Area 2J Referee Training Dates and other events:

IFAB Laws

• Laws of the Game 2023/24
• Law Changes 2023/23

• Presentation of Law Changes 2021/22 & explanation with videos
• Law Changes 2020/21
• Presentation of Law Changes 2020/21 & explanation with videos
• Law Changes 2019/20 & the explanation of changes
• Law Changes 2019/20 with Rationale and Videos
• IFAB Circulars 16 & 17 (has clarification on some new rule application)
  

• AYSO Relevant changes to LOTG 2019/20 & Implementation
• Summary of Law Changes for AYSO (Powerpoint with video illustration)

• One Page Summary of LOTG & AYSO NRR changes 2019/20
  

Player Development Initiatives (PDI)

• PDI One Page Summary 2019/20 (still applies to 2023/24)
  
• Player Development Initiatives (PDI) Implementation in Section 2019/20 (still applies to 2023/24)
  
• AYSO Section 1's Voice presentation of PDI 2019/20 (seems same as our Section 2 rules)

Fall 2021 Referee Refresher

Session Recording 09/08
Presentation Slides (may not be the final version)

Local League Information

• Brad's league (16U/19U): Rules (General Rules for coaches, teams and referees) - Assigned through arbiter and some 2J regions play with some D2/CY teams
• Area 2N/2B/2J 16U/19U league: General Rules including for Referees - Assigned through Pensra and some 2J regions play
• PCSSL: PCSSL Referee page
• Madison League: Fall U16 and U19 divisions play
• BAFSL (Bay Area Fall Soccer League): uses mysoccerleague for referee game signup and here are mysoccerleague referee instructions
• Area 2J: Fields map and status info (needs update)

Tips & Guides

• AYSO Heads up concussion
  
• Concussion Fact Sheet
• FIFA Law 4: Headgear and Player Equipment
• Mini Referee Guide
• USSF 8 Cautions and Send-off Offences
  

• Laws of the Game 2018/19 (Old)
• Law Changes 2018/19 (Old)
• Laws of the Game 2018/19 (Spanish version) (Old)
• PDI Implementation in AYSO Section 2 in 2018/19 (Old)
• One Page Summary for Build-Out Lines 2018/19 (Old)
• USSF Advice To Referees On The LOTG 2014
• Guide to procedures
• USSF 7 Cautions and 7 Send-Off Offenses (old)

Training Materials

• Thomas Bobadilla's "What Good Referees Do"
• What makes Referee Good
• How to sign up for games in Arbiter
• How to report scores and cards
• USSF Referee Before the Game video
• USSF Referee Making a Good Impression video
• USSF Being an Assistant Referee video
• USSF Being the Referee video
• USSF Assistant Referee Signals video
• USSF Referee Signals video
• Recent CNRA presentation videos
  
• Fair or Foul Charging
• MNSRC June 2014 Foul Training Video
• MNSRC July 2012 - DOGSO and other fouls
• Slide Tackling Guidelines
• PassBack Violation
• Offside Rules (from AYSO27) and Examples
• USSF Law 12 Fouls and Misconducts (13 mins video)
• US Soccer Fouls and Misconducts (35 mins video)
• Law 11(Offside) and 12 Fouls (8:25 mins video)
• Understanding Deliberate Handling
• New DOGSO Decision Tree
• Dynamic Warm Ups (video 1) General Warm up
• Dynamic Warm Ups (video 2) USSF Ref Lower Body
• Dynamic Warm Ups (video 3) USSF Ref Upper Body
• Dynamic Warm Ups (video 4) USSF Ref Core Movements

Useful Websites

• Ken Aston
• SJSRA
• Pro Referee Education
• Dutch Referee
• Law-11
• Ask a Soccer Referee
  

Area Referee Staff

• ARA (Area Referee Administrator) 2J - Vijay Ragunathan, [email protected]
• ADRA (Area Director of Referee Assessment) 2J - Kartik Lakshminarayanan, [email protected]
• ADRI (Area Director of Referee Instruction) 2J - Mahesh Bhagat, [email protected]

• RRA 26 - Evan Doll, [email protected]
  
• RRA 27 - Inactive this season
• RRA 35 - Somasundaram V, [email protected]
• RRA 44 - Deepak Kumar, [email protected]
• RRA 45 - Adin Miller, [email protected]
  
• RRA 64 - Kristina Festa, [email protected]
• RRA 256 - Peter Schatz, [email protected]
  
• RRA 1590 - Inactive this season
  
• RRA 1631 - Jason Lawrence, [email protected]