Referees must make quick decisions, and the luxury of time to think it over, look it up or discuss it with someone is not an option during the game. Test your knowledge and see if you can answer the following questions: 

A friend of mine, Tom Hasbrook, from Buckhannon, West Virginia told me a true story once about an AYSO game and asked me what I would have done if I were the referee.
 
Six year old Billy, got the ball and started dribbling (kicking and running after) the ball toward his own goal. The parents started yelling, "Turn around Billy, you're going the wrong way!" Of course Billy paid no attention and kept on going and the parents kept on yelling. As Billy got near his own end of the field, he was actually closer to the corner flag than he was to the goal so he kept on dribbling (kicking and running after) the ball right across his own goal line and on to the adjacent soccer field where another game was in progress. At last, Billy heard the parents yelling, so he turned around and, to the joy of everyone watching, shot the ball directly past the surprised goalkeeper into the goal on the adjacent soccer field.
 
Tom asked what I would have done as the referee. I thought for a moment and said, "I would have joined in with the parents laughter and cheering, congratulated Billy for scoring the "goal" and restarted by declaring a refreshment break so everyone could recover and savor the moment." What would you have done?

To test your knowledge on last week's To Whistle Or Not To Whistle and Joe Knows AYSO questions, click here.