Reacting Well To High Pressure Periods During Games
How do you officiate under pressure? What situations within games do you find the most stressful? Play-off fixtures, knockout matches and….
Streamlining Your Pre-Match Routine To Give Your Performance A Spark
Do you have a pre-match routine? More than a physical warm up routine, but also a mental preparation routine? Is your routine consistent? In..
The Power of Words & Labels
This week has been World Autism Awareness Week and today, this blog is released on World Autism Awareness day. As an autistic person, I feel..
Developing Your Comeback Plan For The Return To Refereeing
It’s important to think carefully about how referees go back to officiating after an absence which will have had an impact upon confidence…
The Psychological Stigma Amongst Referees
Following the airing of two landmark documentaries around the topic of suicide in the UK this week, much of the conversation which followed..
Ten Points For Coping When it All Goes Wrong on The Field of Play
We all face disappointments in life. But in sport, and especially as referees, there are factors that make these disappointments harder to…
How Control is an Essential Element of Mental Toughness For Referees
Many of the previous editions of The Third Team Blog have revolved around lockdown, coronavirus and the implications that this has had on…..
Understanding Your Identity as a Referee
Who am I? The answer to this question is far from easy as we all have a number of roles that identify who we are as individuals Whether….
Motivation – How Referees Can Become & Remain Motivated
Most referees want to change at least one thing in their game. But it can be challenging to find the motivation just to make a start on….
Adopting Philosophies For Letting Go of Mistakes
At this moment in time referees making perceived errors and the frequency of those errors are being called into question. In total….
The Third Team Joins The #BeAGameChanger Campaign
As we come to the close of #TimeToTalk week, what better time to explain how delighted The Third Team is to have joined the Newcastle United….
Twelve Principles For Referees When Setting Effective Goals
Setting general goals such as improving your foul detection accuracy is easy but it becomes hard to determine how to go about doing this….