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Character, Attitude and Control 2/11/2008

Tim Ruegg of Carlsbad, CA USA asks...

Why are all the answers to Question 18291 so serious and pompous? We're talking about 13 and 14 year old girls here. The primary goal for a coach at this level is to keep the kids interested in playing the game. Kids stay interested by having fun....

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Other 1/1/2008

Tim of Galway, NY USA asks...

My question has to do with taxes. I plan on doing a lot more games this year and I believe that I will make enough where I will have to pay taxes next year.

Since most of my previous jobs have taken care of taxes for me, I'm unfamiliar wit...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/6/2007

Jay Ramey of Sacramento, CA USA asks...

Thank you to Mr. Fleischer, Mr. Voshol, and Mr. Contarino for their candid answers.

In looking through the referee profiles, uniformly everyone is highly qualified. Thank you for being a part of this site. It really helps.


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Fitness 10/14/2007

alex of richmond hill, on canada asks...

Regarding Mr Fleischer suggestion having the captain to refuse kick off. Is that not a caution for delaying the restart? Can the referee issue a second yellow (along with a red) if the captain still refuse to kick off after the first caution? Now the...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 10/12/2007

Al Dugan of Belmar, NJ USA asks...

My daughter and I were watching an English Premier League match last weekend and the annoncer said someone had been slated to be in the starting 11 but had been hurt in warmups..and she asked if that is a problem for the team who lost the player..tha...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/27/2007

alex of richmond hill, on canada asks...

I can understand the logic behind the replies from the panel in allowing for water breaks.

However, the game is played by 2 teams competing against each other with their skills, discipline, and physical fitness. A physically less fit team ...

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Fitness 7/15/2007

Aaron of Chicago, Illinois USA asks...

I've looked at some of the fitness tests for various organizations and some of them require that ARs perform at a higher level physically than Referees. When I Ref, it seems like the Referees get a lot more activity than the ARs, not the other way ar...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/12/2007

Steve Wilmes of Cottage Grove, MN USA asks...

How do you handle fouls when you have players of vastly different sizes. I have always wondered this seeing players that weigh 50lbs get shouldered off the ball by players weighing 120lbs. It could be in the manner of what with the same size kids w...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/27/2007

Jon of London, UK asks...

Sense of humour. Freshness. fitness. Honesty. Love for the game. ear plugs. confidence.

Response to another question added to this...flags should never leave your kit bag. Then you'll never forget them. ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 4/26/2007

Jon of London, UK asks...

What a pleasant fellow. Thank you for the support from one of those officials he is talking about!! I'm not reveling my name to him for obvious reasons, but these chocolate bars....does he fancy doing one of our fitness sessions or is he happier sitt...

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