Irish Soccer Referees' Soceity

Limerick Branch

	Checklist for Referees SELF CHECK LIST FOR REFEREES A Referee is usually his own most severe critic and this should be the case. After every game a Referee should analyse his match performance and endeavour to take corrective action wherever an improvement is possible. In order to assist a referee in his honest and constructive self-criticism, ft is suggested that he asks himself the following questions in relation to his recent performance: DID I: 1. Enforce the Laws? 2. Apply the Laws correctly? 3. Deal with misconduct correctly and sensibly? 4. Interpret 'dangerous play' correctly? 5. Recognise the difference between unintentional and intentional occurrences? 6. Properly deal with incidents of dissent from my decisions? 7. Talk to players other than in the course of my duties? 8. Place my hands on a player's person for any reason? 9. Wag my finger at players or in any manner suggest that I was belittling them? 10. When necessary, approach players rather than demand that they approach me? 11. Act too casually, suggesting that I was not sufficiently interested in the game? 12. Concentrate on the game and my responsibilities at all times? 13. Properly establish and maintain general control of the game? 14. Maintain maximum activity throughout the game? 15. Move around the field of play too slowly? 16. Slow up when play reached the Penalty Area? 17. Anticipate play and quickly move to be near to possible incidents? 18. Aim to keep a position where the play was between my location and that of the appropriate linesman? 19. Always face the area of re-starts after indicating free-kicks etc. - running backwards when necessary? 20. Move sufficiently from end to end of the field of play? 21. Restrict my movements to a line up and down the centre of the field of play? 22. Make full use of the Diagonal System of match control? 23. Stick too rigidly to a narrow diagonal line and become too distant from the play? 24. Apply the 'advantage clause' sensibly arid correctly? 25. Properly indicate 'advantage' applications and also rebuke the offender? 26. Allow players to waste time? 27. Get the game re-started quickly after each stoppage? 28. Take too long to get into position before signalling for re-starts? 29. Allow or condone the entry of trainers without my signalled permission? 30. Turn my back to the ball and not keep all possibilities in view? 31. Make the whistle 'talk' for me with proper variation and emphasis? 32. Consider my whistle to be effective? 33. Give the proper standard arm signals on all occasions? 34. Develop and maintain genuine teamwork with my linesmen? 35. Issue proper instructions to my linesmen and make certain that I was understood? 36. Allow the linesman to try to control the game for me? 37. Look to the linesmen for confirmation of decisions which were clearly my responsibility? 38. Where necessary, consult with linesmen quickly, privately and briefly? 39. Change my diagonal direction at half-time to promote the best use of my linesmen? 40. Look smart and confident when I entered and departed from the field of play? 41. Approach the game calmly and fully prepared, or was I distracted in any way? 42. Become over confident, 'gimmicky' or unnecessarily the 'centre of attention? 43. Keep clear of the immediate location of play? 44. Allow players to surround me to appeal against or to question my decision? 45. Control myself, using an effective whistle and calm voice to control the players? 46. Thank my linesmen after the game and discuss relevant factors afterwards with neutral linesmen? 47. Caution or send off any players and record the necessary detail? © FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND