An Introduction to Refereeing - Webinar Thurs, Mar 13

[Lee Robert]

We are going to hold another one-hour ZOOM webinar to let the soccer community know why we referee, how to become a referee and answer their questions.
* 90 attended the first meeting.

LEARN ABOUT REFEREEING
Why we Referee?
How to Become a Referee?
Questions and Answers

If you love soccer, want to earn some $$$ and want to give back to your Southern CA Soccer Community, this meeting is for you!

Thursday, Mar 13, 2025
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pacific Time (US)
Register for the ZOOM webinar now : https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2wMZTXKESp2fSXic-cNhYQ

The first meeting on Mar 7, 2025 was a success.

Here are the Survey Results:
87% - Would you recommend this meeting to others?
100% - Are you interested in Becoming a Referee?

What the attendees had to say:
"Very informative and easy to follow along"
"The video examples. Very direct information about how to move forward."
"Information from the hosts was valuable and easy to follow."
"How to get certified; support and training available."

Lee
PS Who do you know that should become a referee, help them get the information, pls send them the ZOOM registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2wMZTXKESp2fSXic-cNhYQ

 

[Lee Robert]

Very interesting statistic I found in preparing for "How to Become a Referee" webinar:

Of those Referees currently registered for 2025, 31% are first year referees, which means on just about every youth match you will find one referee that has very little experience.



The entire purpose of the amended Referee Abuse Prevention Policy is to help us retain referees so they are able to gain the much needed experience to officiate your games. Please help us with recruitment and sideline behavior.

To give it some context, think about a player joining your son/daughter's U14-19 team with little to no experience. How well will they know the positions, the tactics, passing, receiving, defending and scoring? How well do you think they will perform? Do you think yelling at them will help?

Thank you,

Lee