Referee Articles from Soccer America

Randy Vogt contributes articles to Soccer America related to officiating amateur soccer games.  We're posting because we're pretty sure you'll recognize things you may have thought were local behavior only.

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Working with electronic communications - August 8 2019
How Referees Get Through Challenging Games - July 13 2019
Referees Improve in a Meritocracy - May 25 19
How Referees Need to Deal With Dissent from Coaches - May 13 2019
What Soccer Leagues Want From Their Referees - April 22 2019
March 22 2019 - The Value of a Good Coach
Referee Mechanics on Free Kicks - March 3 2019
The Challenges a Referee Faces While Coping With Injuries 8 13 18
How Do Referees Improve
Lightning Can Be Lethal 7 7 18
How to Retain Referees Part 2 6 9 18
How to Retain Referees Part 1 6 9 18
Reffing Helps Keep Me Young 6 7 19
A Ref's View - Parents Say the Strangest Things 6 29 18
A Ref's Incorrect Striving for Perfection 4 27 18
Beware of Referee Fatigue 7 25 17
And the Refs Who Do Care - 6 8 17
The Refs Who Don't Care - 6 15 17
Referee Friendlies as if They Count
How Refs Spot Off the Ball Fouls
Rating Refs Improves Officiating
Throw Ins - What Refs Get Right - 11 4 15
Getting the Call right 2 17 16
Reffing in a foreign language 1 27 16
The heading ban 2 15 16
Tips for reffing on artificial turf
What refs could learn from Wall Street 1 8 16
Reffing Futsal Part 1 - 11 24 15
Reffing Futsal Part 2 12 2 15
Reffing Futsal Part 1 - 12 9 15
How the Last Game of the Season is Unique
Throw Ins - What the ref gets wrong and the coach gets right
Use Your Head and a Cap - 7 29 16
Players Taking Dives - 7 29 16
How Refs Deal With Trash Talking
Ref Watch - Are All Games Equally Important?
The Infamous Other Ref
Blaming the Ref doesn't work
Ref, a smile can go a long way
Ref, can we talk?
Red Card - How to call DOGSO
How Refs Make the Whistle Work for Them
Screaming at Children - A Ref's Eye View
Why Three is Better than One
Refereeing Restarts Near the goal
Player Pass Check Provides Chance to Make a Good First Impression
The Skin Cancer Dilemma for Refs
Small sided games present their own challenges - from adults
The Dumbest Way to Insult a Referee
How Refs Work with Club ARs
How Refs make Their Games Easier
How Coaches Mouths Lose a Game
Crack Down on Persistent infringement
The Rules Nobody Seems to Know

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