ARIET fitness test
The ARIET fitness test is used in addition to the official Fifa fitness test for referees. The ARIET may be used as a method of assessing the aerobic fitness of assistant referees with the recommended standards.
ARIET stands for Assistant Referee Intermittent Endurance Test. You can test it at home with these audio files.
Procedure ARIET fitness test
- Cones should be set out as illustrated in thediagram below. The distance between A and B is 2.5 metres. The distance between B and C is 12.5 metres. The distance between B and D is 20 metres.
- Assistant referees must start from a standing position. They must complete the following sequence in accordance with the pace dictated by the audio file.
- run 20m forwards (B-D), turn and run 20m forwards (D-B)
- walk 2.5m (B-A), turn and walk 2.5m (A-B)
- run sideways 12.5m (B-C), and run sideways facing the same side 12.5m (C-B)
- walk 2.5m (B-A), turn and walk 2.5m (A-B)
- The audio file will dictate the pace of the runs and the length of each recovery period. Assistant referees should keep pace with the audio file until they have reached the recommended level.
- The starting position requires the assistant referees to be standing still with their front foot on the line (B). Assistant referees must place a foot on the turning lines (C & D). If an assistant referee fails to place a foot on the lines B, C or D on time, they should receive a clear warning from the test leader. If an assistant referee fails to arrive on time on a second occasion, they should be pulled from the test by the test leader.
Reference times for men assistant referees
- International and category 1: level 16.0-3 / 1,470 metres
- Category 2: level 15.5-3 / 1,275 metres
- Lower categories: level 14.5-3 / 1, 080 metres
Reference times for women assistant referees
- International and category 1: level 14.5-3 / 1,080 metres
- Category 2: level 14-3 / 820 metres
- Lower categories: level 13.5-8 / 715 metres
How to practise for this test?
FIFA Assistant referee Ian Bird has shared a nice exercise to practise ARIET. He says: This has directly increased my Ariet fitness test results and improved my performance on the field”
10 Comments
joseph
Thanks for updating me with the new trend in refereeing
Jan ter Harmsel
You are welcome. Have you tried the test already? How did it go?
YOUSSEF ABAOUZ
HI,
Thank you very much.
my question about this test: Is it an official test for the next season ?
best wishes
Jan ter Harmsel
This test is used by football federations to test refs, but this remains the official FIFA fitness test for referees.
Jan Van Roy
Hej! Ik wil graag de audio files downloaden maar de dropbox werkt niet meer.. kan je me helpen? Dankjeee :-))
Jan ter Harmsel
Er was een storing met Dropbox. Ik heb ze overgezet naar Google Drive en dat werkt weer 🙂
hossein
hi. thanx for information this test
How can I download the music for this test?
Jan ter Harmsel
You can download the audio file with the link mentioned in the steps of the test. You can’t just add music/songs in between.
Muhannad Magdy
what borderline meaning ?! red card or yellow card ?!
Jan ter Harmsel
The borderline offences mean they are on the border of yellow and red. As you’d see in the Refereeing Assistance Programmes under the VAR button, you notice that there will be “no intervention”. That means the video referee will not intervene wether yellow or red is shown.