frank_ref
Well-Known Member
Bit of a weird one. Been reffing a few years, many assessments, hundreds of games. And then yesterday out of nowhere an assessor says I'm signalling wrong for direct free kicks and throw ins. Basically, my signal for throw ins was pretty much a horizontal arm, with direct free kicks more like 50 degrees. He says should be the other way around. I say, let's look it up. Then it gets even weirder: checking out the LOTG (p.81) there isn't actually a signal for throw in (direct free kick is about 40 degrees). Looking elsewhere online I don't really find anything conclusive. Just watching Kevin Friend ref yesterday and both his throw in and direct free kick signal is an arm slightly above the horizontal.
On a related note: I believe I was taught the AR signal for a penalty kick was a wave of the flag above the head and then the flag across the chest. This guy yesterday says something totally different. I look online and find nothing in the LOTG and actually several different prescribed methods.
What say y'all?
On a related note: I believe I was taught the AR signal for a penalty kick was a wave of the flag above the head and then the flag across the chest. This guy yesterday says something totally different. I look online and find nothing in the LOTG and actually several different prescribed methods.
What say y'all?
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