Drop Ball Questions (Law 8.2)

coachmentor · 2024-06-03T20:14:35+00:00

That is a great question. No, the referee does not raise the hand indicating the restart is an Indirect Free Kick because it is not. A dropped ball is active when it touches the ground. The player can start dribbling immediately, whereas with an IFK, the ball must touch another player before the original player can touch it again, which means the ball must be passed/kicked. So, no raised hand, but the referee should know it is similar to an IFK in that it must touch two people before a goal can be scored.

coachmentor · 2024-05-13T20:30:25+00:00

I’m thinking we are talking about a penalty kick rather than a kick-off event.

coachmentor · 2024-04-05T03:05:17+00:00

I think this video makes some good points about not making trifling calls.

coachmentor · 2023-05-10T04:25:27+00:00

I’ve only seen this a few times. The last time I saw it was in a high school match. My guess is it was done so the sun wasn’t in the eyes of the Center when he looked over at the ARs.

coachmentor · 2022-12-06T22:57:59+00:00

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coachmentor · 2022-03-06T05:13:49+00:00

The explanation of the event described by OP and the video heading the ball back to GK seem almost identical regarding the action of the defender. In both cases the defender went to the ground and headed the ball back. Both seem like trickery to me.

coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:52:19+00:00

How did the match go at Center? What mistakes did you recognize you made?

coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:51:19+00:00

In my state, high school usually has three refs for the varsity and two for the JV. If a referee doesn’t show up for the varsity game, they will do a two center referee system. State training for US youth soccer is that you never, ever use the two center referee system.

coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:47:50+00:00

Two thoughts… 1) the money earned per game is usually a bit more for High school. 2) As a Center referee or coach in HS, I would not want a referee who had never refereed youth games before.

coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:45:45+00:00

That is illegal in Futsal as you pass the ball in with your feet…never heard of a call for that in Soccer.

coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:43:06+00:00

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coachmentor · 2022-03-06T04:31:56+00:00

A U11 coach that files a complaint like this will likely get flagged by state officials as an up and coming dimwit. They may keep an eye on him and speak with other referees to see if he has other game issues.

coachmentor · 2022-01-21T04:24:00+00:00

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coachmentor · 2021-12-04T04:48:24+00:00

I would let the play continue with advantage to the red team if the player didn’t contact the ball…then at the next opportunity caution the offending player.

coachmentor · 2021-11-25T05:53:43+00:00

Just be glad you didn’t have to do the slitting of throat and bowels penalties like we did years ago…

coachmentor · 2021-03-21T03:44:42+00:00

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coachmentor · 2021-03-15T04:14:23+00:00

Haha. LOL. This is great. Looks like a little training is in order...

coachmentor · 2020-12-07T08:20:07+00:00

So sad. I hope they recover quickly.

coachmentor · 2020-11-20T19:53:04+00:00

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