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Soccer's unwritten LOTG, like it or not, they are here to stay
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, September 4, 2021
These unwritten LOTG have existed for a long time but only recent ...
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Officiating in Euro 2020: an expert's view
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The Euros were a case study in how referees are picked a ...
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Refereeing education: The present and the future (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Modern-day officiating requires the use of technology, data and statistics in t ...
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Refereeing education: The present and future (Part 1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, June 5, 2021
The first step to reforming our soccer refereeing educational system is f ...
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Standardizing subjective decisions
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Monday, May 10, 2021
Everyone should focus on the "spirit of the Game "and "what footba ...
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Two MNTs and player development
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The U.S. and Turkish national teams share similar makeups and tell ...
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Pendulum, the delicate matter of soccer's 'handball' offense
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, March 13, 2021
Why IFAB decided to swing the pendulum that was in the equilibri ...
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Pandemic's impact on soccer
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
With few or no fans in the stands, early data suggests t ...
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Refereeing and statistics
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, January 14, 2021
An entire industry has arisen around data and video analysis of player ...
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Some proposals for professional soccer officiating
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Identification of bench personnel? Restoring time lost due to implementing VAR protocol ...
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Our youth clubs and their development (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Monday, November 23, 2020
Once youth soccer boards realize they are running a sports business wi ...
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Our youth clubs and their development -- very fertile ground in need of nurturing and care
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, October 29, 2020
it's taken the pandemic to accelerate our collective understanding that many sma ...
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The new handball offense and the havoc It caused
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
IFAB/FIFA should make this law simpler and less arguable. The way ...
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A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
One of the major criticisms of the system is that at tim ...
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A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Monday, August 24, 2020
For the skeptics of the VAR concept and technology, there is b ...
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Mindhunter, behavioral science as applied to modern-day refereeing
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Sunday, August 2, 2020
A referee's whistle and cards are not sufficient to control the ga ...
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Mindhunter, behavioral science as applied to modern-day refereeing
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Sunday, July 12, 2020
The first step is to understand that the letter of the LO ...
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GLT and the national anthem
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, June 20, 2020
The playing of the national anthem before Turkish pro games was introduc ...
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The $19.6 billion youth sports market, soccer and the pandemic
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, May 30, 2020
Sometimes crises lead to opportunities. In the aftermath pf the pandemic, t ...
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What we can learn from Pierluigi Collina
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, May 8, 2020
An aurora of trust and confidence nurtured by objectivity and fairness allo ...
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The saga continues
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, April 18, 2020
A circular by IFAB to national associations summarizes the changes to t ...
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The mountain and the mouse (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, March 28, 2020
Two recommendations for a sane solution to the problem with soccer's offsi ...
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The mountain and the mouse: what came out of IFAB meeting
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, March 13, 2020
The soccer/football community expected so much from the last meeting of t ...
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Multi-dimensional analysis of the USMNT roster
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, February 20, 2020
What factors and dimensions make up the best male players in o ...
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Dissent management tips for referees
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, February 7, 2020
Handling genuine dissent is one thing. Tactical dissent is a different ani ...
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, January 16, 2020
Why do we give a special status to the handball offense wh ...
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, January 4, 2020
After some years of deliberation, IFAB this year decided to rewrite t ...
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The future of VAR, Version 2
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, December 20, 2019
Two years ago, the VAR system was at best an infant; nowada ...
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U.S. Soccer and Concacaf
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, December 5, 2019
Is U.S. Soccer destined to be a member of Concacaf? The ide ...
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USA, Belgium and 'Something,' The final episode
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, November 22, 2019
Differences with the rest of the world make it almost impossible f ...
