Resources for learning, forums, etc

Discussion in 'Referee' started by camconcay, Dec 4, 2012.

  1. camconcay Member

    Member Since:
    Feb 17, 2011
    Location:
    Georgia
    Country:
    United States
    Sorry if this exists, I couldn't find it - Not to take anything away form this site at all but I can't remember how I found this site, and from this site I have learned of other resources that have helped me a lot. If others are willing to share resources I will consolidate and make one post with them all unless it already exists - Like:

    http://www.ussoccer.com/Referees/Resource-Center.aspx (US Soccer referee main page)

    https://www.ussoccer.info/ (US Soccer registration page)

    http://ussoccer.data-source.biz/ (US Soccer online ordering site)

    http://askasoccerreferee.com (Jim Allen's site)

    http://pete.uri.edu/archives/socref-l.html (SOCREF-L discussion list)

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/series/you-are-the-ref (You are the ref - feature of the Guardian newspaper)

    http://www.sjsra.org/resources.html (forms, game cards etc to print and use)



    Just a small start, I know there are probably hundreds out there, especially forums and the like. Again if this exists not meaning to overstep just looking for resources. Any resources even for equipment (past the basics I mean - favorite accessories, what and where you got them).
          
  2. jayhonk Member

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    Oct 9, 2007
  3. Rufusabc Member

    Member Since:
    May 27, 2004
    I took 4 years of Latin in HS (a long time ago) and I never knew the "correct" plural of forum. There it is in the last post! Brilliant from the Honk!
  4. nsa Member+

    Member Since:
    Feb 22, 1999
    Location:
    Notboston, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Country:
    United States
    Do not forget your local state site.

    www.massref.net (the local site) has links to all of the recent relevant documents plus a few local products.

    Do not forget the granddaddy of them all - SOCREF-L. (http://pete.uri.edu/archives/socref-l.html). Just like a big referee tent at a tournament - ignore 95% of what you hear/see/read, but swear on the almighty for the remaining 5% (or is that ignore 99.5% and believe 0.5%?).

    :eek:
  5. nsa Member+

    Member Since:
    Feb 22, 1999
    Location:
    Notboston, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Country:
    United States
    And you'll believe anything you read on the internet??? :D
    Rufusabc repped this.
  6. nsa Member+

    Member Since:
    Feb 22, 1999
    Location:
    Notboston, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Country:
    United States
  7. RichM Member

    Member Since:
    Nov 18, 2009
    Location:
    Orange County, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Country:
    United States
  8. campbed Member

    Member Since:
    Oct 13, 2006
    Location:
    New Hampshire, USA
    You mean Great-Great-Granddaddy right? I think most of the world stopped using listserv in 1992.
    It keeps those young punks out anyway... :x3:

    Content is great most of the time. Many very experienced referees are there.
  9. camconcay Member

    Member Since:
    Feb 17, 2011
    Location:
    Georgia
    Country:
    United States
    This is what was submitted so far:

    http://www.ussoccer.com/Referees/Resource-Center.aspx (US Soccer referee main page)

    https://www.ussoccer.info/ (US Soccer registration page)

    http://ussoccer.data-source.biz/ (US Soccer online ordering site)

    http://askasoccerreferee.com (Jim Allen's site)

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/series/you-are-the-ref (You are the ref - feature of the Guardian newspaper)



    Referee Blogs, active and semi-active

    http://pete.uri.edu/archives/socref-l.html (SOCREF-L discussion list)

    http://kicking-back.blogspot.com/

    http://yetanothersoccerref.blogspot.com/

    http://fortheintegrityofsoccer.blogs.com/

    http://hkref.blogspot.com/

    http://soccerrefereeusa.com/index.php/latest

    http://www.intheopinionofthereferee.com/

    http://law5tales.blogspot.com

    http://theweeklysoccerreferee.wordpress.com/

    http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/

    http://www.football365.com/ref365

    http://refblog.com/

    http://fortheintegrityofsoccer.blogs.com/


    Fora

    British Ref forum (the stories are interesting, the advice is often iffy)
    http://refereeforum.net/forum/

    Another British Ref forum with fewer stories, better advice
    http://www.refereesassociation.co.uk/forum/

    Southern Cal ref forum best avoided for toxic attitudes
    http://www.socalsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=98

    NC forum, active mostly in Fall
    http://www.nc-soccer.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=16

    Aussie forum, unfortunately, mostly dormant
    http://refsroom.ausref.com/


    State Sites

    www.massref.net
    http://www.sjsra.org/resources.html (forms, game cards etc to print and use)
  10. Law5 Member+

    Member Since:
    Mar 24, 2005
    Location:
    Beaverton OR
    '...um' is singular and changing the ending to 'a' generally makes it plural.
  11. kayakhorn Member

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    Oct 10, 2011
    At least for second declension neuter nouns.
  12. Rufusabc Member

    Member Since:
    May 27, 2004
    second declension.....oh, my.

    Law 5, is forum male or female? Should we go with "ae" as the plural?
  13. kayakhorn Member

    Member Since:
    Oct 10, 2011
    Tsk, tsk, tsk. That would be first declension, where the singular ends in "a" and the plural ends in "ae" (nominative case, of course). Almost all first declension nouns are feminine.
    Forum would second declension neuter.

    Three years of high school Latin permanently warps your brain.
  14. Rufusabc Member

    Member Since:
    May 27, 2004
    I took four years and dont remember a thing!
  15. nsa Member+

    Member Since:
    Feb 22, 1999
    Location:
    Notboston, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Country:
    United States
    Latin is a language
    As old as it can be
    First it killed the Romans
    And now it's killing me.
  16. GoDawgsGo Member

    Member Since:
    Nov 11, 2010
    Country:
    United States
    I took three years in middle school and two semesters in college and I remember squat about the language but it definitely helped with my English diction and reading comprehension.

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