Yes there are and they are about to change (again). The L3 and L4 (and 2B) performance criteria are all being aligned into a single group. Current observers are going through an integration process with one trial report having been submitted and a second one due by January 22nd. With the FA's usual sense of humour, the text for this second report was sent out on Christmas Eve.Hi everyone
I was wondering are there any quidelines for assessors how to mark Level 3 referees ?
I hope to be promoted to Level 4 this season but I want to make step forward and prepare myself for Level 3 if I am good enough I will try to go for it.
Thank you very much
Get your Level 4, get a few of those observation reports under your belt, then we'll talk. Between now and then, be in the right place at the right time to see everything, then make the right decision, communicate it effectively, apply sanctions as required and never let the game get away from you too far. Finally, manage stoppages effectively and don't play advantage in the defensive third unless the ball is in the goalkeeper's handsThank you very much Brian
That was very helpful.
As a very experienced and knowledgable person can you give me any tips/advice in regards of refereeing on that level ?
I am 32 and very fit. Currently very focused on refereeing and I would like to improve as much as I can so I will take everything.
Regards
Get your Level 4, get a few of those observation reports under your belt, then we'll talk. Between now and then, be in the right place at the right time to see everything, then make the right decision, communicate it effectively, apply sanctions as required and never let the game get away from you too far. Finally, manage stoppages effectively and don't play advantage in the defensive third unless the ball is in the goalkeeper's hands
My second observation of this season, I was marked down for applying advantage after an offside shout. Ball ran straight through to the keepers hands (interfering player was about 30 yards out). The keeper couldn't kick for toffee from the floor, yet after the first 4-5 kicks he continued taking them despite his team mates offering to. He, surprisingly had a monstrous kick from his hands so, I deemed it more advantageous for him to do so then give him an extra 10 yards to kick from the floor; I knew he'd still reach the same mark. Observer asked me why and told me I shouldn't do that after the game: I explained why I continued. "Oh, that makes perfect sense actually. Well done, good thinking".... He still marked me down and put that as a development point. Bloody observers!!!
Get your Level 4, get a few of those observation reports under your belt, then we'll talk. Between now and then, be in the right place at the right time to see everything, then make the right decision, communicate it effectively, apply sanctions as required and never let the game get away from you too far. Finally, manage stoppages effectively and don't play advantage in the defensive third unless the ball is in the goalkeeper's hands
It has been said on here before, the above is not advantage! It is procession, there is no enhanced attacking potential from the goal keeper having the ball. The other point is "has the offside actually occurred in law?"
Simply call, "keep going, you have the ball" to the goalkeeper.
From an Observers point of view, I feel that it showed a lack of awareness of what advantage is and you are just trying to "tick off" advantage on the Observers checklist. While I don't mark down, I do comment as a development point - ask some others on the forum....
Advantage
The referee allows play to continue when an offence has occurred if this benefits the non-offending team.
Surely the above constitutes an advantage (as it is described in the good book) in the situation I described? An offence occurred (the player interfered) but I allowed play to continue because it was more advantageous to do so? Yes they have possession of the ball and I see where you are coming from, but I see that situation as an advantage purely because if I was to stop play, despite there being a good 15 yards of extra ground, the goalkeeper wouldn't have been able to kick it as far. That's just my take on it. I try officiate to the letter of the law, the book clearly states what an advantage is.
Isn't that what an advantage is, in hindsight? If you call for the advantage and the player then gets dispossessed, you'd bring it back depending on the situation? I wouldn't shout advantage if the team had lost possession?If not, why are you signalling advantage when they have simply retained procession.
There is a subtle, but important, difference between letting play continue and playing advantage. Since being in an offside position is not an offence in itself you can't apply advantage but you can allow play to continue.