A linesman is like a sectary of an office assistant but in a good way. In field sport linemen contribute a huge role in the good officiating and smooth flow of the matches that take place. This is the desire of stakeholders of any given sport, be it players, coaches, fanatics or even the owners of teams. A lot goose on it team sport as this attracts a lot of attention in terms of numbers and following. With this comes huge responsibilities that are given to a few. For the chosen few to carry out this they need good linesman tools.
The type and nature of tools that linesmen use depend on the type of sport the linesman is. The few sports that entail the need of a linesman are: Football (soccer), American Football, and Rugby. The synonymous nature of the games is not an irony. Rugby is attributed to giving birth to soccer and American football in turn came from Rugby. The basic information is that, in Rugby, we have a linesman and so is soccer and American football. The equipment generally used are: watches, earpiece sets for communication, jerseys, whistles, boots and flags.
The need for good match officiating heightened in the aftermath of 1986 World Cup. Diego Maradona, professionally ball-handled the ball in present of thousands of football fanatics and match officials, and scored a goal against England. This was the height of laxity in Soccer as a sport and in turn culminated to changes being made to the officiating of this sport to what it is today.
The handball issue, for the few who know, a handball in soccer is a foul that could earn one a booking. This foul can be explained as the handling, controlling or simply a player being in contact with the ball. Soccer players do the opposite to what basketball or handball players do. Such errors could have been controlled if the linesmen of that time were equipped with the tool, skills and technology that characterizes their counterparts of today.
They at all times has to be alert and be able to make decisions in making decision correctly within a split second of time. This needs well equipping of the linesman. In the English Premier League, Linesmen are equipped with flags, earpiece sets to communicate, jerseys and for the other match officials they get minute boards and watches to keep time.
The use of flags in field sport have brought in the element of time saving and faster decision making. Time is money. This is the simple reason as to why the use of signs is included in sports. Soccer could have been a tough game to officiate if it was not for the tools and prowess that linesman have come up with for the sport.
Earpiece on the other hand have acted like mobile phone in the field. It is easier to call someone who is far than shouting. The earpiece in this case entail both the shouting and easy accessing of a referee from a linesman and vice versa. Linesman as assistants can seek further clarity from the other officials and in turn a true judgment is made before the whistle is blown.
Boots, whistles and referring attire have traditionally been the tools being used in match officiating. They cannot be ignored because without them field sport could not be what it is today.
The type and nature of tools that linesmen use depend on the type of sport the linesman is. The few sports that entail the need of a linesman are: Football (soccer), American Football, and Rugby. The synonymous nature of the games is not an irony. Rugby is attributed to giving birth to soccer and American football in turn came from Rugby. The basic information is that, in Rugby, we have a linesman and so is soccer and American football. The equipment generally used are: watches, earpiece sets for communication, jerseys, whistles, boots and flags.
The need for good match officiating heightened in the aftermath of 1986 World Cup. Diego Maradona, professionally ball-handled the ball in present of thousands of football fanatics and match officials, and scored a goal against England. This was the height of laxity in Soccer as a sport and in turn culminated to changes being made to the officiating of this sport to what it is today.
The handball issue, for the few who know, a handball in soccer is a foul that could earn one a booking. This foul can be explained as the handling, controlling or simply a player being in contact with the ball. Soccer players do the opposite to what basketball or handball players do. Such errors could have been controlled if the linesmen of that time were equipped with the tool, skills and technology that characterizes their counterparts of today.
They at all times has to be alert and be able to make decisions in making decision correctly within a split second of time. This needs well equipping of the linesman. In the English Premier League, Linesmen are equipped with flags, earpiece sets to communicate, jerseys and for the other match officials they get minute boards and watches to keep time.
The use of flags in field sport have brought in the element of time saving and faster decision making. Time is money. This is the simple reason as to why the use of signs is included in sports. Soccer could have been a tough game to officiate if it was not for the tools and prowess that linesman have come up with for the sport.
Earpiece on the other hand have acted like mobile phone in the field. It is easier to call someone who is far than shouting. The earpiece in this case entail both the shouting and easy accessing of a referee from a linesman and vice versa. Linesman as assistants can seek further clarity from the other officials and in turn a true judgment is made before the whistle is blown.
Boots, whistles and referring attire have traditionally been the tools being used in match officiating. They cannot be ignored because without them field sport could not be what it is today.
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