doesn't say anything specific about when the sending off officially ends. Most important IMO is to use common...

I'm honestly not sure what's technically right here. I'd think if they were sent off, they'd technically not be able to approach you while you're still on that same field. So you're in your right to tell them this and shoo them away. In practice (to me) it would have a lot to do with the...

100%

All makes sense. I'm with you.

Great point taking home and away teams into account. Thanks!