academy

Hello, first time poster and new referee. Had my first game in the middle today at an academy U12, 9v9 with offsides. I was told prior to the game we do our own offsides. No AR's or Club assistants. I found it really difficult to keep an eye on the offsides as well as everything else. I called...

I’ve been appointed my first ever Academy game (Norwich City vs Leyton Orient) which I cannot wait for. Anything extra I can do to prepare or anything I should know about, or should I treat it like any normal game? What are the prematch procedures like? It’s going to be either U12 or U13.