Tell them that each time they do it, you'll add on twice the time it takes to get the ball back. If they object, you can point out that the allowance for playing time lost is at the referee's discretion.Team A is winning late on. Team A keep smashing the ball out of play as far as they can, to waste time but without being punished. Is there any way to deal with this or is it just stop your watch and wait?
It has never happened to me but a variant of this is not wrong. Here is the explaination to stop them doing it.Tell them that each time they do it, you'll add on twice the time it takes to get the ball back. If they object, you can point out that the allowance for playing time lost is at the referee's discretion.
Don't actually do it ('cos that would be wrong) - just tell them you will.![]()