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How a bit of jealousy can help you grow as referee
How a bit of jealousy can help you grow as referee. A post on Lifehack made me think about jealous referees. It’s the end of the season and your refereeing colleague got a nice play-off match that you’d like to referee as well. Or your colleague got promoted to a higher refereeing level and you didn’t. A bit jealousy is not bad. Here are 3 things of how jealousy will help you grow as a referee. 1. It will remind you of past desires Which referee did not start as a football referee? You might have been dreaming of holding the Champions League in your hands as player of Real…
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Offside rule: correct call decides Valencia clash
The offside rule is still a difficult one for players, fans and even referees. As an assistant referee it’s sometimes difficult to see if a defender is touching the ball and if it’s a deliberate pass as well. In Saturday’s local clash between Levante and Valencia referee Carlos Velasco Carballo had to make such a difficult call. After a pass from a Levante defender Ángel was in offside position, but he’s walking back and doesn’t interfere with play immediately. Check out the video (from about 2 minutes) first and then read the case study below. As you can see in the video: referee Velasco Carballo initially raises his hand to…
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3 benefits of a referee exchange
Danish referee instructor Gitte Holm is very happy with the opportunity of a referee exchange in the United Kingdom. A referee exchange in a foreign country has certain benefits for referees. I’ve listed 3 of them in the list below. Learning a different football culture Jonathan Bak Dragsted: “In England the game is faster with lots of first time passes and long balls. In Denmark it’s different. Ball possession is very important. In England you have to be ready all the time and make more sprints.” Explore new ways to manage games I learned that there’s a lot of different ways to manage a game”, says Tinna Høj Christensen. That’s…
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3 lessons for referees from King Willem-Alexander
The Dutch King has “his” first party in 2014 because queen Beatrix abdicated last year. There are lot of festivities on King’s Day around the country. But who is king Willem-Alexander? And what can people – and especially referees – learn from him. 1. Get ability to put someone at ease Willem-Alexander “can put people at ease”, says Paul Schnabel, former director of The Netherlands Institute of Social Research, in Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. A good thing for a referee, who should look naturally and not with too much authority. Referees shouldn’t look worried, but have a relax facial expression. When players are at ease, the act much more relaxed…
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The goalie’s knee: protecting himself or endangering opponents
The goalie’s knee when he’s coming out of the goal trying to grab the ball out of the air. The football referee need to decide whether he is protecting himself or endangering the opponent. Bending the knee forward as a goalie when coming out of the goal is a very common technique. A special football website for coaches says: “When retrieving balls in the air, it is a good idea for the goalie to jump with one knee pulled up in front of him. This discourages players from running into him and protects the goalie simultaneously.” And a website for goalie describes the technique of grabbing a ball out of…
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Two head stamps during last weekend
Two head stamps by football players last weekend. How do you think of those situations? On purpose or just an accident? Please let me know your thoughts. The first situation is at the Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona with referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco. Busquets stamps on the head of Pepe. The referee was close by, but had many things to look for. Would you give Busquets a red card? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpHAEPBgvvs The second situation is from the Europa League. Carlos Tevez runs towards Neto. The Fiorentina goalie reached the ball earlier, Tevez jumped, but landed on the referee’s head. A refereeing colleague on Facebook said: “Should have sent him…
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Bundesliga match situation: what would you decide?
Very interesting game situation in this German Bundesliga game. First watch the video from the match between Hertha BSC and 1. FC Nürnberg with referee Michael Weiner. Then answer yourself the following questions. What would you decide: Goal? Yellow or red card? Or would you whistle for offside? Below the video you’ll find the official statement from the German Football Associations DFB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJjJw4zlEk A short summary of the situation: Referee Michael Weiner whistles for denying obvious goalscoring opportunity (dogso) because a player (number 31, Nürnberg) uses his hand to prevent the ball from crossing the goal line. After the whistle a player (number 20, Hertha) scores. Shortly after that Weiner…
