It does differ from county to county, The referee academy I am in involves getting regular appointments and Norwich city academy and Norwich city girls centre of excellence, plus at every match we get mentored and afterwards have to submit a self analysis, once we send that off we then receive a mentor report.
Similar to Ryan, we do self assessments and get mentored on games at Bristol Rovers and Bristol City. We also have a few training sessions where we practise (and get free stuff!). Overall it's great experience
Alright for some, we are apparently going to be running a summer tournament to fundraise for a kit each so we all have the same one plus some warm up gear
Maybe I could try Sounds like you've got quite a good system up there, I'd like to have training sessions more regularly - and the games you get sound a wee bit better than ours (not that I've got a tough life either)! Until, of course, they demote you to Rochdale after Fergie 'disagrees' with your performance
We aren't quite pampered, though, and I have bought all the stuff besides what we get at events!
They are 'different' appointments with regards to Rochdale and the two Manchester clubs. E.g. the other weekend I had a Utd U11 game Sat Morning, then Sun Morning I was on Rochdale U16 line. The meetings and trainings are good too
London are very much the same with the referee academies at Club academies.
We get mentored (whether you are in the middle or in the line) and get given feedback, etc.
I personally think the referee academies are excellent. They are, and continue to be very beneficial to me and my development, especially as I aspire and have ambitions of reaching the top of the Refereeing Ladder.
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