My daughter was refereeing the U12s again on Saturday. An offside goal that was allowed to stand showed how difficult it can be with inexperienced refs + CARs.
Red attacking so defence up, ball breaks to a White midfielder who wellied it clear. Red defender protected themselves with their hands (specific guidance from the Association that these aren't HB) and my daughter shouts play on. Ball deflects to White forward who was in an offside position, who goes on unchallenged to score. Daughter was behind play and unsure about offside, so looked over to the CAR as the ball fell to the White forward. No flag, shrug of the shoulders, so she awards the goal.
What had happened was: handball not given, shout of play on, deflected off defender = CAR basically has no idea what's going on.
Unfortunately, the second last defender was about exactly in line with the Red technical area, and it was obviously offside, and they went on to lose. Red coach complained after the game, so I told him to put his CAR through the Association AR training. I told my daughter afterwards that anything other than vanilla offsides, make the call as if the CAR wasn't there, even if you are behind play.
Red attacking so defence up, ball breaks to a White midfielder who wellied it clear. Red defender protected themselves with their hands (specific guidance from the Association that these aren't HB) and my daughter shouts play on. Ball deflects to White forward who was in an offside position, who goes on unchallenged to score. Daughter was behind play and unsure about offside, so looked over to the CAR as the ball fell to the White forward. No flag, shrug of the shoulders, so she awards the goal.
What had happened was: handball not given, shout of play on, deflected off defender = CAR basically has no idea what's going on.
Unfortunately, the second last defender was about exactly in line with the Red technical area, and it was obviously offside, and they went on to lose. Red coach complained after the game, so I told him to put his CAR through the Association AR training. I told my daughter afterwards that anything other than vanilla offsides, make the call as if the CAR wasn't there, even if you are behind play.