Referee Classes - 2010 2010 Course Dates You can now register online. Click here to go to the Course Enrollment page. Grade 8 - This is an 18 hour course usually taught in 6 sessions over 3 weeks. A Grade 8 referee may referee any youth game. Of course, assignments on older matches requires actual game experience. This is the appropriate course for adults associated with comp teams. Grade 9 - This is an 8 hour course taught over a Friday evening and Satrday session. A Grade 9 or Recreational Youth Referee may referee ONLY U14 and younger recreational games. April / May Course - Kimball Elementary Mon 4/19 7-10 pm Wed 4/21 7-10 pm Mon 4/26 7-10 pm Wed 4/28 7-10 pm Sat 5/1 8-11 am (field session) Mon 5/3 7-10 pm July Course - Location to be determined (Antioch) Tues 7/13 7-10 pm Thurs 7/15 7-10 pm Tues 7/20 7-10 pm Thurs 7/22 7-10 pm Sat 7/24 8-11 am (field session) Mon 7/27 7-10 pm Grade 9 Course - Location to be determined (Antioch) Friday 7/16 7-10 pm Sat 7/17 8-2 am (field session) Comp Team Adults - the Grade 8 course is the entry level course and the one you will NEED to take. Current Grade 9 referees - This is a great way to upgrade your license with the full Grade 8 course. It will provide a great review of the material already covered in the Grade 9 course and cover most things in more depth. There is no cost to DYSL members for the course. Students passing will need to pay their $40 license fee on the last night. The course is open to youth (age 13+) and adults. The passing rate for students under 13 has been very low in the past. Your time will come - I know you're dying to referee. If you know of other people interested in the course please forward this information to them. In case the DYSL hosted courses are filled, additional courses hosted by area leagues can be found at www.d4ra.com/ref/clinics.html www.drra.com/ref/clinics.html. Thank you, Scott Bartlebaugh Delta Youth Soccer League Referee Coordinator sbartlebaugh@sbcglobal.net Scott Bartlebaugh 02/22/2010 07:04 PM 2010 Soccer Season Sign ups 2010 Soccer Season Sign ups It is sign up time for the 2010 soccer season which runs late July until Oct/Nov 2010. The sign up dates are as follows: March 26 6 pm to 9 pm April 16 6 pm to 9 pm April 30 6 pm to 9 pm May 7 6 pm to 9 pm May 21 6 pm to 9 pm May 22 10 am to 2 pm All sign ups are at Dallas Ranch Middle School (Dallas Ranch Rd & Mount Hamilton Dr, Antioch) DO NOT wait until the last sign up as there will be NO make up sign ups and you never know what may happen and you are unable to make it. Prices: Developmental (players 4-7 on July 31 2010) $100.00 Home League (players 8-18 on July 31 2010) $120.00 Competition League (players who try out and make our traveling "comp" teams) $200.00 We do take Visa and MasterCard at these sign-ups. Please bring a birth certificate with you for everyone you are signing up. Players in the U-6 or U-8 developmental division who want to play on the same team must come in and sign up at the same time. Delta Youth Soccer League and California Youth Soccer Association do not have boundaries so any child who wants to play in DYSL can play- our games and practices are at schools and parks in Antioch. It is possible that we may get a park or two from Pittsburg for the older players to play their games on depending on their field availability. If you have any further questions use the "Contact Us" link from the Home page and we will be happy to assist you via email. Libby Willis 02/09/2010 06:51 PM 2009 U.S. Soccer Referee Directives U.S. Soccer Referee Directives The 2009 U.S. Soccer Referee Directives are now available online. They can be found under the Referee Development area on the U.S. Soccer webpage. The ten (10) Directives are provided to assist in the management of games at the highest levels and, hence, are of interest not only to match officials but coaches and administrators as well. The objective of the Directives is to provide a more unified and consistent approach in key areas of game management. Handling the Ball 100% Misconduct - Tactical and Red Card Tackles Assistant Referee Involvement Contact Above the Shoulder Dissent Free Kick and Restart Management Game Disrepute and Mass Confrontation Game Management Model - Flow Risk Taking Game Control Injury Management Managing the Technical Area Scott Bartlebaugh 08/04/2009 05:19 PM Referee Registration Questions Registration FAQ from Michael Silverman, District 4 Coordinator. Try these things first for registration if you are having trouble. Contact me if these don't work. As we approach the deadline for 2009 registration (June 30th), I am receiving many of the same questions from several of your leagues & referees. A few simple instructions that might help take care of 90% of these questions are summarized below. (1) For referees who don't remember their USSF ID #s, USSF has recently added a new feature to their web page that actually seems to work, and appears to go back at least 3 years. The "Forgot USSFID?" link at www.ussoccer.info only asks for name, DOB, city & zip code and then returns the ID # The other links there ("Referee - Trouble logging in?" and "Forgot Password?" are pretty useful, too.... (2) For current referees (registered in 2008 and just needing to re-register for 2009), the online option works *most* of the time, and instructions are available at: http://www.cnra.net/renew/renew_register.htm (3) For those cases where the above doesn't work, or for refs without credit cards, the PAPER version works. Direct them to the link below and ask them to complete, print & sign a registration form them mail to with a check made out to CNRA to the PO Box below. The check amount is $40 for grade 8 referees. The full schedule for other grades is located at: http://www.cnra.net/renew/fees.html http://www.cnra.net/renew/renew_nocreditcard.html CNRA PO Box 7416 Fremont, CA 94537-7416 (4) For referees that have missed 1-2 years (not registered in 2008 & 2007), following the (3) PAPER instructions above will get them re-registered (5) Referees that have 3-4 year lapses are required to attend a full entry-level clinic or a "bridge course" to re- register. As NO "bridge course" is being offered in the near future, we have decided that it can be replaced by simply attending nights # 3, 4 & 5 of an entry-level clinic AND PASSING THE EXAM on night #6. Let me know if you have any questions. Scott Bartlebaugh 08/02/2009 08:50 PM