Although most of the blog's readers surely agree that football refereeing is one of the most beautiful and challenging hobbies you can have, there are problems to find a sufficient number of up-and-coming referees insisting on the Laws of the Game in plenty of European countries that even count as "referee nations". Belgium has a project that could function as a role model for how national associations should approach this lack of referees by promoting respect for the men and women in black in order to encourage more youngsters to become servants of the game.
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| The RCM project targets at encouraging new referees to manage the game |
Referees are crucial in our football. Without referees we cannot play football. It’s always been this way so nothing has changed about that. It’s a trend in our society that there is little respect for referees and authorities in general. We find it important that those people can shake the hand with players and leave the field satisfied. That is why we would like to enhance Respect for the men/women in black!
According to RCM we have three different groups of referees. The first group is made up of true generations of referees, where many family members like father and son are referees. The second group are people who have chosen to become a referee because they had too many problems with injuries as active players. The third group consist of people who don’t think about refereeing in the first place. This is the group that the RCM project wants to reach. We want to convince people, let them taste refereeing by whistling games in their own club. We call it Conviction!
The recruitment of referees is vital. But even if we have acquired these people, it is very important to keep them motivated and give them the stimulation needed to go on. Furthermore, we will have a referee ambassador. Together with the clubs and the help of another young referee we want to offer young referees support whenever needed. That's why we also have a contact form on your website. Doing so we aim at supporting the officials whenever they need our support. Thus, we guarantee a lot of Motivation for them.
The RCM project has been read by many referees from the Belgian first division. We have received very positive feedback, since the top-class referees absolutely shared our approach and point of view. We are convinced that the cooperation with referees from the highest divisions is vitally helpful to recruit referees and make them stronger to stay a referee for a long time. Sharing experiences and talk about their great hobby is very important for referees. With the help of 14 referees from the first division we opened a platform where young referees and people, who are interested in refereeing, are allowed to ask questions that will be answered by these referees. We hope that the RCM – project will stimulate a lot of people to become a referee in future.
According to RCM we have three different groups of referees. The first group is made up of true generations of referees, where many family members like father and son are referees. The second group are people who have chosen to become a referee because they had too many problems with injuries as active players. The third group consist of people who don’t think about refereeing in the first place. This is the group that the RCM project wants to reach. We want to convince people, let them taste refereeing by whistling games in their own club. We call it Conviction!
The recruitment of referees is vital. But even if we have acquired these people, it is very important to keep them motivated and give them the stimulation needed to go on. Furthermore, we will have a referee ambassador. Together with the clubs and the help of another young referee we want to offer young referees support whenever needed. That's why we also have a contact form on your website. Doing so we aim at supporting the officials whenever they need our support. Thus, we guarantee a lot of Motivation for them.
The RCM project has been read by many referees from the Belgian first division. We have received very positive feedback, since the top-class referees absolutely shared our approach and point of view. We are convinced that the cooperation with referees from the highest divisions is vitally helpful to recruit referees and make them stronger to stay a referee for a long time. Sharing experiences and talk about their great hobby is very important for referees. With the help of 14 referees from the first division we opened a platform where young referees and people, who are interested in refereeing, are allowed to ask questions that will be answered by these referees. We hope that the RCM – project will stimulate a lot of people to become a referee in future.
The program is run by Sandra de Kerf, who is regularly blogging on "Hé Scheids!!". The RCM project (Respect, Conviction, Motivation) is furthermore accompanied by FIFA referee and mentor Serge Gumienny.
Are there similar projects in your country? How about referee recruitment in your country? Feel free to discuss it!
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