A Brief History
I decided tonight to start blogging my games and adventures. I should have done this years ago!
I have been refereeing soccer on and off for the past 25+ years. My high school coach, Mo said that I had been refereeing since I started playing. After getting too many yellow cards in one season, my high school soccer coach "reccomended" that I take the entry level course in order to keep playing. I was the youngest in the class at 14 at our local community college in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chuck was the instructor and was one of the referees that I used to communicate with while playing. O.K. it was dissent, but, he had thick skin. Ernie on the other hand had the ears of a rabbit, definitely not the legs of one, oops Yellow Card!
After a few games in Palm Springs, FL all by my lonesome, I decided that I would rather focus on playing and not put up with the hassles from the parents and them pesky little 8 years olds. I am extremely sensitive to ANY abuse that is given to young referees now and I am a bull dog when anyone goes after one of my referee kin. I tend to take too much crap, but still have fun.
I took a few years off, broke a leg, broke an arm (different games about 4 years a part) and then found out that being a grad student didn't pay much. I was now in East Lansing, Michigan and saw an add from GLASRA. I decided to take the class and I was very glad that I did. Keri Seitz, the very good, and very attractive United States FIFA referee was in that class! Dr. Howard was the instructor and I laugh now as I remember telling him I was a "FIFA" referee. That is what Chuck said back in 79, or the book we used said. I know a lot different now.
Dean Kimmith is a major part of my referee growth and succes. He assigned me my first U-19 match. Aye Karumba, Mason vs Haslett. They ate me up, broken collar bone on one player. NOT ENOUGH CARDS of the red phase, I grew a lot in that one game and learned a lot as well.
I took the Assessor course in Michigan as well in the early 90's. I should have waited, but I learned a lot. Poor Nick was my first big assessment and I wrote him up by the book. I think that was my last assessment as well, because I needed to focus on refing.
More to come
Michigan
Ken Jorae
Steve Olsen
Youth
ODP
Adult
College
Maryland
Jim McGoldrick
John vanDerVaarst
Jim Allen
Jim the Assessor
Paul Tamberino
Greg Watson
Turk Emekli
Ulrich Strom
Wayne Wray
Larry Mittleman
Bryan Roslund
Instruction
Assessments
Youth
College
Adult
the Pros
New Job
KIDS
KIDS
Getting Back into it
I have been refereeing soccer on and off for the past 25+ years. My high school coach, Mo said that I had been refereeing since I started playing. After getting too many yellow cards in one season, my high school soccer coach "reccomended" that I take the entry level course in order to keep playing. I was the youngest in the class at 14 at our local community college in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chuck was the instructor and was one of the referees that I used to communicate with while playing. O.K. it was dissent, but, he had thick skin. Ernie on the other hand had the ears of a rabbit, definitely not the legs of one, oops Yellow Card!
After a few games in Palm Springs, FL all by my lonesome, I decided that I would rather focus on playing and not put up with the hassles from the parents and them pesky little 8 years olds. I am extremely sensitive to ANY abuse that is given to young referees now and I am a bull dog when anyone goes after one of my referee kin. I tend to take too much crap, but still have fun.
I took a few years off, broke a leg, broke an arm (different games about 4 years a part) and then found out that being a grad student didn't pay much. I was now in East Lansing, Michigan and saw an add from GLASRA. I decided to take the class and I was very glad that I did. Keri Seitz, the very good, and very attractive United States FIFA referee was in that class! Dr. Howard was the instructor and I laugh now as I remember telling him I was a "FIFA" referee. That is what Chuck said back in 79, or the book we used said. I know a lot different now.
Dean Kimmith is a major part of my referee growth and succes. He assigned me my first U-19 match. Aye Karumba, Mason vs Haslett. They ate me up, broken collar bone on one player. NOT ENOUGH CARDS of the red phase, I grew a lot in that one game and learned a lot as well.
I took the Assessor course in Michigan as well in the early 90's. I should have waited, but I learned a lot. Poor Nick was my first big assessment and I wrote him up by the book. I think that was my last assessment as well, because I needed to focus on refing.
More to come
Michigan
Ken Jorae
Steve Olsen
Youth
ODP
Adult
College
Maryland
Jim McGoldrick
John vanDerVaarst
Jim Allen
Jim the Assessor
Paul Tamberino
Greg Watson
Turk Emekli
Ulrich Strom
Wayne Wray
Larry Mittleman
Bryan Roslund
Instruction
Assessments
Youth
College
Adult
the Pros
New Job
KIDS
KIDS
Getting Back into it
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