FIFA MA Elite Referees Course
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Performing Hajj
My wife and me will be going to the holy land of Makkah and Madina to perform our hajj on the 24 October 2010 till 12 December 2010. May Allah, the Almighty and Merciful bless us with strength, good health, patience and resilience to overcome all the challenges and blessing in performing our hajj. InshaAllah, I will pray for the well-being and success of all my brothers and their family in Maldives.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Advice to Referees in Malaysia
9 October 2010, 1500 hour - I was very much honoured when a team from a television broadcaster in Malaysia came to my home to interview me. They asked of my first experience and last match of my refereeing career, worst experience and sweet one, effort put in to be excellent. My designation in Malaysia and my present designation. I was also asked on how to encounter with decisions making, problems in the game and indiscipline players. Lastly was my advice to referees to be able to the best or at least perform the best on each outing.
To gain the RESPECT of players and team officials, a referee need to ensure that every match that he officiate is the best or at least maintain his consistency in his performance. To be able to do so, he has to maintain his fitness level, maintain match practice, have enough rest before each match, BE FAIR, FIRM and IMPARTIAL all the time. Have courage to take strong action or decision. When a player commits a serious foul and deserve to be cautioned or sent off but was not given the correct sanction by the referee, the player will not respect the referee although a bad decision was in his favour. So referee should not think that by not having the COURAGE to give the correct sanction, he has actually lost his SELF RESPECT to the players.
Players play the game THE WAY the referee make them to play. If the referee allow bad fouls left unpenalized, robust tackles, dissent and questioning of his decisions, that will be the way the player will play it and the bad fouls will be more serious and in the end the referee will LOSE HIS CONTROL and in the end the game will be OUT OF CONTROL.
"The grasses will not sway if the wind is not blowing". Normally player will not complain or question the referee's decisions. So the referee, while maintaining his assertiveness and decisiveness in his control of the match, he has to conduct SELF-ANALYSIS and QUESTION himself when there is complaint from players or officials. Maybe he did missed an incident or foul or made a wrong decision. So if he is TRUTHFUL and SINCERE to himself, he will gain the respect of the players and team officials.
For a referee to be able to achieve the highest level in refereeing, he must be in constant training on his fitness level, updating his knowledge on the Laws of the Game and also its interpretation and implementation, have proper nutrition and rest before and after the match, develop his own mental preparation before each match and self motivation to improve further, sincere in accepting comments and advice from referee assessors or even his peer, respect others to gain respect from others, have courage to make strong decision against culprit with bad discipline or attitude, be pleasant and yet assertive in his appoach, develop self motivation to push your performance and achievement to the limits and thus will achieve the highest level of performance in his career.
To gain the RESPECT of players and team officials, a referee need to ensure that every match that he officiate is the best or at least maintain his consistency in his performance. To be able to do so, he has to maintain his fitness level, maintain match practice, have enough rest before each match, BE FAIR, FIRM and IMPARTIAL all the time. Have courage to take strong action or decision. When a player commits a serious foul and deserve to be cautioned or sent off but was not given the correct sanction by the referee, the player will not respect the referee although a bad decision was in his favour. So referee should not think that by not having the COURAGE to give the correct sanction, he has actually lost his SELF RESPECT to the players.
Players play the game THE WAY the referee make them to play. If the referee allow bad fouls left unpenalized, robust tackles, dissent and questioning of his decisions, that will be the way the player will play it and the bad fouls will be more serious and in the end the referee will LOSE HIS CONTROL and in the end the game will be OUT OF CONTROL.
"The grasses will not sway if the wind is not blowing". Normally player will not complain or question the referee's decisions. So the referee, while maintaining his assertiveness and decisiveness in his control of the match, he has to conduct SELF-ANALYSIS and QUESTION himself when there is complaint from players or officials. Maybe he did missed an incident or foul or made a wrong decision. So if he is TRUTHFUL and SINCERE to himself, he will gain the respect of the players and team officials.
For a referee to be able to achieve the highest level in refereeing, he must be in constant training on his fitness level, updating his knowledge on the Laws of the Game and also its interpretation and implementation, have proper nutrition and rest before and after the match, develop his own mental preparation before each match and self motivation to improve further, sincere in accepting comments and advice from referee assessors or even his peer, respect others to gain respect from others, have courage to make strong decision against culprit with bad discipline or attitude, be pleasant and yet assertive in his appoach, develop self motivation to push your performance and achievement to the limits and thus will achieve the highest level of performance in his career.
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