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BC Soccer introduced the Referee Candidates Program in the fall of 2007, under the leadership of the BC Soccer Referee Development Coordinator, Jose Branco. This program is designed to provide aspiring referees from across the province the ability to hone their referee skills through on and off field training and education sessions.
The primary goal of this program is to provide this group of officials a progressive positive educational referee specific environment where they can work together to climb the Provincial Referee ladder in hopes to obtain National and FIFA Referee status.
The ultimate objective of this program is to not only improve the overall quality of the on-field officials within the program, but also to work to improve the overall knowledge base of these officials so upon “graduating” from the program they are able to continue to advance refereeing in BC as a Referee Instructor and / or Referee Assessor.
Currently we have 45 members in the BC Soccer Referee Candidates Program who meet on a bi-weekly basis, 12 months a year.
Some of the sessions within the program include:
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On-field fitness training
· On-field practical referee training
· On-field positioning and concentration training
· On-field game tactics
· Off-field referee specific soccer science (professional facilitated by Serapis Stretch Therapy)
· Off-field Laws of the Game continuing education
· Off-field match analysis
· Off-field team tactics analysis
Some of the activities involved with the program are:
· Youth club / district mentoring
· BC Provincial Championships
· BC Provincial Teams Program development matches
· National Training Centre development matches
· Dallas Cup (4 officials)
· BCCAA (BC Colleges League) Provincial Championships
· Semi-Professional matches
For more information on the BC Soccer Referee Candidates Program please contact the BC Soccer Referee Development Program at refereedevelopment@bcsoccer.net
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