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How to Become a Youth Soccer Referee
- The best way to become a youth soccer referee is to sign up with a local clinic. These clinics are great because you have a personal mentor that will help you through out the training process. Giving basic fundamental that soccer referees need to climb up the GRADES.
- You can register personally on the US soccer website; it provides you with a referee handbook, instructional materials, schedule of clinics and courses, pro league assignment and assessments, and referee products.
- All referees have a “GRADE”. This grade refers to the level of the referee. Here is a brief description of referee grades: GRADE 12 referee is an AR (assistant referee) for all levels of soccer. Minimum age is 18.
- A GRADE 9 referee is a recreational referee, usually between the age of 12 & 14 years old wishing to start out at the recreational level. Some adults start here because they want to learn at a slower pace and work as a team with one of their children. After a year of refereeing a GRADE 9 referee can take an up-grade 8 class to advance to the next level.
- Referees are nationally certified, so there is no age restriction on becoming a referee except for a GRADE 12. It is highly recommended that 12 & 13 year olds start at the GRADE 9 level to gain experience in the recreational games before moving on into the more competitive travel games.
- Once a person becomes a referee, they must then contact their local assignor to find out how to obtain assignments. Each referee is an independent contractor and may work for any assignor or club. A list of certified assignors is posted on the state referee web pages.
United States Soccer Federation (USSF)
1801-1811 South Prairie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
312/808-1300
fax: 312/808-1301
http://www.ussoccer.com/
YOUTH EVOLUTION SPORTS SOCCER SCORECARD
This particular scorecard can be adjusted to focus on specific fundamentals other than ones outlined in the following scorecard. Feel free to customize a card that fits your objectives and needs.
How to Use the Scorecard:
During the course of a game have someone track and mark down each time one of the fundamentals is achieved. Simply designate a mark under each execution and count the total number of marks at the conclusion of the game and multiply by the designated points assigned to fulfilling each fundamental. For example if a player successfully takes a ball away from an opponent (worth 2 points) 3 times during the course of a game place three marks in that box and multiply by 2 for total score of 6 points.
The scorecard serves not only as a way to provide more excitement and sense of accomplishment during each game but it also provides a way to gage progress from game to game in the execution of specific fundamentals. By using this system of tracking fundamental executions over the course of an entire game and season you will find that not only do kids begin to focus more on their fundamentals, but you’ll be able to more accurately provide feedback in the correct areas.
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