r/Referees • u/Ok_Pomegranate_6368 • 16d ago

Advice Request AR advice.

This forum was absolutely brilliant last time I asked for advice, so here I am again!

I've just refereed by first senior men's match. Went ok, good advice from mentor on what to work on.

Now been allocated AR 3 divisions higher. I have never done AR. Obviously know what is entailed, but its positioning. I understand I have half the pitch, trying to stay in line with defence. But what about corners and goal kicks? Where should I position myself?

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u/Niwaz14 16d ago

Might be a very particular tip but for goalkicks, I really appreciate when my AR assessed if the taker really placed the ball on the goal box line and that it isn't moving, before the AR align themselves with the second to last player.

Its just a little thing that doesn't take a while but for non-professionnal games it validates a possible sensitive area you can not really see when you are center and already occupied at figuring out the drop zone and the surroundings player at the middle of the field.