DIAMOND HEAD - Regional Referee Companion Course

Who:  10U and older volunteers who need to referee games

Date:  August 10, 2024

Time:  8:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Location:  Waialae Iki Neighborhood Park

Before you come:

1.      Complete the Online Regional Referee Course on AYSOU

2.      After passing the exam, save a copy of your completion certificate and bring it with you to class. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is the in-person companion course intended to be taken by entry-level referee volunteers after they completed the Regional Referee online course. This course will provide the referees with additional information, practical training, and experience to help them acquire the confidence to start their referee careers in AYSO.

PRE-REQUISITES

The requirements to be certified as a Regional Referee are:

·         Minimum Age: 12 years old

·         Registration as an AYSO volunteer

·         Safe Haven Certification

·         CDC Concussion Awareness Training

·         Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training

·         SafeSport Training

·         Completion of the Regional Referee Online Course - Volunteers MUST bring their Certificate of Completion to class.

TEACHING OBJECTIVES

1.      Confirm completion of the online Regional Referee Course. This will be accomplished quickly by using the questioning technique.

2.      Show the students the soccer field components (if a soccer field is available)

3.      Provide the students practice so they can learn and demonstrate the proper use of the whistle; correct signals for referees and assistant referees; proper positioning for referees and assistant referees; and simple communication techniques to be used in working with the coaches in support of the Stewards of the Game principles.

4.      Provide the students with the opportunity to ask questions about refereeing and the concepts presented in the online module and this course.

5.      Provide the students with support and confidence that they will be ready to go out on the field and referee.

Attention Diamond Head 6U & 8U Officials

We will be holding a brief fieldwork session on August 5, 2023 at 8:30am at Waialae Iki Neighborhood Park during the SoccerFest. 

We recommend your attendance to cover what you have learned from the online course and reinforce the guiding principles for younger players' games. 

Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes for some light activity.  The activity will be related to the mechanics of officiating on the field.  We will finish with a Q&A.

Bring your 8U Official Certificate of completion and you will receive a whistle and 8U Official t-shirt after the session.

Regional Referee - Online + In-Person Companion Course (2 Part Bundle) and click Enroll.

Complete the course of 9 chapters and Final Exam and print out the Completion Certificate at the end and bring it with you to class.

On the day of the course
Bring the certificate to class.  Wear comfortable clothes and shoes for some light to medium activity

Volunteers who bring their certificate and complete the companion course from the DH Region will receive a whistle, wallet w/yellow & red cards, referee jersey and socks

Our Diamond Head Region has a long history of great volunteers who come out to support our players.  Most of these volunteers are parents, grandparents, uncles, aunties and friends.  While it is helpful to have played soccer (futbol in other parts of the world), it is not required.  Our children genuinely appreciate the attention and support of their family in their activities.

The role of the referee is simply to keep the game SAFE, FAIR and FUN.  If the game our children play is SAFE, parents are happy, if the game is FAIR, spectators are happy, if the game is FUN, our players are happy.

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Fall 2023 brings many changes to our U6, U8, U10 and U12 programs. We encourage new volunteers to attend one of our referee courses.

All referees are encouraged to attend our Annual referee update where we will review rule changes for each affected division.

At the U8 Official course for U6 & U8 families, we introduce the game and its rules.  Most of the rules are as simple as knowing that the lines on the field are part of the area they enclose.  Want to know what that means?  Come to one of our U8 Official courses in July or August. Check out the Announcement page for Referee Course Schedules!

As our players age, they add technical skills to their game.  Some of these skills involve imagination and creativity but most importantly, they require our player to make decisions of their own.  They then learn some tactical skills--what to do and when to do it.

Officials also learn the game's technical and tactical aspects along with their budding superstars, albeit from a slightly different point of view.  If our officials understand the players and their game, they will be able to effectively manage the games they officiate. 

Mahalo for volunteering your time!