As an assistant referee, your positioning is prescribed. In other words, unlike the referee, you cannot choose you stand. You must position yourself in line with the second-last defender or the ball, whichever is closer to the goal line. This sometimes puts you in an...
There are many reasons why we, as assistant referees, get an offside decision wrong. Sometimes, it is because of we are not focused. Some other times, we are not properly aligned with the offside line. But there are times when we get our call wrong...
Why is the wait-and-see approach so important for an assistant referee? Especially when you have two attackers with one being in an offside position and the other in an onside position, you want to give yourself extra seconds to raise your flag to make sure...
Have you given a yellow card for DR (delaying the restart of play)? If you see a possible DR, how do you know if the incident deserves a yellow card?There are numerous considerations that a referee must take into account. Here, we will just focus...