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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Case studies
  • Interviews
  • Tips & tricks
    • Development as ref: start with the selfscan
    • Game management
    • Goal-setting for referees
    • Effective communication
    • Mental toughness
    • Focus and concentration
  • Fitness
    • Importance of physical training
    • Fifa fitness test for referees (men and women)
    • Assistant referee fitness test
    • Change of Direction Ability (CODA) fitness test
    • Single Double Single High Intensity Interval Test
    • ARIET fitness test
    • Nutrition for referees
  • Resources
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    • Futsal Laws of the Game
    • Laws of the Game Quizzes
    • FIFA refereeing international lists 2023
    • Refereeing Assistance Programme
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  • Blog,  Fitness

    Referee matchday primer session in the gym

    27 October, 2023 / No Comments

    How do you do a referee matchday primer session in the gym? On the Instagram of Martin Nugent Elite Performance I saw a nice exercise from English top referee Rebecca Welch. In this blog post you’ll get some great ideas to do a session the day before your game in the gym. If you want to do it on the pitch? Check the matchday -1 sessions from Werner Helsen.

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  • Blog,  Fitness

    How referee Alan Kelly stays fit in corona period

    3 May, 2020 / No Comments

    How does referee Alan Kelly stay fit during the Covid 19 crisis? Alan Kelly talks about this on a webinar by Silbo, a company that automates sports officiating administration. The MLS referee has a daily morning routine – Covid 19 or not. He wears a Polar watch that measures his fitness and sleep. “First thing that we do every morning. I check my resting heart rate”, the former FIFA referee from Ireland says. “Then I answer 5 questions how I slept, how I feel. And I send it to the referee department and get a training programme each day.” Uploading training results Referee Alan Kelly is just back from an…

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  • Fitness

    1 hour referee training

    13 December, 2019 / 2 Comments

    A 1 hour referee training session, again at The Hague’s referee association. Check out the other 1 hour training session there. Do a warm-up for 10 to 15 minutes. Make sure to jog yourselves war first and then do exercises to Check out tips for a proper warm-up for referees. Or check the video with the explanation on my YouTube Channel (don’t forget to subscribe). All exercises follow below the video. Exercise run: the pyramid run A nice exercise where you vary between jogging and running at a much higher speed. The explanation: Jog to the 1st cone. Then to the 10th cone at 70% speed/heart rate. Then jog to…

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    Jan ter Harmsel
  • Blog,  Fitness

    Playful fitness exercises for referees

    28 November, 2019 / 1 Comment

    Playful fitness exercises for referees are always good to add something funny to a training session. And the idea is still: you’ll work on your physical ability. I explain the first exercise on my YouTube channel, where you’ll find more videos about refereeing. Below the video I’ll add the text as well. Example of playful fitness exercise Because everybody wants to have fun while training, I’ll try to create some video’s with playful fitness exercises for referees. This fitness exercises makes you alert, because you need to focus on your instructor. You sprint forward and the instructor shows a blue or yellow cone. Blue means: sprint to the left corner.…

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  • Blog,  Fitness

    Proper warm-up for referees

    25 October, 2019 / No Comments

    A proper warm-up for referees is needed for both training sessions in games. It will improve your performance and reduces your risk of injury.  The blog post is based on lessons I followed as a referee and notes I took.  Physical effects of a warm-up The physical effects of a proper warm-up for referees are: Less stiffness in muscles and joints More activity in nerve system, which means a better coordination Better circulation of blood, so more oxygen to your muscles and you’ll easier get rid of (too many) lactic acids  Mental effects of a warm-up When you do a good warm-up: You’ll be better focused mentally (more tips to…

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    Jan ter Harmsel

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  • Blog,  Fitness

    Training session at the Hague’s Referee Association

    11 October, 2019 / 5 Comments

    A training session at your own referee assocition, that’s awesome. And I don’t get one per week, but two. What does a training at the Hagues Referee Association (HSV in Dutch) look like? Check out our 1 hour session in the blog post below. Warm-up We started off with warm-up laps around our pitch for 8 minutes, followed by a dynamic warming-up. What we did is jog for 10 metres then an excercise, like lifting the knees or walking side-ways. Check out this story on how to do a proper warm-up. 3x a Steigerung of 50m After doing a proper warming-up we did a Steigerung. It’s a German word we…

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