Kitchener Soccer Club Indoor Kick Off Meeting

Rodney Kooy- Head Referee

Patrick Kooy- Club Referee Scheduler

Important Contact Information

• Head Referee: Rodney Kooy
• Phone: 226-698-0273
• Email: headreferee@kitchenertfc.com

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• Referee Scheduler: Patrick Kooy
• Phone: 226-698-9873 (Cell)
• Email: refereescheduler@kitchenertfc.com

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Important Contact Information (2)

• House League Program Coordinator: Krystal Sousa
• Phone: 519-896-8947 x12 (Work)
• Email: hl@kitchenertfc.com

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Schedule Highlights

• KSC Indoor Season kicks off the weekend of November 8

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• Season breaks for 2 weeks at Christmas and 1 week for March break

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• Playoffs (U13 and older)
• After the regular season concludes- end of Feb
• On regular game nights
• No playoffs for U7 to U12

Days of Play

• Monday – U7/8 Girls (half field games)
• Tuesday – U13/14 Girls
• Wednesday – U9/10 Girls
• Thursday - U11/12 Girls & U15-18 Girls
• Friday- U13/14 Boys & U15-18 Boys
• Saturday- U7/8 Boys (half field games) and U11/12 Boys
• Sunday - U9/10 Boys

Referee Fees- Paid by cheque every month

U7/8- $25 per game

U9/10- $30 per game

U11/12- $ 40 per game

U13/14 - $50 per game

U15-18- $55 per game

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Timekeeping- $20 per game

U7/8 Games

• Played on half fields- 2 games going on at the same time
• Play 6 v 6
• Middle of the field is for the team benches (see photo)

Referee Uniform

Same as outdoor- the 4 S’s:

1. Shirt- different colour than the teams- badge displayed
2. Shoes- appropriate athletic/soccer/turf shoes
3. Socks- soccer style socks pulled up
4. Shorts- with pockets

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There is no set standard uniform brand for Kitchener house league, but you are expected to look professional. Shirts need to be tucked in.

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Receiving, Accepting, and Cancelling Games

• You will need to keep your Refcentre calendar current
• Games are offered by email via a referee scheduling program
• Please accept the game or decline it within 24 hours. You will accept or decline the game by clicking on the link to the game offer email you receive
• If you accept the game, make every effort to keep it
• Please give a minimum of 48 hour notice if you need to return a game, please email or text Patrick as well with the reason
• If it is a last minute emergency and you need to cancel the game with less than 48 hours notice, you need to CALL or TEXT Patrick or Rodney (not email)

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Game Format

10 minute warm up

20 minute first half

5 minute halftime

20 minute second half

5 minutes to shake hands, clear field, etc.

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Pre Game Duties

• Please arrive minimum 10 minutes before game time
• Get a game ball from the city booth (size 4 for U12 and under, size 5 for U13+)
• Introduce yourself to coaches
• Prepare game sheets (U13 and older only)- game sheets are located in a folder in the time keeper booth
• Introduce yourself to timekeeper/referee
• Do a field inspection and player equipment check (no jewellery)
• Coin flip to determine possession of ball (no choice of side, don’t change sides at halftime)
• Make sure all players have correct equipment and keeper has a different colour shirt

During the Game Duties

• Enforce the laws of the game
• Keep track of the score
• Operate the scoreboard and clock
• Administer discipline
• Ensure player safety

Post Game Duties

• Complete the game sheets with the correct score, as well as discipline if applicable
• Return the game ball to the city booth
• Place the game sheet in the “completed game sheets” folder in the time keeper booth
• Input the game score by clicking on the link in an email you receive from our referee scheduler program (necessary for payment!). This email will be sent to you at the kickoff time of your game.

Note- U7/8- U11/12 games do not have game sheets or scores, but input the game as “0-0” in the post game email

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Budd Park Indoor Soccer Rules

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How are indoor rules different than outdoor rules?

Defend the same goal the entire game

No need to switch sides at halftime.

The pre game coin flip determines which team begins with the ball in the first half. The other team begins with the ball the second half.

No Offside

There is no offside in indoor soccer at Budd Park for any age group.

All restarts and free kicks are indirect

This includes goal kicks, kickoffs, corner kicks, kick ins and all free kicks

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Indirect free kick = The ball needs to touch 2 players before a goal can be scored.

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If a goal is scored directly, the goal is disallowed and the restart is a goal kick.

The only restart that is direct is a PK, as a result of a foul or handball committed by the defending team in its own penalty area

Penalty Kick (Special Budd Park rule)

The restart after a PK is either a kickoff (if a goal is scored) or a goal kick (if the goal is not scored)

The “rebound” off the boards or off the goalkeeper is not live.

If the PK is not scored, the referee blows the whistle to stop play and the restart is a goal kick

Goal Kicks

The restart for a ball that goes over the boards and into the netting between the white corner kick dots and is last touched by the offensive team

May be taken from anywhere in the penalty area.

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There is no retreat line in indoor.

Kick ins

Indoor soccer uses a kick in instead of a throw in

The restart for a ball that goes over the boards and into the net is a kick in one metre from the boards from where the ball left play

Must be a kick in, not a “dribble in”, the same player may not touch the ball a second time before someone else touches it

A goal may not be scored directly from a kick in.

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If a goal is scored directly from a kick in, the restart is a goal kick.

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Corner Kicks

The restart for a ball that goes over the boards and into the netting between the dots. Last touched by the defensive team.

Taken from the corner area 1 metre from the boards in both directions

Taken from the corner “spot” painted on the turf

NO direct goal from a corner kick

Number of Players on the Field

Substitutions

Unlimited amount of substitutions

U7-U12: Use of a 4 minute buzzer. Play restarts with a goal kick on the half where the ball was at the buzzer, or the appropriate restart if ball was out of play.

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U13+: Substitutions may take place “on the fly”. Players should use the door and avoid hopping over the boards. Keep changes “clean”- player comes off and then new player goes on

If changing goalkeepers, the teams need to wait a for stoppage.

No Slide Tackles

Slide tackles are not permitted.

Result is a foul and an indirect free kick, even if there is no contact

If slide tackle takes place in the penalty area, it is a PK

Note- a referee has the option to play advantage and not stop the game

There is a difference between sliding to stop a ball and slide tackling to take the ball away from a player in possession of the ball.

The no slide tackle rule also applies to goalkeepers.

Play Along the Boards- Safety

Absolutely no rough play is permitted along the boards.

No “boarding”, riding a player into the boards, bodychecking, pushing into the boards, etc.

Call fouls quickly and assertively to avoid injury. Error on the side of caution.

Card if necessary.

Player Equipment and Safety

NO jewellery (except for medical alert bracelets)

Club rule- religious bracelets/strings can be securely taped

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NO intentional headballs for U7-U10- the restart is IDFK

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Players may wear outdoor soccer shoes, as long as they are clean and do not have metal spikes (same as outdoor)

All players must wear shin pads

Players are permitted to wear track pants/sport pants instead of shorts

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Player Discipline

Indoor soccer has yellow and red cards- to be used in U11 and older (no cards to be shown in U7-10, coach to carry out discipline)

Yellow card = 2 minute penalty

Red card = 5 minute penalty + dismissal (penalty needs to be served by another player)

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2 yellow cards to the same player = dismissal (the second 2 minute penalty will need to be served by a teammate)

QUESTIONS?????