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Character, Attitude and Control 10/21/2007

Jonathan Sterling of Titusville, Florida United States asks...

Once I was ref'ing a tournament and we had a guest referee from far away come in. When the subject of coaches wandering too far and interfering with the AR's line of site came up, he said that he used to always carry white spray paint with him. If ...

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The Technical Area 9/16/2007

Dave Eberle of Clarkston, Washington USA asks...

Technical Area

I have been noticing that some youth soccer coaches go up and down almost the entire length of the touchline to give tactical instructions.

Should I confine their movement? I could not find any specific guidance ...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/12/2007

Fred Fontanilla of Milpitas, CA USA asks...

What is the rule on using cell phones in the technical area?...

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Character, Attitude and Control 6/22/2007

Guido Chayan of Melbourne, Victoria Australia asks...

I don't know if you have watched the Australian A-League, but during one of Melbourne Victory's (champs) matches something happened that would go down in history as a really embarrassing moment for our rivals coach.
The ball went out of play ...

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The Technical Area 4/24/2007

Bob Gregory of St. Albert, Alberta Canada asks...

Not a question, but further clarification regarding the question [15195] from the Laws of the Game 2006.
Rules of the International Football Association Board
The Technical Area Only one person at a time is authorized to convey tactical ins...

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The Technical Area 4/24/2007

JB of River Grove, IL USA asks...

This may be more of an example of bad coaching than a question however it is something I have not seen before.

I attended a large tournament with close to 20 fields laid out fairly close to each other. In a U-17 competitive match a coach w...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 4/16/2007

Willie of Great Falls, MT USA asks...

Dear Sirs, I'm a coach of an U11 8v8 girls team. I had a center referee tell me that only one coach can offer tactical instructions from the technical area. We had 2 coaches shouting tactical instructions, since it was our first league game. Is t...

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The Technical Area 4/2/2007

Joe Schmitt of Louisville, KY US asks...

In a U10 girl's game last weekend, one of our players kicked the ball back to our goalie who subsequenlty picked it up and was properly called for the foul. The problem occurred when the center ref called a penalty kick and not the indirect. I ques...

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Mechanics 3/8/2007

Dan Wybo of London, Ontario Canada asks...

Thank you for your answer.

However, your answer is typical of Referee's who are in the middle.

It does not help the AR, who has the added responsibility of acting as the 4Th official along with his AR duties.

Dissent ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/28/2006

Henry Orford of Ottawa, Ontario Canada asks...

I find in a lot of the games I do, there is no marked technical area. With that said, I constantly find coach's walking up to the touch line and it usually bothers me most when I am an assistant referee and I end up asking them several times to step ...

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