Agility exercises for referees will help enhance their footwork and ability to change direction quickly. These agility drills, such as cone drills or ladder drills, are crucial for maintaining optimal positioning during dynamic play. In this blog post some reasons why these type of exercises will help you as a referee. 

Referee Sandra Bastos on fitness: “never stop completely when season ends”. Bastos is Portugese Elite referee in the European competitions. This applies to the summer break, but also for the winter period. She shares how she spends her time in the break, so her body will be ready when the games begin.

The stepped approach for referees in managing players is crucial. By building up your management and disciplinairy decisions, the actions you take feel logic towards the players. But this doesn’t mean it always starts without a card, sometimes a higher step on the ladder is more appropriate. In this blog post you’ll learn more about the stepped approach. And I’d love to hear how this works for you in your games.

Positioning learnings from the Klassieker Ajax vs Feyenoord. Clips from my game.

The new guideline in most countries for referee protests is: only the captain can approach the referee. It started at the European Championships and was successful. And as Björn Kuipers, now UEFA Referee Committe member says in a video message: “We need to take bad behaviour seriously”. But how do you apply this in your games? In this blog post some practical guidelines and advice for match officials.