Hello folks.
I love being an assistant referee and I have always been receiving good feedback, particularly for my positioning, offside decisions and support for the referee, but I have always struggled with determining the direction of throw-ins (and goal/corner kick decisions). I am so secure and confident in everything else I do, but when it comes to determining who touched the ball last, particularly a bit away from me on the left side, I am too often completely blank. I always try to look for a signal from the referee, but if he's one of those who does not use visual hints or is unsure himself I very often just gamble about a direction, and some of those decisions have been totally wrong in the past.
Do you have any advice about how to improve on this aspect? Are there any video tests about it, like the excellent ones about offside?
I love being an assistant referee and I have always been receiving good feedback, particularly for my positioning, offside decisions and support for the referee, but I have always struggled with determining the direction of throw-ins (and goal/corner kick decisions). I am so secure and confident in everything else I do, but when it comes to determining who touched the ball last, particularly a bit away from me on the left side, I am too often completely blank. I always try to look for a signal from the referee, but if he's one of those who does not use visual hints or is unsure himself I very often just gamble about a direction, and some of those decisions have been totally wrong in the past.
Do you have any advice about how to improve on this aspect? Are there any video tests about it, like the excellent ones about offside?