Online Referee Development Sessions

We’ve scoured the internet and all of social media to collate all of the development sessions being created and shared for referees from the refereeing community. We’ll continuously be updating this page as and when we find any new content. If you have a piece of content that you would like to recommend we add please reach out to us at hassan@refsix.com.

 

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John Nielsen joins Hassan to discuss his refereeing career which saw him earn a FIFA AR badge and then his current role which seems him lead the development of Concacaf Assessors.

Manchester Football Association

PART TWO - Premier League referee Chris Kavanagh sits down with Manchester FA's Referee Development Officer, Tom Elliott.

South Dakota Soccer Referees

A chat with Jon Freemon a VAR in the MLS with PRO.

Forza Football

Premier League referee Andy Madley discusses what it’s like to be a referee in the EPL, his career pathway and the impact of VAR.

Essex County FA

A webinar about referee positioning and movement.

South Dakota Soccer Referees

A chat with PRO/MLS Referee Allen Chapman.

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FIFA Referee Carol Anne Chenard joins Hassan to discuss her incredible career which has seen her officiate at 2 Women's World Cups and 2 Olympic Games, including the Gold Medal Match in Rio. She talks about her rollercoaster year in 2019, whats next for her and advice she'd give to up and coming referees.

Columbus Crew

Howard Webb and Mark Geiger discuss the role of PRO and elite referees with the Columbus Crew staff.

Football Association

The FA are back with their 3rd online development session. Farai is joined by Select Group 1 and FIFA Referee Chris Kavanagh.

San Antonio City Soccer Club

A live Q&A with FIFA referee Armando Vilarreal.

Essex County Football Association

Referee Development Officer George Lowe discusses Conflict Resolution.

RWISOA

This week Carol Anne Chenard discusses her illustrious career and Lance Van Haitsma (Concacaf Manager of Refereeing and ex FIFA Futsal referee) discusses Focus and Concentration.

NISOA

NISOA MD, Tori Penso, is joined by Mark Geiger to discuss Handball.

Royal Spanish Football Federation

The head of the Refereeing Committee, Carlos Velasco Carballo is joined by some top Spanish referees to discuss refereeing and the lockdown. Subtitles available in English.

RWISOA

FIFA AR Corey Rockwell discusses Offside and Communication. Special appearances from Terry Vaughn and Greg Barkey.

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Rosendo Mendoza is a recent graduate to the MLS having officiated his first MLS match on August 4th 2019. Rosendo joins Hassan to talk about his career, his 2019 season that saw him officiate his first MLS match, as well as the NWSL Final and a USL Semi-Final. He shares his advice on what you can do as a referee to keep improving.

Talksport

Exclusive interview with Premier League Referee Kevin Friend - Part 1

Talksport

Exclusive interview with Premier League Referee Kevin Friend - Part 2

Open Goal

FIFA and Scottish Premier League Referee, Bobby Madden, talks to Open Goal about his life as a 'man in the middle' and the route he has taken from becoming an amateur ref to managing games at the top level of European football.

The Third Team

The Third Team supports referees by providing them with awareness on all things related to Resilience to enhance Performance and improve Mental Health. Nathan discusses 3 top mental game challenges for referees.

Associazione Italiana Arbitri 

The Italian Referees’ Association launch three new adverts to promote careers in refereeing. Features World Cup Final referee Nicola Rizzoli.

REFSIX

MLS and PRO Referee Alan Kelly sits down with us to answer your questions. Listen to how he deals with confrontational benches, players who question decisions, his thoughts on VAR, keeping fit and much more.

Concacaf

Educational Series for Referees of all levels, focusing on best practices of applying advantage during matches. Narrated by Brian Hall, Director of Refereeing for Concacaf.

Austin Soccer Foundation

MLS and FIFA Referee Ismail Elfath hosts a session with PRO GM and World Cup Final Referee Howard Webb and former LA Galaxy and Everton player Landon Donovan.

The Football Association

A session delivered by National Referee Manager Farai Halam on Mass Confrontation. Includes appearances form Premier League Referee Craig Pawson and Assistant Referee Lee Betts.

The Football Association

A session delivered by National Referee Manager Farai Halam on Foul Recognition and Serious Foul Play.

Manchester Football Association

Premier League referee Chris Kavanagh sits down with Manchester FA's Referee Development Officer, Tom Elliott.

USOfficials.com

Former FIFA Referee, Dr. Sandra Serafini discusses best practices of refereeing positioning in 2020.

Dutch Referee Blog

Dutch referee, Jan, takes you through the major changes that are being implemented as part of 2020’s Laws of the Game.

West Riding Football Association

An interview with Premier League referee Jon Moss.

Professional Referee Organization

On or offside? You make the call. Watch the 25 clips and test your offside judgement.

RWISOA

Match Preparedness presented by PRO Referee Chico Grajeda as well as an update on the NCAA rules from National Coordinator Ryan Cigich.

RWISOA

Men's vs Women's Games presented by Tori Penso (NISOA MD, 2019 Women's College Cup Referee) with guest speaker Mark Cahen (NISOA Foundation Chair & Director Video Instruction)

RWISOA

Game management presented by Dr. Joe Machnik & PRO Referee Robert Sibiga with guest speaker Dr. Todd Abraham, NISOA.

RWISOA

Dealing with conflict presented by MLS AR Brian Dunn.

Essex Football Association

A session by sports scientist David Dixon on how to keep fit at home.

Hassan Rajwani