Referee Abuse: Where Do We Draw The Line?
Upon the suspension of football at all levels in March 2020, millions of people in the UK were left to come to terms with a sudden loss of…
Upon the suspension of football at all levels in March 2020, millions of people in the UK were left to come to terms with a sudden loss of…
How do you gain a mental edge which assists you in controlling 22 players and club officials? Mental practice or visualisation is one….
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How do you officiate under pressure? What situations within games do you find the most stressful? Play-off fixtures, knockout matches and….
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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..
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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..
It’s important to think carefully about how referees go back to officiating after an absence which will have had an impact upon confidence…
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Following the airing of two landmark documentaries around the topic of suicide in the UK this week, much of the conversation which followed..
We all face disappointments in life. But in sport, and especially as referees, there are factors that make these disappointments harder to…
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Many of the previous editions of The Third Team Blog have revolved around lockdown, coronavirus and the implications that this has had on…..
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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….
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….
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At this moment in time referees making perceived errors and the frequency of those errors are being called into question. In total….
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