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If you had the chance to "Referee" five or six year old players, could you do it?
Read & Answer these questions to find out.
No... prior experience necessary.

1. During a game, a red-shirted player trips a blue-shirted player.  You would...?

Blow your whistle and give a free kick to the blue team.
Blow your whistle and tell the red player he's a very bad boy.
Tell the blue player to stop falling down like a baby.
Tell the red player it was a great trip.

2. During a game, a red-shirted player punches a blue-shirted player.
     What course of action should you take?

Blow your whistle and tell the blue player to hit the red player back.
Blow your whistle, tell the red player that you will not let her play if she continues to hit,
     and give a free kick to the other team
Tell the red player she hits like a girl.
Tell the red player it was a great punch.

3. During a game, a red-shirted player kicks the ball over the touchline (sideline).
     What course of action should you take?

Tell the red player to leave the field and never come back.
Tell the red player to apologize for kicking the ball out.
Give the ball to the blue team for a throw-in.
Give the ball to the red team for a throw-in.

4. During a game, a red-shirted player seems afraid of the ball.
      She finally kicks it very cautiously, but doesn't follow up.
      The blue team gets the ball.            You would...?

Tell her it was a nice try and to keep it up.
Tell her she just lost the ball and she'd better wake up.
Keep quiet and hope that she drops out as soon as possible.
It was a nice try and to keep it up.

5. During a game, a red-shirted player is continually yelled at by her mother.     You would...?

Think her mother is only trying to make her a better person.
Think that someone should tell the mother about the positive coaching philosophy - it's not just for coaches.
Think you'd like to run over to the mother and call her names to see how she likes it.
Ask for Ear Plugs

6. During a game, a red-shirted player is called names by players from the blue team.
     You would...?

Yell very loudly, 'Knock it off, you brats.'
Blow your whistle, then make all the blue players run five laps around the field.
Tell them sternly to 'stop calling names,' then when the ball goes out of play, bring them together and tell them that
      name calling is wrong and anyone who does it again will have to leave the game.
Unsure

7. During a game, a red-shirted player spits on another red-shirted player.     You would...?

Take him over to his coach and tell the coach that this player can't play anymore today and why.
Have all the other red players stand around and spit on him.
Make him apologize, then let him have a free kick to show you're not angry with him.
Tell his mother she has a very bad child and she'd better punish him.

8. During a game, a red-shirted player gets hit by a ball kicked by a blue-shirted player.
      He falls to the ground crying.       What action do you take?

Tell him to stop being a baby and get up.
Blow your whistle and have the coach look at him (and probably his mom and dad too).
Yell keep playing' and order the coach and parents to stay off the field until you give them permission to come on.
Blow your whistle and yell at the blue-shirted player for kicking the ball.

9. During a game, a red-shirted player scores a goal against the blue team.     You would...?

Award the goal and allow the red team to kick-off.
Award the goal and allow the blue team to kick-off.
Disallow the goal because the blue goalkeeper is crying.
Give the red player a high five and congratulate her on smoking the goalkeeper.

10. After the game, several players from both teams run up to you and say,
      "thank you for refereeing our game."     You would...?

Tell them NOT to talk to the referee.
Hold a grudge against those who didn't say thanks.
Feel pretty good about yourself.
You know I got to... go!!!

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