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dutchreferee.com is a blog written by a Dutch journalist and soccer referee who interviews (top) referees, provides the interesting news and will bring you funny, new or remarkable thoughts and experiences about refereeing.
Dutch Referee Blog
3w ago
Agility exercises for referees will help enhance their footwork and ability to change direction quickly. These agility drills, such as cone drills or ladder drills, are crucial for maintaining optimal positioning during dynamic play. In this blog post some reasons why these type of exercises will help you as a referee. The stills in this blog post are from the AFC video channel. In recent series they follow their top level referees. From 16 minutes in episode one you’ll see some examples of those referee drills. AFC referee fitness instructor Banjar Al-Dosari says that the referees ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
1M ago
Referee Sandra Bastos on fitness: “never stop completely when season ends”. Bastos is Portugese Elite referee in the European competitions. This applies to the summer break, but also for the winter period. She shares how she spends her time in the break, so her body will be ready when the games begin. Continue to be active Sandra Bastos was happy to share her experiences with the readers of Dutch Referee Blog. On the 12th of December she officiated in Uefa’s Women’s Champions League (Manchester City vs Sankt Pölten) and on the 22nd a game in her own country. That were here final games of ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
1M ago
The stepped approach for referees in managing players is crucial. By building up your management and disciplinairy decisions, the actions you take feel logic towards the players. But this doesn’t mean it always starts without a card, sometimes a higher step on the ladder is more appropriate. In this blog post you’ll learn more about the stepped approach. And I’d love to hear how this works for you in your games. What is the stepped approach? When you manage players you want to give clear signals what you tolerate, because then everyone can understand the decisions. After a verbal warning, a ye ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
1M ago
Laws of the Game Quiz 2024-2025 #3 December. The final quiz of the year. With 1 clip, then 8 questions that were used in the 2024 big referee quiz on this blog. Good luck with the quiz! Laden ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
2M ago
Positioning learnings from the Klassieker Ajax vs Feyenoord. Clips from my game ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
2M ago
The second Laws of the Game Quiz of 2024-2025. I try to maintain the clip, but might publish a quiz less frequently. This is a test with 10 questions instead of 5. And a few clips this time. How is that for you? Plus one of the video questions will also be published as case study to explain the situation. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. The video is added to the form. Laden ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
3M ago
The new guideline in most countries for referee protests is: only the captain can approach the referee. It started at the European Championships and was successful. And as Björn Kuipers, now UEFA Referee Committe member says in a video message: “We need to take bad behaviour seriously”. But how do you apply this in your games? In this blog post some practical guidelines and advice for match officials. The basics of this new guideline The laws already had options to deal with dissent or protests, but despite that referees are “regularly subjected to verbal and/or physical dissent”. That’s ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
3M ago
High-intensity exercise #8 from Switzerland. This exercise is run by Swiss referees in the 3rd and 4th Division and was suggested by a blog reader. How the exercise works The exercise is shared with me on Instagram. Below I share the steps on how to run. Check for yourself how intense this one is, so you can adapt the repetition to your ability and liking. Start with a jog at 60% from goal-line to halfway line. Then add some some speed and sprint to the other goal-line. Slowly jog 5-10 metres parallel to the goal-line and walk to the halfway line then. Next step: jog at 60% t ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
3M ago
This blog post explains the KNVB fitheidsmeting, a Dutch fitness test for referees. This new fitness test is introduced in the season 2024-2025, because they want to create a test that connects with refereeing at every amateur level. Why this new test? The tests is based on parts of the (ideas behind the) FIFA fitness test, YoYo test, Interval Shuttle run test or Intermittend Fitness test. Referees can score points the longer they take part in the test. Other crucial criteria: Easy to organise Related to what referees do in their games at amateur level Referees can easily ..read more
Dutch Referee Blog
4M ago
High Intensity Training #7: a new exercise that I tried during a training session with fellow referees in The Hague. Make sure you don’t do too much, because it’s quite a hard one. It looks like an Uefa exercise, but the timing is a little different. How the exercise works You start on the goal-line at one side of the pitch. You can use either cones or just the lines of the field. You start with a high-intensity run from the goal-line to the halfway line in 10 seconds You jog in 20 seconds to the other goal-line You come back to your starting goal-line in 20 seconds R ..read more