Sno-King Referee Group

Sunday Night Mentoring Groups: 615p 3.24 Topic: Pro Clinic Review
The purpose of mentoring is to grow by tapping into the knowledge and experience of someone further along than yourse...

New(er) Referees & Parents of New(er) Teen Referees
We are hosting an orientation session for New(er) Referees for both teens and parents and any new adult referees. Tuesday September 3...

RECERTIFICATION FOR 2024 - To recertify for 2024 and be eligible to work games as of January 1, 2024 use the green arrow link below for detailed video instructions.

The online cli...

SKREFS is a pass-through organization and can only pay referees after receiving funds from soccer clients (clubs/leagues). Typically our clients pay within the first 5 days of the month and referee pa...

Questions on 8v8 rules use this link

Pay Differential is in place for all Advanced Referee Grade 5s and 6s. RATS wants to honor your efforts and skill showing their appreciation for your involvement within the league with a $10 ...

Referees we want to Remind you About Yellow and Red cards Please follow the link below and read the leagues expectations regarding pl...

Referees need to embrace these FiVE Pillars of Referring within our community - players, coaches and spectators care deeply about these - do your part to meet their expectations each match:
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Fall Points of Emphasis:
--No Slide Tackles except Men's D1 - sliding for the ball is ok if there is no one around otherwise it is considered dangerous play - you decide for each skill level what 'no one around' means on your match - for lower skill sets that might be 15ft for higher skill sets that might be closer. No slideing in the Penalty Area by any player except the Keeper and their slide must not be dangerous.
-- Shin Guards are required just like any other league - players all know they just forget
-- Fouls - call more fouls than you think you need then back off if they are not needed - players complain we dont call enough especially anything below Division 1.
-- Misconduct - players want us cautioning bad players as needed - misconduct reports are not required unless you have a RC or the YC is for behavior that you think the league needs to know about (too many reckless challenges, knuckleheads and attitudes and such) but a text to Romes/Larry is nice so we can keep track of YCs not reported in case one team is getting too many league wants to know and deal with it.
-- Misconduct Procedure: get their name either from them or captain no need for photo id unless their a knucklehead and you need to manage the time and slow things down, NEW THIS SEASON cautioned need to sub out but can come back in whenever you allow.
-- Games are 90 minutes not 80 or 85 - get started on time, nothing wrong with being nice about it but let them know clock is starting to help them get out there a bit quicker. We gets lots of feedback that referees are not ready to start on time - we know the players are typically not the ones ready - but you know its a point of emphasis so be early and have your pregame hello taken care of before kickoff time then they cant blame you.
-- Keep pace with the players - no walking - way too many complaints about referees walking and and following play into the penalty area and being available if needed

This summer we will have more of our Referee Coaches/Mentors and League Reps out each night observing both players and referees helping to make the league better than it is. Be alert and willing to receive feedback from Coaches/Mentors and also League Reps who will be filling out feedback/evaluation forms. If you've got a question about any feedback or game issues reach out to Romes and/or Larry who are both available and want to help you.

Last reminder - players are your clients - they pay your match fees and if they don't like you they ask to not see you. Too many players asking not to see you we've got to take you out of the rotation for a bit :(

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Larry - 206.498.8044

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