This is week 9 of the Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. I got a lot of comments on one question in week 8. I can fully understand that a referee abandons the game if he gets hit by a player. My advice is to do so as well. This questions was just a LOTG […]
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A referee photo: a great way to capture the emotion of the match. Sam Christopher shares lots of refereeing photo’s on his Facebook and Instagram. “My imagery can play a big role for referees”, he says to Dutch Referee Blog. “By shedding light to a range of behaviour that could have potentially gone unnoticed.” Picking […]
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Referee Ovidiu Hategan and Virgil van Dijk embraced each other after The Netherlands won their Nations League group. If you look a little closer you can see the emotion on the face of the referee. Dutch and Liverpool captain Van Dijk consoles him, as the referee seems upset. “That man broke down, stood with tears […]
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This quiz is one week later than normal. That is because there was an error with the pages and they could not load. So here is finally week 8 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Bezig met laden…
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Japanese referee delegation visits The Netherlands and I was their referee instructor. This visit gives the referees a chance to meet a different football culture, but it’s not just that. Fellow referees at The Hague’s RA, football players and fans get really excited by this visit as well. A great way to learn from each […]
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Dutch VAR behind the scenes. KNVB releases footage from VAR decisions now. The first video is a game from Bjorn Kuipers with video referee Danny Makkelie. I’ll translate the conversation between Björn Kuipers, his assistant referees and the video referee below the video. Dutch VAR: translation Assistant referee (0:22): Yellow card. VAR Danny Makkelie: Slowly, […]
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A new month, so new chances to win goodies by Refsworld UK. The winner of October will be announced soon. Good luck with this Week 7 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. How do you handle situtions when a ball becomes defective? Bezig met laden…
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Week 6 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Put one question in from last week, so you’ll have a chance to answer it correctly this week. Last week only 60% got question 3 correct. Another chance now. How do you deal with players who are wearing earrings? Check out the questions and answers below. Bezig […]
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It’s time for Week 5 of the Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Thanks all for participating in the quizzes. Great to see hundreds of people practice every week. Makes it worth continuing with them. Good luck with this new quiz. Focusing on some throw-in situations. Bezig met laden…
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Harish Karki is the youngest referee at the Nepalese national league. But that doesn’t mean he is there yet. He needs to work even harder. “I have to do much more better than before to achieve my goal”. And Nepal does not have the regular league system. “I train almost 3 weeks a month and […]
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Week 4 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Week 3 was difficult apparently, but today’s one has some difficult questions. I love to hear more from you about the difficulty. Lots of spitting today. What is your call? Good luck with test. Bezig met laden…
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Laws of the Game Quiz 2019-2018 week 3. Last week 1/3 of you did not know how play is restarted when a player kicks someone from his own team outside the field of play. That’s an indirect free kick. Good to learn from. This one’s a bit easier, I think. Good luck! Bezig met laden…
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Can you score a goal from a throw-in? That was the biggest question this weekend in the Bundesliga game VfB Stuttgart vs Bremen. Goalkeeper Zieler is not alert when a team-mate throws him the ball. But did he touch it? And what if: how do you restart play as referee? A great video example to learn […]
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It’s time for Week 2 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Some good news: RefsWorldUK wants to give the winners of every month referee goodies. So after the LOTG questions you can say if you want to have chance to win the goodies. If not, you’ll go straight to your answers. Otherwise you need to fill […]
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Yeah, the new quiz season starts. This is the first quiz of 2018-2019 and based on the latest LOTG changes for the new season. Good luck! After submitting the quiz, you can see the answers. Bezig met laden…
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Dissent by action. A player applauds after you show him a yellow card. What do you decide? Will you certainly show the second yellow card? Will you give a stern warning, because he’s already on a yellow? Or will you probably ignore him? Jean-Paul Boëtius receives a yellow card by referee Pol van Boekel, but […]
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It was three years ago that Chris van Rijswijk decided to turn over a new leaf. He set out to be a fitter referee and he succeeded. This April, having shed over thirty kilos, he celebrated by achieving a milestone objective: running the Rotterdam marathon. “Preparing for that moment took me three years”, said the […]
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VAR audio clip from FA Cup Final. Exclusive insights in the communication between referee Michael Oliver and the Video Assistant Referee. Very intersting for referees, because it gives a great insight into how this works. Var Audio Clip – Cup Final from Videosnstuff on Vimeo.
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Refereeing at the Premier League every week is what drives Martin Atkinson. “The goal is to get the biggest games”, he says in an interview with Dutch Referee Blog. “So I have to keep my standards high.” Want to win a pair of signed cards by Martin too? Fill out my blog’s reader survey on […]
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Premier League referees prepare thoroughly for the season. “Players become better, so we have to do the same”, says Michael Oliver on the Premier League website. And every referee wants the best games in the league. “This means I have to keep my standards high as well”, says Martin Atkinson. Preparation of Premier League referees […]
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