Category: Development

RA-FA EVENING   Keynote Speaker – Jon Moss!   Presentations – by the FA National Game Managers and Hampshire FA Youth Council   Date:                           Thursday 29th October 2015   Time:                          Registration 6.30pm for a 7.15pm start, with close at 9.45pm and a Finger Buffet will be provided on arrival   Venue:                         Thornden Hall, Thornden School, Winchester Road,                                     Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire SO53 2DW   Parking:                       This is available at Thornden Hall   Dress Code:               Smart Casual (No Sports Kit/Football Shirts or Jeans)     Raffle:                         Proceeds to local recognised charities   Please confirm your attendance by Friday 23rd October 2015, by e-mail to brian.lebreton@HampshireFA.Com  ...

Up and coming dates for your diary! Thursday 21 September – Mentoring workshop at Hampshire FA Thursday 28 September – outdoor practical session, Aldershot Polo Fields Thursday 12 October – indoor session, Aldershot Conservative Club...

Hampshire FA are hosting another Young Referee Development Day and if its anything like last year, its sure to be a fun engaging and educational day aimed at improving the skills of all youth referees!! For your change to meet former Premier League Referee and current PGMOL Coach Steve Dunn follow the link below and book your place NOW!!! What you waiting for!? CLICK HERE...

On the 18th August there will be a Young Referee Development Day run by Hampshire FA for youth referees (14-25 y/o). Building on from the last event which was a great success this will be even better. Essentially the day will be fun, but will also develop you as a referee massively. Crucially, this day will cost you nothing. The event itself is free and the travel on the ferry can be claimed back. If you would like to come please let me know by return email, so I can sort out travel and can you also make sure you click attend on this link: http://eventspace.thefa.com/hampshirefa/YRDD0814...

This month sees our first 2014/2015 practical development session - hosted by none other than our Dec O'Shea. Want to know what being in the 'right place' at the 'right time' is all about ? Then join us at the 'right place' - Brewers Fayre in Aldershot, GU11 1SQ - at the 'right time' - 18:20 to 19:35.   Make sure you bring your cards, whistle and suitable outdoor footwear....

Our next development sessions is on the 12th of June. Tom Moisey and Declan O'Shea will be running it. Please bring suitable clothing and footware aswell as plenty of drinks as the weather hopefully will stay nice. Usual meeting place - Brewers Fayre car park - Willems Park GU11 1SQ. Meeting at 6:20 for a 6:30 start. Everyone is welcome!...

Our Development programme for the season continues with a bang in November and December 2013! To RSVP, email Richard - here is more information on the events we have planned: Development Night - Thursday 21st November, 7:15pm - POSTPONED As we have rearranged Jon Moss, we have postponed our Development Night. We will rearrange this in due course - come and be part of something we have been praised for by the RA-FA Youth Council and the Referees' Association as leading the way in referee development! Practical Development Session - Sunday 1st December (time TBC) You asked for more practical development - so we listened! Starting in December, we will be hosting a monthly Practical Development session, to help develop key areas of our matches in the company of other referees. We will be hosting this at our usual Practical Development session at the Aldershot Polo Fields, Queen's Avenue - we will be meeting in the Car Park at a time to be confirmed - a...

Thursday night saw over a third of Aldershot RA’s members brace the warm summer evening over at the Polo Fields in Aldershot to learn about the ‘Art of Assisting’ from Steve Scott, our resident trainer. After a short warm-up, we were taken through the basics of flagging and signalling for offences, something that only comes as second nature after seasons of practice. Remembering to keep the flag facing the field of play and in sight of the referee at all times is a key part of the communication between the team – so that ‘leading’ signals for throws can be seen. As we found out, moving with the flag and ensuring it was in the correct hand before signalling takes a little bit of concentration! The group then split into two teams to participate in some light-hearted movement races, to get the brain switched on and the legs moving, and Steve showed how this could be adapted for some great individual...