Recent content by Morten

Sometimes a simple yellow just doesn't do the foul justice: https://twitter.com/EurosportNorge/status/879073715627192324 (from the Norwegian league)

Would be interesting to read his view of the Fabrice Muamba incident. What he said to the players etc.

Only thing worse than an overly picky ref, is an overly picky assistant.

If the AR was the only one noticing (no players shouting etc), maybe he should have kept the flag down. Also, if this happened as much as the AR seem to think, he should have told you about it during half time. If he did, you could have had a quick word with the keeper on the way out, telling...

I never tell the players how long there is left, I tell them how long we have played. "we've played for 30 minutes". In overtime I will tell them how long we are into overtime, and the amount of _minimum_ added, with emphasis on minimum.

Yeah. Jump on and off. Been doing it for 4 years. Once a week. No mishap yet.

Good idea. As you noted, these tests are a mental thing. I have run the FIFA (modified in Norway though to be 26 instead of 20 intervals) two times a year for 6 years now. It is the newbies that tend to fail or struggle. At around 10-15 intervals they struggle mentally. It is where the...

I agree, however you will need to get up to speed faster, as you need to have the same avarage speed. As you start from 0 and you need to get up to speed faster and your maximum might need to be a bit faster. All together you will get more rest, as the rest period is 18 over 25 meters, which is...

Interesting that they have modified the standard intervalls, and the beep test is still considered as an alternative only.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about "not being accepted" per se. I just wanted to provide the most accurate information. At my current level i Norway we are required to every season: - 2 * FIFA fitness tests (one in spring and one in fall, our season runs from March - October): 26 intervalls 30/35s...

Youdan trophy.

Thanks. Still not sure what level to put down, but not sure it is that important really. Surprised by the lax requirements on the physical test though. At what level do you require the full FIFA test?

:D I see what you did there :D

Hi, As I am signing up to referee a tournament in england, I'm trying to figure out how the referee levels in England map to my current level in Norway. I've been on wikipedia, but still I am not quite sure. - What specific junior levels does referees at different levels do? Who referees the...