Best Story of The Week 2020

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  1. bothways

    bothways Member

    Jun 27, 2009
    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
     
  2. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
  3. code1390

    code1390 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 25, 2007
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Quite a list of speakers over the next couple weeks.
     
  4. IASocFan

    IASocFan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 13, 2000
    IOWA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am registered.
     
  5. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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. :)
     
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  6. bothways

    bothways Member

    Jun 27, 2009
    which time zone?
     
  7. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The webinars are showing for me as 6-8 Central time when I signed up, so 7 EDT/6 CDT/5 MDT/4 PDT
     
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  8. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #133 RefIADad, Apr 3, 2020
    Last edited: Apr 3, 2020
    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.
     
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  9. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    (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).
     

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  10. Law5

    Law5 Member+

    Mar 24, 2005
    Beaverton OR
    Yesterday's run: 4.52 miles, 37:42, 8:20 pace, 363 ft. elevation gain.
     
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  11. Gary V

    Gary V Member+

    Feb 4, 2003
    SE Mich.
    You keep gaining elevation. When do you get back down? ;)
     
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  12. Law5

    Law5 Member+

    Mar 24, 2005
    Beaverton OR
    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.
     
  13. wguynes

    wguynes Member

    Dec 10, 2010
    Altoona, IA
    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.
     
  14. Kit

    Kit Member+

    Aug 30, 1999
    Herkimer, NY, USA
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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.
     
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  15. Bubba Atlanta

    Bubba Atlanta Member+

    Mar 2, 2012
    Yep, Atlanta
    Club:
    Atlanta United FC
    ... and then they all mooned you right before signing off?
     
  16. Law5

    Law5 Member+

    Mar 24, 2005
    Beaverton OR
    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.
     
  17. socal lurker

    socal lurker Member+

    May 30, 2009
    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.)
     
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  18. Bubba Atlanta

    Bubba Atlanta Member+

    Mar 2, 2012
    Yep, Atlanta
    Club:
    Atlanta United FC
    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...)
     
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  19. Law5

    Law5 Member+

    Mar 24, 2005
    Beaverton OR
    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.
     
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  20. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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.
     
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  21. Bubba Atlanta

    Bubba Atlanta Member+

    Mar 2, 2012
    Yep, Atlanta
    Club:
    Atlanta United FC
    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.
     
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  22. Law5

    Law5 Member+

    Mar 24, 2005
    Beaverton OR
    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.
     
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  23. dadman

    dadman Yo soy un papa

    DC United
    United States
    Apr 13, 2001
    Reston, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Any day that ends with you still on the sunny side of the dirt is a good day.

    Keep on keepin' on.
     
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  24. sulfur

    sulfur Member+

    Oct 22, 2007
    Ontario, Canada
    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".
     
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  25. bothways

    bothways Member

    Jun 27, 2009
    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
     

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