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A referee can pause the game and send the players to their penalty areas. The referee then speaks to the coaches and captains in the centre circle. A player who walks off without permission gets a 10-minute sin bin. There is a limit of two cooling-off periods in a match, and a third means the fixture is abandoned. The FA says a cooling-off period does not automatically lead to formal disciplinary action.",{"type":143,"content":160},[161],{"text":162,"type":147},"If you coach, tell your players before the first one happens, not during it. Something like: if the ref sends us to the box, we go, we breathe, we stay put. Kids take their cue from you, so be the calmest person on the touchline.",{"type":149,"attrs":164,"content":165},{"level":151},[166],{"text":167,"type":147},"Captains Only and the referee's space",{"type":143,"content":169},[170],{"text":171,"type":147},"The same FA piece restates the Captains Only protocol. Only the captain (or an outfield player you nominate if your captain is in goal) goes to the referee about decisions, and there is a four-metre zone around the ref. It also says yellow armbands are optional for under-18 referees, so players, coaches and parents can see at a glance that they are young. If you have a teenage ref this weekend, that armband is a hint to everyone on your touchline, including you.",{"type":149,"attrs":173,"content":174},{"level":151},[175],{"text":176,"type":147},"Dates for the diary",{"type":143,"content":178},[179],{"text":180,"type":147},"The FA lists Silent Support Weekends for youth football on 14 and 15 November 2026 and 13 and 14 March 2027, with some leagues piloting more of them. Tell your parents now so nobody is surprised. The clocks also go back on Sunday 25 October, so sort your training light before the first dark Tuesday.",{"type":149,"attrs":182,"content":183},{"level":151},[184],{"text":185,"type":147},"What went up on Trac",{"type":143,"content":187},[188,190,197,199,205,207,213],{"text":189,"type":147},"Last Friday it was ",{"text":191,"type":147,"marks":192},"how to handle a losing run",[193],{"type":194,"attrs":195},"link",{"href":196},"/how-to-handle-a-losing-run-grassroots-football",{"text":198,"type":147},". The week before I wrote about ",{"text":200,"type":147,"marks":201},"how to run a parents' meeting",[202],{"type":194,"attrs":203},{"href":204},"/how-to-run-a-parents-meeting-grassroots-football",{"text":206,"type":147},", which is still my first answer to touchline trouble. 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