15 and 16 November 2019: Stage Development Group Women

On Friday November 15 and Saturday November 20 the Referee College took place in Hotel Pavillon du Zoute in Knokke-Heist. 15 female referees of the Voetbal Vlaanderen Development Group attended this 2-day internship.

During the technical and training session, these female referees were supervised by a professional team composed of Frank de Bleeckere, Kris Bellon and Wesli De Cremer.

What can you expect on our internships?

Technical session / Wesli De Cremer

Watching game ‘Women U16 Friendly’ Belgium – Norway

Key teachable moments:

Where is my next problem? (Anticipating in decisions and movement)
Game control
Management free kicks
Balance in foul penalisation
‘Selling’ a decision

Technical session / Kris Bellon

Game managing

Anticipating on game situations using concrete actual examples
Feeling the game by analysing crucial elements in a game
Putting game situations in his own favour e.g. by temporizing
Preventive actions on problem behaviour in game restart

Physical training / Wesli De Cremer & Johanna Klingen

Warming up
Acceleration exercise(s) on the halfway line
Exercise(s) on focus and decision making

The ladies that had to play a game later on were excuses after the warming up. They got some active exercises and ended the session with stretching and muscle relaxation.

Technical session / Frank de Bleeckere

Logical Decision Making
Match Control
Anticipation
Reckless Challenge + Serious Foul Play

These 4 subjects are very important to create a good balance during the game.
Examples show how important logical decision making during a game is. The message is “Keep it simple”.

You can find the schedule of the internship here.