My daughter has been playing soccer since she was in U6. Now she is in U13. The local association needs officials and someone asked if I'd be interested in working the U-littles. I said sure.
First, I watched with the assignor games on the U6 field, about 15' x 25'. My first game was tonight, working U8, on a field around 25' x 40'. When my daughter went from U6 to U8, I remember thinking "Wow, this field is so much bigger." That thought re-entered my mind tonight.
I have a lot to learn, but not as much as I thought. I think I got all the OOB calls right. No one complained and I made sure I hustled to get close enough to see.
One thing I wasn't sure about was a pinned ball. Team A player had the ball under her bent knees as she was sitting on the ground and a Team B player started kicking at the ball. I blew my whistle, afraid the Team A player would get kicked, but didn't know who to award the kick to. So I called for a drop ball between the two players.
Overall I had fun and am glad to help the league who helped my daughter. Now I need to figure out this Arbiter thing.
