17 June 2009

A Professional Approach Attributes Of Top Match Officials

Handle Pressure
Where does Pressure come from?
• Players
• Club Officials
• Spectators
• Ourselves

Show Tactical Awareness
Reading the Game
• Be alert to all that is happening around you
• Observe the positional play of the teams
• Penalise and remember
• Set Play Situations

Use Their Personality
Be Yourself
• Work to your strengths
• Be aware of what doesn’t work for you
• Be human - yet in control
• Smile - if it gets the right response

Prevent Problems
Be Pro-active - not Re-active
• Presence is impressive
• Be there or thereabouts - movement
• Modify patrol path - positioning
• Alert to hot-spots
• Good viewing angles

Show Good Concentration
Alert and responsive
• All information is valuable
• Each match is 90 minutes work
• Low periods of play
• Immediately after the interval
• During long stoppages in play

Have Good Mobility
Cover the ground well
• Variation to suit demands
• Impressive stride
• Purposeful movement
• Stationary when necessary
• Blow and Go


Learn from Experience
Learning from Experience
• Any form of assistance
• Mentoring
• Assessment comments
• Self Assessment
• Response in confrontation situations

Enjoy Good Physical Condition
Keep fit to Referee not Referee to keep fit
• Strength
• Stamina
• Speed
• Diet
• Recovery

Demonstrate Good Teamwork
Best team on the field today
• Go on and come off together
• Aware of each other
• Keep in touch
• Take responsibilities seriously
• Trap play - view from different angles


Apply the Laws of the Game
Do players know where they stand with you?
• Consistency is a personal target
• Uniformity is helped by one set of Laws
• Don’t just follow the latest amendment sheet

Exude Confidence
Be Confident - but modest
• Quietly seen to be in total control
• Keep you head when all around you are losing theirs
• On top of your Job………………..


Summary:
Top Match Officials:
Handle Pressure
Show Tactical Awareness
Use Their Personality
Prevent Problems
Show Good Concentration
Have Good Mobility
Learn from Experience
Enjoy Good Physical Condition
Demonstrate Good Teamwork
Apply the Laws of the Game
Exude Confidence

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