RefCoach Podcasts

Ale and Jack talk about gear and technology available to referees in this episode, their benefits, and how to approach using new gadgets or tools you have never used before.

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In this episode, Ale & Jack welcome Hassan from REFSIX and Daniele from Referee Abroad, their co-hosts of 'The Referee Show', a show to review all the refereeing action at the #EURO2020. The team talks about how the Euros have gone so far, the refereeing standouts and what they think the appointments will look like for the finals.

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In this episode of the Coaching Corner, Ale and Jack discuss managing technical areas and each official's role in doing so. The experience with technical areas varies a lot from grassroots to elite level football. Referees face many different challenges, such as dealing with team officials on their own or coordinating with their team the best course of action. They also talked about what is the role of the fourth official and how they can assist at best the refereeing team when dealing with technical areas.

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In this episode of My Life On The Line, Jack & Ale talk to a podcast regular, John Westbrooks. He tells us about the last MLS season and how it transitioned from a COVID bubble to a semi-normal training routine. They then discuss training programs and regimes and the importance of having a structure when training to improve. You can view and purchase the training programs John created exclusively for RefCoach on the RefCoach shop.

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In this episode of the Coaching Corner, Jack & Ale talk about when to give yellow and red cards. Managing disciplinary sanction can be a great tool in a referee's performance. It's important to know that some sanctions, like SPA and DOGSO are not manageable, while other types of offences can be managed. However, each game is different and a different approach may be required. So when can we manage disciplinary sanction? And how can we make sure we simply don't avoid giving cards, but we manage players to our advantage to enhance our match control?

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Ale and Jack welcome back Benji for a special episode of My Life On The Line, to celebrate the anniversary of the podcast. Together, they discuss the journey of creating My Life On The Line and all the things they learned from their guests.

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In this episode of the Coaching Corner, Jack & Ale talk about game tempo & game temperature. First, they talk about what these two key elements of football are. Then, they talk about how to identify and how to manage game temperature and dictate tempo, and when these tactics are required during a football match.

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Our guest today is Eric Dobrzanski. Eric is the former u20 women’s national team coach for the Cayman Islands and the women’s head coach at Johnson and Wales University in the United States. Eric is also a broadcast analyst for Vista World Link and hosts the football podcast Ball Side Goal Side.

We talked with Eric about his experience as a coach, his perspective on relationships with referees and the impact this has on games, and he shares several anecdotes around this. We also chat about situations where Eric has reflected on how the attitude towards referees has changed over the years and how it impacts his coaching style. Eric’s enthusiasm for football or soccer is infectious. It was great to get an opinion on refereeing from someone with a very different perspective, but we were surprised by the similarities between coaching and refereeing.

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In this episode of the Coaching Corner, Jack & Ale discuss how to approach matches with qualified assistant referees and, potentially, a fourth official. They talked about the key pillars for prematch instructions: communication, fouls and penalties, mass confrontations and offsides and how to cover them in prematch instructions.

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In this episode of My Life On The Line, Ale & Jack are joined by Lee Waters, a performance psychologist and lecturer famous for his research and studies about vision and eyesight, a field that doesn't get the attention and recognition it deserves. Lee shares with us how vision and eyesight training can impact an athlete's performance, from NFL players to match officials. Eyesight and vision training and research have come a long way and have been around for a long time. Today's devices and software allow researchers to see where officials and athletes look at all times, and the findings are amazing. Hopefully, in the future, there will be more attention to this side of athletes' performances. Lee also shared some easy exercises we can all practice at home to improve our eyesight and vision.

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