If you can, bring a couple of youngs lads to your games to act as linesmen because in club football each team has a sideline and they just give everything to their team.

Louth Gael (Louth) - Posts: 1227 - 01/04/2010 21:07:48    606969

Orlaith
County: Derry
Posts: 3039

606868 Dont give a penalty away on the 3rd minute and start to limp in the second half.... *cough


I like it that is the best advice yet. Thank God we have never seen that happen

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 02/04/2010 14:01:49    607292

Dont make **** decisions

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 02/04/2010 15:02:01    607350

Yeah I know, You couldnt even make that up eh Derryman ;)

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 02/04/2010 15:09:10    607356

what kind of course you doing??

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 02/04/2010 16:06:33    607427

Advice: dont ref in Down. They arent paid enough!

blu (Down) - Posts: 1240 - 02/04/2010 16:15:19    607437

dammon ive just completed a level 1 basic club referee course

gaamad1996 (Wexford) - Posts: 439 - 05/04/2010 18:49:19    609289

Thinking of getting into the business myself but I'm only 19. Do the courses go on for long and are there different categories?

royal_green (Meath) - Posts: 96 - 06/04/2010 11:20:42    609630

gaamad1996
County: Wexford
Posts: 227

609289 dammon ive just completed a level 1 basic club referee course
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Is that something like the young whistlers course

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 06/04/2010 11:36:04    609647

No....dammon in wexford if clubs do not provide a referee they play all of their league games away so I was with 7 other adults who will now go on to referee U12 and U14 matches this year and welll I'll be refereeing practice matches in underage with my club and in my clubs blitzes and in other clubs blitzes and am considering appyling for a mentor spot with the Cul Camps as my summer job. Sorry if I seem very selfish just thought id explain that:)

gaamad1996 (Wexford) - Posts: 439 - 06/04/2010 12:02:12    609678

Royal Green im 14 so ahahhahahahahah well our seminars went on for 2 hours for 3 nights.....1 each consecutive week

gaamad1996 (Wexford) - Posts: 439 - 06/04/2010 12:03:47    609679

gaamad1996
County: Wexford
Posts: 233

Jaysis you're starting young!

Dellboy what's the story with referees courses in Meath? Does it take long to get qualified?

royal_green (Meath) - Posts: 96 - 06/04/2010 13:05:05    609754

I'm thinking of going into refereeing. I got my basic coaching course done a few weeks ago because I'm helping out with the u8s. Would be handy if I could do both.

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 06/04/2010 13:59:57    609820

What do you get paid to referee? Thinking of doing it myself

Rf (Donegal) - Posts: 291 - 06/04/2010 14:34:51    609851

Refs in Donegal used to get 25 euro a game, but I think that's changed to 30 a game now. At Senior that's the minimum, or 50 cent a mile, whichever is greater. Plus you also get to hear some great one liners. They'll all be aimed at you and your parentage, eyesight, physical condition etc, but you'll be laughing so much you'll be crying.

donegal_insider (Donegal) - Posts: 584 - 06/04/2010 14:50:50    609873

i ref the 10s and under in my club myself and all i could say is don't worry, people really won't care at that age. take as many u8 games as you can at the very start, even the kids don't know the rules and there's no pressure. at u10 the kids will get a bit more edgy and will talk back, tell them you'll put them off for it, especially for bad language. IF, and it probably won't happen, parents or mentors get a bit angry and start shouting tell them its only u10s or 8s and it really doesn't matter, sure if its the quickstart programme or one of those there won't even be score kept so don't worry that you're messing up something important.
relax and enjoy it, the best advice i can give is learn something from every game, go over after the games and ask the mentors which decisions you made wrong and you'll never make that mistake again.

meath11 (Meath) - Posts: 85 - 06/04/2010 15:36:36    609939

I always have respect for refs that respect me as a player. I expect a ref to make mistakes but I also expect him to put in as much effort as I do. Stay playing yourself also. A ref that has an understanding of the dynamics of the game will make better calls. Don't take abuse from anybody.

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 06/04/2010 15:53:12    609960

royal_green
County: Meath
Posts: 66

609754
gaamad1996
County: Wexford
Posts: 233

Jaysis you're starting young!

Dellboy what's the story with referees courses in Meath? Does it take long to get qualified?


Last year i done the course over 4 nights and then a fitness test and this year we all done a in course to keep up to date .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 06/04/2010 17:53:19    610100

meath11
County: Meath
Posts: 73
Hope your joking by telling someone to go over to managers after a game and sked them what your bad points where . What happens if a team loses a game by a point or 2 and a manager was not happy you would stand and get grief of him . I would tell any ref once game is over go straight off pitch let the assessers decide your game not managers.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 06/04/2010 18:04:30    610113

gaamad1996
County: Wexford
Posts: 233

Are you giving up playing?

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 06/04/2010 21:02:48    610288