For the past five years, I have worked as a soccer referee, and the experience has been very valuable. I began refereeing at the age of twelve, primarily as a way to earn a little extra money to buy video games. Initially, I started to referee recreational games for younger age groups at the local soccer park. However, as my referee career began to blossom, I was invited to referee tournaments throughout Georgia. Fast forward to today, I regularly travel to referee high-level tournaments in Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and North Carolina. What had started simply as a part-term job has grown into something I plan to continue long into the future. Saying that I am a soccer referee does not always come with the understanding that it should. Soccer is the number one sport around the world, and many countries around the world worship their soccer teams as if it were a religion. The job of being a referee is a pivotal part of the game. As a crew of four, we are the ones that lead the teams out of the locker room. Subsequently, we are the first to step onto the field with the ball in our hands in front of thousands of spectators. Afterwards, we are the people that begin the match. In a sold-out stadium, we can control the flow and management of the match. Unlike the players, we shun the spotlight, but sometimes the game demands our intervention. For example, when it comes to protecting the players, we are tasked with managing the players. In many cases brandishing a yellow or red card can destroy a games livelihood, so instead we manage the players with our whistle tone, body language, and verbal cues. By doing this, we are able to keep a match appealing. I think the skills and experience gained as a referee has prepared me well for college. Pursuing a career as a referee is actually quite similar to preparing for other professions. To be successful in a chosen field, one must be well trained and determined. Before I could referee my first game, I had to learn what my responsibilities were as a match official. Our responsibilities include enforcing the Laws of the Game, ensuring fair play, maintaining player safety, and keeping the official time and score. Other responsibilities start with our pregame
My job was to officiate various sports like softball, and basketball within my organization while assisting with a few extra tasks and being in an advisory role for the league director to note of any areas internally that needed development. There are many factors that contribute to not only an organizations success but an athlete’s as well, such as location of training, physical and mental health, but no variable matters as much as the interaction that athlete is exposed to, whether it is with a referee, the facility itself or the its other participants.
When I became a high school Mat-Maid I was entrusted with a whole new list of responsibility's. Gone were the old days of working concussion stands at tournaments, that year I got promoted to a table worker. I learned how to manage a score book, how to record time, and I learned the sport from a perspective that I never thought I would get the opportunity
They are to make sure the game is being played fairly as well as clean. Referees call violations throughout the game such as penalties. They have to make sure they are paying attention carefully, seeing that they have to make sure the player with possession of the ball running is
I began refereeing youth soccer at the local soccer complex when I was in 7th grade, and remain at this job today. At this job my responsibilities are the safety of all the children playing, keeping the game fair, and upholding the rules set in place. I am responsible for taking the leadership role of the entire game at times, and at other to follow the instructions of the referee who is in charge for the game. Moreover, I am responsible for keeping myself informed on the updates to the rules of the game and other new material. Since this job is the equivalent to that of an independent contractor I am responsible for when my scheduling can work, with keeping track of my payment at times, and with my recertification each year. Additionally,
Those crazy fans or chaotic player take it to the next level. According to http://www.paradigmsports.ca/2016/04/21/why-officials-quit/ the #1 reason why so many refs are quitting year after year is because of verbal abuse. In face sometimes its not verbal abuse but physical abuse. Hockey ref Scott Miskiewicz actually says that he feel like giving up being a ref because he was sucker punched by a hockey player during the match. This isn't the only incident where the ref get criticism or punched or something like that. In fact it has gone to the worst extreme possible where the ref is killed by a player getting mad. John Bieniewicz was killed reffing an adult soccer league after one player (Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad) decided to punch the ref in the face because he was planning to eject Saad. Sports are supposed to be fun not where you get mad and start throwing punches because you're
As a soccer coach, I
I am taking on several different service projects, but the one I will discuss in the reflection is being a ref for the Gloucester City Youth Soccer League. Back in sophomore year at one soccer practice, Mike Dougherty, Mrs. Doc’s son, came to talk to both Varsity and JV about being volunteer referees for the League. I decided to volunteer because my sister was still playing for GCYSL and I had played soccer for them since I was five up until I was too old (13 years old). Never before did I ref, so obviously I was slightly nervous on how well I would do, but all those worries were quickly gone once I realized it was adorable watching the seven to nine year olds play their little hearts out.
Be a referee can be one of the hardest works you can imagine. People always will criticize you even if you’re giving your best. Be a referee means be a judge, a testify and a lawyer of yourself. Referees got the toughest work of the game; players do, they create. Referees read, they read in body language, they got to do it right away, without hesitating and with no mistakes! Anyway; let’s stop talking about how much people hate referees and let’s get over with the expository writing.
My experience with volleyball gave me the opportunity to have a job at UNG, as an intramural volleyball referee. Being a referee is not an easy task. Along with the terminology used by the players and coaches, there is a different set of terminology for referees. Every referee must learn a set of hand signals and motions
I have a little coaching experience but after a few games I realize that tempers get high and human error is part of the game. Referees are people just like everyone walking down the street and they often make mistakes on calls during the game. Coupled with, two teams and both sides wanting to win will put a coach that is new to the game in an unpleasant situation. ("Outside the Lines" analysis found that an average of 1.3 calls per game were close enough to require replay review to determine whether an umpire had made the right call. Of the close plays, 13.9 percent remained too close to call, with 65.7 percent confirmed as correct and 20.4 percent confirmed as incorrect.) (Quinn, 2010). This shows that even on the major ledge level there
There are multiple advantages and disadvantages when it comes to video refereeing. This has instigated a debate whether it should or shouldn’t be used as an alternative for refereeing in all professional sports. Currently, video refereeing or also known as VAR (Video assistance refereeing) is being used in sports such as NBA, AFL, cricket, soccer and Tennis. They’re virtual computer bases that record footage as the game is being played, referee’s use it to help them make certain decisions whilst in gameplay. Advocates believe that results will be fairer and that referees will be supported in the future, however antagonists argue that this takes away the human factor of sports and there are still queries about the dependability of the technology.
As the game of soccer has progressed, the title for referee has seen a declined in the respect shown toward it. Fans chant profanities in the stands, and players challenge each and every decision made. Being a referee means that when I am on the field I become responsible for the safety of every player on the field, and for ensuring that the rules of the game are maintained. This means that whatever call I might make, someone is not pleased with it. While working as a referee, I was constantly being yelled at by angry coaches, parents, and sometimes even players. No one likes to admit that they were playing to rough or purposely falling over hoping for me to call a foul, but it is my job to and make them play properly for the security of all of
Everyone knows that refereeing is tough work, and refereeing hockey is certainly no exception. Every time I step on the ice to referee a game, I immediately have two teams rooting against
I know this may sound cliche or super basic and that is fine, but the topic of this essay is soccer. Soccer is a game played all over the country by all different kinds of people. It is the world’s game. This game includes a ball, two goals, and eleven players. Those are the facts but there is so much more to it than that. You need passion, drive, competitiveness, and most of all, love. This game triggers all of these things in me and that is the reason why I play it.
An extremely meaningful interest of mine is my work as a soccer referee. My story started at the age of twelve years old when I officiated my first game in order to earn money to buy video games. Initially, I started as a Recreational Youth Referee, officiating the youngest age group at the local soccer park. As I progressed to the Competitive Youth Referee level, my career began to take root, and I received numerous invitations to officiate intermediate-level tournaments throughout Georgia. Fast forward to today, my career is blooming as an Amateur Youth Referee regularly traveling to high-level tournaments in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Moreover, over the next six months, I will complete the certification necessary to become a State Referee. There is still a long journey ahead before reaching my full potential in the sport, yet I remain hopeful that one day I will become a FIFA Referee (Federation Internationale de Football Association).