GAME MANAGEMENT
Let's start with some definitions:
management
1. the act or manner of handling, directing, or controlling: the management of players on the field
2. to take charge or care of
manage - to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship
[1560s, probably from Italian maneggiare "to handle," especially "to control a horse"]
Game Management
The Laws of the Game are intended to provide that games should be played with as little interference as possible, and in this view it is the duty of referees to penalize only deliberate breaches of the Law. Constant whistling for trifling and doubtful breaches produces bad feeling and loss of temper on the part of the players and spoils the pleasure of spectators.
Source: Advice to Referees
"... we have held close to the idea that the game is meant to be freely played, that is should be interrupted only when absolutely necessary. The fine art of refereeing is the art of knowing when to stop the game and when to let it go. It is the art of being able to recognize what is significant and what is not, what the players can accept and what they find intolerable."
Source: The Art of Refereeing
management
1. the act or manner of handling, directing, or controlling: the management of players on the field
2. to take charge or care of
manage - to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship
[1560s, probably from Italian maneggiare "to handle," especially "to control a horse"]
Game Management
The Laws of the Game are intended to provide that games should be played with as little interference as possible, and in this view it is the duty of referees to penalize only deliberate breaches of the Law. Constant whistling for trifling and doubtful breaches produces bad feeling and loss of temper on the part of the players and spoils the pleasure of spectators.
Source: Advice to Referees
"... we have held close to the idea that the game is meant to be freely played, that is should be interrupted only when absolutely necessary. The fine art of refereeing is the art of knowing when to stop the game and when to let it go. It is the art of being able to recognize what is significant and what is not, what the players can accept and what they find intolerable."
Source: The Art of Refereeing
"In youth and amateur soccer the game is for the players, for their enjoyment. The activities of the referee must ensure that the game is a pleasure for all the participants, that no one gets hurt, and that no single player or coach spoil the enjoyment for all the others."
Source: The Art of Refereeing
Source: The Art of Refereeing
Termination, Suspend or Abandon a Match
Steps to control the match:
- Abandon – if the field or any of its equipment do not meet the requirements of the Law
- Suspension
– game is temporarily interrupted for reasons of participant or spectator interference, weather, power outage,
- Termination – game is ended for action of players, coaches, spectators, etc. or for reasons of safety (bad weather or darkness)
Steps to control the match:
- Ask (please coach),
- Tell (Official Warning),
- Dismiss or Expel for failing to act in a responsible manner,
- Suspend (notify Referee Coordinator or Board Member)
- Terminate (only if instructed or there is no other option)