Teaching a First Time Referee Course
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Coaches
Mentors: Video Analysis 2024
Clips and Materials for Mentors to Use (2024-25)
Mentors: Performance Evaluation
How to Get Paid (RefInsight Update coming soon!)
Expense report for mileage
Important Links for 2023 (soon to be out of date)
Mentors: Fields Sessions (not a first time course)
Expense report for mileage
Field session resources (updated on August 23, 2021)
ConEd Materials
MRC Continuing Education Material (February 2023)
“How To” Help
How to write a supplemental report 2022
How to use comms (March 2023)
Fourth Official 101 (Updated on May 4, 2023, PPT slides, Video)
“How to zoom” slides (updated on Dec 19, 2021)
Recording of “How to Zoom” with Jim DeBrabander
Zoom instruction on stopping promising attack
Recert and Course materials
Mentor Recert 2025
Referee Coach Recert 2025
Advanced Referee Class Winter 2024
Referee Coach Recert 2024
Brand New Referee Course (July 11, 2022)
Advanced Referee Class Winter 2023
Emeritus Recert 2023
Grassroots referee recert course (updated on Dec 1, 2021)
Brand new referee course (Updated on Feb 17, 2022)
Instructional resources (updated on August 2, 2021)
Instructional Materials (teaching resources)
Instructional blog (Video folder)
Teaching Materials for Mentors to Use (January 2023)
Mentor Preseason meeting (March 2023)
MRC instructional philosophy for 2020-2021
MLS Next Referee Instructional Material
Michigan Referee Pathway 2023 (March 1, 2023)
Considerations and Resources on Specific Laws
FIFA Considerations (updated on November 12, 2023)
Considerations (Be careful. Last updated in February 2023. Some information is out of date).
Considerations (Be careful. Last updated in January 2019. Some information is out of
date).
USSoccer Position Papers (updated on November 6, 2023)
Offside IWO table (updated on December 11, 2023)
Challenge Considerations (Feb 12, 2022 session)
Offside: Deflection vs. Deliberate Play (August 2022)
Handball: DF to DF (January 18, 2024)
Kicks from the Penalty Mark 2022 (PPT slides; Video)
Kicks from the Penalty Mark 2021 (PPT slides; Video)
Laws of the Game Updates