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Fun Referee Quiz

1. Name 4 requirements for a good kickoff (direction, opponents, kicking team, and kicker).  Can opponents come into center circle when ref blows whistle?

2. When do you allow substitutions (4 times)?  And which team for each?

3. What do you do if you notice during play that a player has wrong or faulty equipment (shoes untied, earrings, etc)?

4.  During a kick, when can the opposing team encroach (come closer than required distance)?

5. What is the length of a half for Div 3, 4, 5, and 6?  Length of halftime?

6. When is the ball in play on a (a) kickoff,  (b) goal kick, (c)  free kick by the defending team in its own penalty area, (d) penalty kick, and (e) corner kick?

7. Name the basic equipment for a player.  Must players, not keeper, have the same colors of their uniform articles?

8. Where should the AR be during play?  During a (a) Goal kick, (b) Penalty kick,  and (c) Corner kick?

9. When are four times we restart play with a dropped ball?

10. Can one score directly on (1) kickoff, (2) goal kick, (3) corner kick,  (4) indirect free kick, (5) throw-in?

11. Does the AR raise the flag when a player is in the offside position?  When do you raise it?

12. There is no offside if the ball is played directly after three restarts. Name them.

13. Name the four direct free kick (penal) fouls done by the hands and the one by the head.

14. Name the four direct free kick (penal) fouls done by the feet and the one by the body.

15. Name the 4 indirect free kick minor foul infractions done by the keeper.

16. Name the 4 indirect free kick minor foul infractions done by anyone.

17. Name the three offenses that a substitute can be cautioned for.

18. Name the other four cautionable offenses.

19. What makes a good throw-in?

20. What are the AR’s signals for (a) throwin, (b) corner kick, (c) goal kick, (d) offside, and (e) foul?

ANSWERS

1. Kick most move and go forward, opponents 10 yards from the ball on their side of the halfway line, kicking team must be on their half of field, the kicker cannot touch it again before another player touches it.  No encroachment until ball is kicked.

2. Both teams can sub on Goal Kick, Kickoff, and Injury stopage.  Only team in possession can sub on throw-in, but if they sub so can the other team.

3. Ask them to fix it.  They may do so while on field, but game goes on.  If they go off field they must get permission from the ref to reenter at a stoppage of play.

4. Only if the kicking team takes a quick kick.

5. 35, 30, 25, and 20 minutes.  5 minute halftime for all.

6. (a) when kicked and moves forward, (b) when leaves penalty area, (c)  when leaves penalty area, (d) kicked and moves forward, (e) kicked and moves.

7. Shirt, shorts, shinguards, socks, shoes. Yes, all need same color shirts, shorts, and socks.

8. Even with the 2nd to last player on the defending team or the ball, whichever is closer to the goal line.  (a) even with outside of penalty area, (b) on goal line at edge of penalty area, (c) on the extension of the goal line, off field, behind the corner flag

9. After stoppage for injury, weather, outside agent, equipment malfunction (ball bursts, goal falls over)

10. Yes, yes, yes, no, no.

11. No, only when they are and are also involved in the play.

12. Goal kick, corner kick, and throwin.

13. Deliberately handling the ball, striking, holding, pushing.  Spitting.

14.  Tripping, kicking, jumping at, contacting player before contacting ball on a tackle.  Illegal charge.

15. 6 seconds, handling pass by teammates foot, handling throwin by teammate, putting ball into play and then oicking it up bofore another player touches it.

16. Impeding the progress of opponent, dangerous play to opponent, interferring with the keeper releasing the ball into play, for any stoppage of play by the ref to card a player who did something that was not a foul.

17.   Dissent, Delay, and Unsporting conduct.

18. Persistant fouling, Distance, Leaves or Enters without permission.

19.Throw taken within 1 yard of where went out, behind and over the head, both feet on the ground and on or behind the touch line, one continuous motion.

20. 45 degrees up in direction of goal team is attacking, 45 degrees down about 6 feet from the corner flag, flag straight out toward goal, flag straight up until ref stops play then indicates far, middle or near location, flag straight up til ref stops play and then flag is given slight wave.