Capital Area Soccer Referee Association - Harrisburg, PA USA
Affiliated with the Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association Referee Committee
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Information for New Referees Note: Youth referees please share this page with your parents. They have lots of questions too. To View the 2010 Edition of the USSF Info for New Referees Click Here To: All Graduates of the USSF Entry Level Referee Class: Congratulations! On behalf of CASRA, I want to welcome you to the Community of Soccer Referees in Central Pennsylvania. For those of you from outside the mid-state, read on…most of this applies to you also. The course you just completed was conducted by the Eastern PA Soccer Association Referee Committee (EPSARC) which is the official referee organization for all soccer matches in Eastern Pennsylvania played under the auspices of the US Soccer Federation (USSF). The Capital Area Soccer Referee Association (CASRA) is the local chapter of the EPSARC serving the area covered by the Central Pennsylvania Youth Soccer League (CPYSL), approximately from Harrisburg/Hershey south along Interstate 81 to the Maryland border and west into Perry and Juniata counties. There are also EPSARC referee chapters in Lancaster, York and throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. If you live outside of Eastern PA, look up the contact info for the State Referee Administrator (SRA) for your State Association at on the US Soccer Website Click Here The list is updated regularly. Ongoing Registration:
Re-registration is completed on-line via the US Soccer website. See the Re-Registration Page for more details. After you pay the re-registration fee through US Soccer
each year, the State Committee must certify that you met the training
requirements and passed the exam before your registration is complete. EPSARC has added a guide to Frequently Asked Questions about Registration and the US Soccer Referee Data System. To go to that page, Click Here Continuing Education: After this year you will need training credits in order to reregister the following year. The current requirement is 5 hours of training. Training is available through Chapter Meetings and Statewide Intermediate clinics. Registration for the Intermediate clinics is through EPSARC. Visit their website at www.epsarc.org for dates and locations. Recertification Exam: After this year, prior to Re-Registration, you will have to take and pass a 100 question certification exam each year. The written test on the final night of the entry level course meets this requirement for your first recertification. The test format is similar to the one you took at the end of the Entry Level Course. The test material goes beyond the basics of the LOTG and Guide to Procedures that were covered in that test. There are 100 questions based on material in the LOTG Click Here, the Guide to Procedures, Click Here the Advice to Referees Click Here, the various position papers and other referee instructions issued by USSF Click Here , the 10 Referee Directives issued by US Soccer Click Here and the situations described in the USSF Week In Review Click Here. I strongly recommend that you save a copy of the Advice to Referees to your computer and refer to it often. Join your local chapter! CASRA waives the membership fee for your first year as a referee. You are automatically a CASRA member for this year. After that, dues are just $5.00 per year and can be paid at any chapter meeting. Your local chapter is designed to help you succeed as a referee by providing ongoing training, mentoring and resources. The gateway to these resources is through the chapter web pages. CASRA
www.casrarefs.org Other important Links Eastern PA Soccer Association Referee Committee EPSARC
www.epsarc.org Take a few minutes to become familiar with the information on these sites and visit them on a regular basis. Don’t restrict yourself to just your chapter’s website. For example, the LANCO site has a great “pre-game” checklist. Getting Assignments and Practicing your New Skills: Leagues: The first step is to contact the Referee Assignor for the league(s) where you want to referee. For CPYSL this is done through the league website. Highlight the Referee tab, go to List of Referees and follow the instructions on how to contact the Assignor to be added to the list. You will receive an email with your userid and password which will allow you to set up your profile and availability schedule. If you live in the Lancaster, York or Reading or Delco Areas, go to those referee chapter websites for more information. If you can’t find the assignor for leagues in your area, go to a soccer game, tell the referees that you are a new ref in the area and ask the referees who assigns the matches and how you can contact them. Club “In-House” matches: Many local soccer clubs and associations run in-house programs and have matches every weekend. You can contact the clubs directly to find out if they use referees, how they are assigned, paid or volunteer, etc. Scrimmages - A great way to learn in a low pressure situation: Scrimmages are great opportunities for you to practice your new skills. Contact coaches from your club to find out when they practice and if they will be having any scrimmages. Many clubs run summer camps/clinics where the players scrimmage as part of the training. Explain that you are a new referee and want to volunteer to referee the scrimmages. Tournaments: At a weekend tournament you have the opportunity to meet lots of referees, do numerous matches, see how other referees handle a variety of game situations and make good money. Between matches, hang out at the referee tent and ask questions…it’s a great way to learn. The Tournaments Page of the CASRA website has a list of tournaments throughout the area along with the contact information for the referee assignor. Study the Laws of the Game (LOTG): To review the PowerPoint presentations for the course you just completed Click Here. Get in the habit of reading the US Soccer “Week In Review” each week and viewing the videos that illustrate that week’s issue. Also check out the Referee and LOTG sections of the FIFA website Click Here. And check out the page dedicated to Law 11 – Offside on this Website Attend local Chapter meetings and State Clinic. Other useful links: www.askasoccerreferee.com USSF’s official website for questions about the LOTG. It is updated several times a month and is indexed by topic. Stop back often. www.asktheref.com A panel of referees from around the world answers questions about the LOTG. Stop back often. Keep track of you matches: Every year when you re-register you will have to report the number of matches that you refereed during the previous year. In a few years you may decide that you are ready to upgrade and start working higher level matches. You will need a record of all of your matches for this. You can set up a spread sheet on the computer or use the form in the blue book you received during training. Questions? Email casrarefs@casrarefs.org You are visitor
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