Week 8 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started. Every Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 1m19s. Quiz Laden…
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Week 17 Laws of the Game Quiz 2021-2022. Video for question 1 Video starts at 1 minuted and 59 seconds. The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Quiz Laden…
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How to improve acceleration as referee? Being in the right position is crucial for referees. If you want to get there, acceleration is a key physical factor. In this blog post FIFA Fitness Instructor Stephen Oduor and Polish referee and fitness expert Michal Bobrek share some great insights on how you can improve your acceleration. […]
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A HI referee training session that is given by myself at my referee assocition. It’s a session of just over 1 hour, with lots of exercises that help you train at high intensity. In an earlier blog post you’ll read about the 5 benefits of HI sessions and you’ll see a few more exercises. Warm-up […]
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Inside Video Review is a great referee video series by PRO. Greg Barkey, Manager of Video Review at PRO for the Major League Soccer games, explains interesting VAR situations. Because you get a proper explanation why a decision is made, it’s really worth watching these clips. The latest clips Below I’ve embedded a playlist from […]
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Physical vs mental fitness: how being top fit helps you better deal with pressure and gives you more energy to focus on making the right decisions. Some great tips by Bundesliga referee Patrick Ittrich and World Cup and Euro final assistant referee Leif Lindberg. Webinar on physical vs mental fitness I’ve followed a webinar from […]
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Professional referees on goal-setting: make sure you have ambitions and goals. That will guide you along the way on your referee career path. In this blog post tips and advice from top referees like Björn Kuipers, Uefa referee boss Roberto Rosetti, Kateryna Monzul and many more. Kateryna Monzul: have a dream First of all, having […]
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Rebecca Welch recently made her debut in the English Football League as referee. In a recent webinar from the Referees Association she talked about her career, from which I distilled some very useful tips for us referees. Loving her job is crucial. “If you want to do it, give it a 100%. But you also […]
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A match-simulation session for referees is way to replicate the physical demands referees need for a game. Werner Helsen was so kind to share an example of a session, which he created for Uefa referees at Euro 2020. Read the full interview with Werner Helsen, Sports Scientist & Training Expert at UEFA and professor and […]
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The 2021 UEFA Champions League final referee is Antonio Mateu Lahoz. He’ll lead a the refereeing team that officiates Manchester City – Chelsea. Below you’ll find the full details of the refereeing team. If quotes become available, I’ll add them too. Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Assistants: Pau Cebrián Devis, Roberto Díaz Pérez del […]
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Week 5 Laws of the Game Quiz 2021-2022. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Quiz Laden…
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The FIFA fitness test 15-15 is not 1 that is tested officially, but it’s a great way to practise. Because it tests you at the normal pace, but with less rest, you’ll be prepared well for the official FIFA fitness tests. A reader inspired me to blog about this test, which is used at some […]
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Door 3 concentrates on penalty kicks. It is relatively robust trend that there is 1 penalty in every 4th match on UEFA level (~ 24-27% at EURO 2016 and the last three UCL seasons). As the IFAB modified Law 14, it might be worth to focus on what is and on what is not permitted since then. Please check Law 14 here (starting on page 94). Encroaching Players By the letter of the law, all
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Salima Mukansanga first female referee of AFCON game. On Tuesday January 18th 2022 she’ll officiate Zimbabwe and Guinea at the African Cup of Nations. She’ll lead a team with female assistants Carine Atemzabong (Cameroon) and Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco) as well as VAR referee Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco) Salima Mukansanga already was already 4th official in the […]
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High intensity exercise for referees Premier League. I got inspired by Vicky Smith, physical trainer for PGMOL, the professional referees’ organisation in the Premier League. Explanation of the test The exercises is easy. You change high intensity with jogging. Let’s begin: You’ll start at the arc of the penalty area. You run diagonally to the […]
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The start of February. I will announce January’s winner shortly via a personal message. Want to get the chance to win a goodie from Refsworld UK, the sponsor of this blog, make sure you’ll get all answers right in February. Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus […]
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Referee Riem Hussein officiates the Women’s Champions League final in 2021. In this story you’ll read some tips from this German top referee, based on an interview she gave to Uefa before the final. A dream comes true for her and she’s happy with the support of her team. “You can’t be successful as a […]
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The first door of The3rdTeam Referee Advent Calendar is open. And there is a video clip in it! The situation as written text: An attacking player is having an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: Having already left all other defenders behind him, he is only facing the goalkeeper and decides to shoot. The goalkeeper is unable to save the shot, so that the ball is about to go into the goal
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These are the choices made by UEFA Referees Committee for the last matchday of 2016-17 Europa League's group stage. Group L, 8 December 2016, 17:00 CET Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal (ESP) Villarreal CF - FC Steaua Bucureşti Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Holger Henschel (GER) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Marco Fritz (GER)
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“Make sure you’ll have maximum control as referee”, says Bjorn Kuipers. That doesn’t mean you have to step up with a dominant presence, you need to control the things you can. Taking maximum control as referee means, according to Kuipers, that you everything you can to deliver a top performance. And key there is: it’s […]
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