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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the heads up.  I will be shocked if the refs are able to universally call and enforce this rule for the entirety of the season.

For example, last season the no heading rule for U11 was interpreted/ enforced 4 different ways:
-Some refs would require players were subbed of if they were hit in the head
-Some refs would stop the game, check on the player but continue play
-Some refs would restart withe drop ball
-Some would restart with an indirect free kick
-Some refs would do nothing and play on

Ref quality varied widely by league, tournament level and age of the ref.[/quote]

I'm a ref and I think this will be called because I'm expecting you are going to see players and spectators starting to do the count down to "force" the ref to call it. I guess "we" could have done that before with the 6 second rule but everyone kind of knew that rule was ignored so it never happened. In addition, they highlighted it in the recertification test for this and next year.

As to the headers for U11s and under...there was a lot of inconsistency I agree. One of the problems with refereeing in general is that quite a few laws are open to individual interpretation...such as a hand ball. What's a natural position and what's not. So the rules for headers just said that accidental headers are drop balls but it really doesn't say who to drop the ball to so there are mixed interpretations on that.  AND, to possibly make matters worse, they changed the drop ball rules a little bit for this year. Happy watching! : )  PS: They are also doing something knew where referees under the age 18 will wear a GREEN badge instead of a black badge.  I guess this is in hopes that people will take it easier on the ref if they are wearing a green badge. I'll have to wear my son's sometimes. : )[/quote]

Thanks for chiming in and providing clarity from a ref’s perspective.

I appreciated the ref’s at U11 who did not call “deliberate” headers.  If the kid was trying to get his head out of the way, they did not call it because he said he does not want them to learn bad habits and be punished when the rules change in a year.  The ref called it fair both ways so I appreciated it and thought highly of the way he reffed.  I hope parents take more of this teaching and learning perspective than the focus on pure winning.[/quote]

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