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   Better Refereeing
Welcome to the 'Better Refereeing' section of the Referees' Association web site.

Here you will find links to advice pages that you will hopefully find useful in your refereeing career.
  
ABC of Conflict To encourage referees to think positively about the best place to stand when disciplining players.
Ten and 15-Minute Refereeing Two methods to help referees control periods of a game.
The Goalie Trinity The Goalie Trinty, advice on the grave importance of checking the goal structure properly during a referees' field of play inspection.
Interview Advice

Congratulations – you have been selected to attend a promotion interview in recognition of your excellent practical performance. You have done the hard bit now it is time to prepare you for the interview.

The Learning Ladder The Learning Ladder (Steps) that a referee goes through when learning the skills of refereeing, and how they affect your conscious and unconscious mind.
Remembering How the mind remembers information, and how becoming a Referees' Instructor, a Referees' Assessor, or a Referees' Mentor, will hugely increase and improve your performance as a Referee.
Perceptual Positions How to analyse a difficult match situation, by looking at it from three different perspectives (or three different sets of eyes), to find a solution.  (1) Yourself (the Referee). (2) The Player. (3) An Observer (perhaps an Assessor, manager or a spectator).
The Goal (or outcome) Path How to hone your skills by providing you with a structured and logical outcome to a difficult situation. Thus helping you to analyse where the problem stems from, and allowing you to deal with it.  
Mark Yourself Out of Ten

An easy self-assessment marking method that can help Referees train themselves to remain calm in difficult situations.

Dealing with Injuries S.E.R.I.O.U.S. method for dealing with injuries on the field of play.
 

 

 

 
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