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. 

High-intensity exercise #8 from Switzerland. This exercise is run by Swiss referees in the 3rd and 4th Division and was suggested by a blog reader. 

This blog post explains the KNVB fitheidsmeting, a Dutch fitness test for referees. This new fitness test is introduced in the season 2024-2025, because they want to create a test that connects with refereeing at every amateur level.

High Intensity Training #7: a new exercise that I tried during a training session with fellow referees in The Hague. Make sure you don’t do too much, because it’s quite a hard one. It looks like an Uefa exercise, but the timing is a little different. 

Handling the ball to stop a promising attack. How do you deal with that as a referee? In this case study you’ll get a full explanation on how to handle as referee.  https://youtu.be/O0KZeGNnYpg?si=ntmlxXvshYk4dY38&t=138