Around here in youth games, the home team often provides 2 balls and the visitors 1 ball. I always have captains cross check the game balls at the coin flip, as well as me checking them.A gauge can be useful, but it isn't really your responsibility to pump the ball up, and I know of at least one referee that fell out with a club when his pump needle broke inside the ball (yes, that was me). Generally a thumb press and bounce will be enough, if the players aren't happy with the ball you can be sure they will tell you.
Has it been known for the away team to try to sneak their ball in when the ball has went out of play? Might not mean much, but some coaches like to play with their own balls. (Please don't)Around here in youth games, the home team often provides 2 balls and the visitors 1 ball. I always have captains cross check the game balls at the coin flip, as well as me checking them.
Where I am everyone does everything they can to avoid playing with their own balls as they tend to lose about 10 a match!Has it been known for the away team to try to sneak their ball in when the ball has went out of play? Might not mean much, but some coaches like to play with their own balls. (Please don't)
Without going too far O/T I now try and grab the ball at the end of the game if the away team is in possession and it is the final whistle... it has been known for them to kick the ball out of the pitch area and rile the home coaches!Where I am everyone does everything they can to avoid playing with their own balls as they tend to lose about 10 a match!
I'd let both teams send their captains and balls to decide the coin toss and first, let both captains exchange balls to check which one is better. I would check both myself. If one ball is flat, I would select the other ball. If both are fit, I would let the team captains agree on one ball, and if both disagree with each other, I'd select one myself. Then coin toss.I'm starting reffing soon, mostly youth. Is there any point in getting a pump & guage to check the pressure for this, and if so, would you recommend actually measuring the pressure before games? Or is a bounce test adequate?
Competition rules will dictate which team supplies the match ball.I'd let both teams send their captains and balls to decide the coin toss and first, let both captains exchange balls to check which one is better. I would check both myself. If one ball is flat, I would select the other ball. If both are fit, I would let the team captains agree on one ball, and if both disagree with each other, I'd select one myself. Then coin toss.![]()
In US soccer is less organized and the ball supply is less organized. Theres no home or away bc there are no home fields.Competition rules will dictate which team supplies the match ball.
You really need to stop generalizing about US soccer. What you just wrote is completely inconsistent with my years of reffing soccer.In US soccer is less organized and the ball supply is less organized. Theres no home or away bc there are no home fields.
Kay.You really need to stop generalizing about US soccer. What you just wrote is completely inconsistent with my years of reffing soccer.
A word of gentle advice - you have posted about a miniature penalty area in your local youth football, you have generalised about football in USA, you have imposed your thoughts on just about every post in the last couple of months, and you have explained what the laws state (although 99% of readers have qualified as referees)Just learning
Where I am it is considered rude to do this in publicWhere I am everyone does everything they can to avoid playing with their own balls