law 5..that is an awesome pace..but now you make the rest of us feel like slackers..lol i am walking about 3 miles a,day..anyone know any,cool referee fitness videos i can watch and practice along with ..from my,computer
open to ALL Referees- RWISOA LIVE Webinar Series Kicks Off tomorrow Friday April 3rd @ 7PM with "Dealing with Conflict"... Guest Presenter Brian Dunn, 2019 MLS Assistant Referee of the Year. Other Confirmed Presenters: Dr. Joe Machnik, Esse Baharmast, Corey Rockwell, Robert Sibiga, ToriPenso, Lance van Haitsma, Manny Ortiz Jr. Paul Tamberino, among others... MUST Pre-Register here: https://www.rwisoa.com/rwisoa-webinar-series
I would highly recommend at least signing up for the session with @coreyrock . He spoke with Mark Geiger at the 2019 Iowa Referee Academy. It was a very good presentation. I signed up for all of them so I can at least get the on-demand presentations. I'll have to bite my tongue to not ask snarky questions of Dr. Joe.
On the subject of remote referee learning, the Dutch Referee Blog is doing a 2020 Referee Quiz at 2 PM EDT (8 PM Central European Time, which is the Dutch time zone) today (April 3). Live stream link - https://dutchreferee.com/live Answer form - https://dutchreferee.com/answers2020 For those using one device, both items are at https://dutchreferee.com/quiz If you search for "Dutch Referee Blog" on Facebook, all of the details are there as well. Jan does a nice job with content on his site.
(If you can't tell, I'm bored out of my mind!) I've been doing several different bodyweight exercises in my basement. Here's one I'm doing once a week. I'm also hoping my son's high school strength and conditioning coach provides some exercises that I can do as well, as I've hacked into my son's class app. 3 rounds of seven exercises. Do each exercise for 30 seconds, rest 10 seconds between exercises, rest 90-120 seconds between each round. Squats or jump squats Alternating side lunges Pushups V-sit Alternating skater lunges Plank Hip bridge I also found a document with 100 soccer referee exercises on the web. I attached the file. Some of these exercises require a field, which admittedly is tough with restrictions in place. However, many exercises only require a stopwatch and an empty parking lot (for the sprinting exercises).
Garmin only tracks the elevation gain. Yes, I always end up back home. However, I have realized over the years that how much faster you are going down hill never makes up for how much slower you are going up hill. When running down hill, I find that I pull back on the speed because 1. you have the fear of getting your upper body too far forward of your feet, with the risk that you might topple forward, which would NOT be fun 2. you want to reduce the impact of your femur on your tibia. During the runs, I do tend to count how many hills I have left to do. This particular run has a very long, steep hill about 2/3 of the way, with a ninety degree turn about 40% of the way up the hill, which I always find discouraging.
Just a side observation. I laughed at this statement, because as an [past] avid snow skier this is precisely the fear we teach new skiers to ignore. They need to lean forward or the skis won't catch the edges and allow them to turn.
Here is my good story and it doesn't have to do with keeping fit: I am a high school history teacher. Right now school is not in session because of the pandemic, but I have posted lessons online to continue the kids education. Starting yesterday, I was required by my districts to have online "office hours" as well. I sat in front of my computer for three hours doing work waiting for someone to appear on the online session. Just as I was about to sign off, three of my 10th graders appeared. While they did have questions about their work, they also had questions about how I was doing. They haven't seen me in weeks and were concerned about me. It's nice to see that I have made some type of impression on my students.
My dual partner got mooned by a player. A very tough game, if memory serves the home team had already had a player and their coach sent off. The bus driver was the only other school employee present, so he had to fill in for the coach. You can imagine how that was going. My partner gave one of their players a caution and then indicated he had to leave the field by saying "Take a seat, son." That's when the kid mooned him. Red, of course. The next day, he called me as he's writing his game report and asked, "What do I put this under?" "Offensive, insulting or abusive language, Roy. It doesn't have to be verbal." I was just amazed that a USSF grade 5 referee would have to ask that question.
Side note: perhaps also a cautionary tale as to how some players respond to "son"? (Was one of the examples of things to avoid on last Friday's RWISOA webcast.)
Did they say anything about "boys?" I got jumped by an African HS player on that a couple of years ago and never said it again. (Well, except to people who look like me...)
Absolutely! The dual partner in question was an "unreconstructed" type, who had no idea that calling a teenage boy "son" might cause an inappropriate reaction. Don't go there.
You seriously need to write a book based on the stories you have. I’m guessing that for every story you tell in here, you have another 5-10 in reserve.
No, but he can tell it another 5-10 times, and that's almost as good. But yeah, I would buy the book. Kindle version. And a belated Happy 15th Anniversary, @Law5.
Thank you. I can't believe that I've been on here for that long. Yes, I don't remember which stories I've already told, and when, and anyone who's come on the site since the last time I told the story hasn't heard it. And I'm still doing a bunch of games, at least in a normal year, so I continue to accumulate new experiences.
Taught a session online tonight to some of our youth refs using a new tool and it went incredibly smoothly and the kids were engaged. Best part, I had to switch presentations last minute and did one that I'd never looked too closely at previously... and pulled it off with only one hiccough along the way. Felt really good... and almost even... "normal".
sulfur., were they brand new refs what tool did you use I have mentioned to my peeps about doing something similar for the news refs whose clinics were cancelled