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Tips for referee positioning at corner kick
This referee gave the assist of the year. After a player took the corner kick it deflects on the referee and gives a striker the perfect opportunity to shoot. The ball went straight into the goal. Could he have prevented that? Tips for referee positioning at corner kick situations. But check out the video of this situation first. It’s a game between Sampdoria and Hellas Verona that ends in a 5-0 win for the home team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waAhHONvg7E First ask yourself what would be your ideal position for a corner kick? Do you stay in the penalty area or not? According to guidelines by The FA you should be able to…
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“Stay positive when you’re a relegated referee”
All promoted referees posted happy things on Facebook after the end of the season. There was one positive message from a referee that has been relegated. His motto: don’t quit, but work even harder to get back on a higher level. “Giving up is the easy way”, says the relegated referee. “You can get back if you really want to.” It wasn’t the first time Ronny Mulder got the news that he was relegated as a referee. He refereed in the Topklasse, the highest amateur level, when it was introduced in 2010-2011. But he was already relegated twice before and worked his way up again. “I know how it feels…
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How to do a proper coin toss as referee
Svein Oddvar Moen, a Norwegian referee, didn’t do a proper coin toss earlier this month. It was quite a funny moment. He flipped the coin in the air, but it didn’t land in his hand or on the ground. It landed on the head of one of captain Espen Bugge Petterson Watch the clip from the toin coss in the game between Strømsgodset and Lillestrom. Has this ever happened to you as a referee? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0OyYhAptow Procedure for proper coin toss Gather the captains in the middle circle before the kick-off for the coin toss. Introduce yourself and shake hands. It’s polite to ask the visitors to choose for heads or tails…
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David Beckham as referee awarding penalty against his son
The Graham Norton Show had a wonderful episode about refereeing. I did not expect it, but have you ever thought of David Beckham as football referee? What he told was a nice story of how difficult it could be to referee a match of one of your kids. “I ref’d one of the games of Romeo. Romeo is the most emotional of all of my kids actually. He was playing at this game and the referee didn’t turn up. All the parents were looking at me as if to say …” “I went on the pitch and started refereeing the game. It went great, they were winning 4-0. And then…
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How FA’s can retain talented referees
I heared a story of a few talented referees who quit refereeing before they reached the top level. Not because they were not good enough, but they felt they were not treated the right way. Such a waste of quality! And when I read a story from Jeff Weiner, CEO at LinkedIn, I thought it would be useful for my blog. It gives an answer to how football assocations can retain talented referees – and what referees should do themselves! And it’s not only 3 musts for national football assocations. If you want to get a better referee you should ask the following 3 things from your FA and work…
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Barry Kelly: lessons from a hurling referee
Barry Kelly is a top class hurling referee. I have to admit I didn’t know what kind of sport it was when I went to Dublin. But eventhough I am not familiair with it, Kelly gave me some wonderful tips and lessons I can use as football referee. If you don’t know hurling either, check this out: Here are some nice lessons and quotes from Barry Kelly: Always make decisions on it’s merits Get some people skills You’ll make mistakes whey you’re tired The best place to watch a game is from the center of the field You can even loose controle after 10 seconds There’s less intolerance of mistakes…
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Nonverbal communication as a referee
The modern game as we love it, is a game that’s undoubtedly challenging to referee in this ever growing technological era where referees are constantly under scrutiny. However I’m writing this article on nonverbal communication as a referee to show you that refereeing isn’t all about what we say, nor the countless disputed decisions we make. But this focuses more on the psychology of refereeing and in particular how our nonverbal communication effects the game. There are 3 elements to how everyone communicates in life and surprisingly people interpreting your conversation does not come from what we actually say, in fact only a mere 7% of the interpretation comes from…
