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Want to become a referee? Need to complete the
referee training course in order to complete your
coaching license? This area of the site is designed
to give you all of the information you need.
Here’s how it works. Referee clinics are offered
by the SRC and the local districts. These clinics
are held all throughout the year, normally based
upon a club or organization requesting a clinic.
What’s supposed to happen is that the district
clinic administrators are supposed to notify the
site’s webmaster about their clinics so they can be
posted here, but they really rarely do that. All of
the clinics that the webmaster knows about will be
posted below. Beyond that, you will have to go to
the
Districts page and
locate the district closest to you and contact them
directly (or go to their web sites) to find out what
clinics are being offered.
Referee Clinic Options
The United States Soccer Federation (US
Soccer) offers several levels of referee
certification. Referees start out at a certain level
and through years of experience and a formal upgrade
process navigate up through the levels. Until
recently, there were effectively two entry points
into the referee program: Recreational Referee
(Grade 9) and Entry Level Referee (Grade 8).
Beginning in January 2006, Ohio North will only
support the Recreational Referee program as an entry
point into the referee program. You can still
register as a Grade 8 referee (we’ll explain how
below) but you will have to start with the
Recreational Referee program.
Please see below for additional information about
these clinics.
Entry Level Referee Clinic
The Entry Level Referee clinic is recommended for
anyone 14 years of age and older who wishes to
officiate youth through adult soccer games. After
successfully completing the clinic, students are
registered as USSF Grade 8 Referees. As mentioned
above, OHN will no longer offer this clinic except
in special circumstances. If you are older and are
interested in becoming an Entry Level Referee, you
can take both the Recreational Referee and Referee
Bridge clinics (back to back) to achieve the Grade 8
(Entry Level Referee) certification.
The clinic requires approximately 16 hours of
classroom time and concludes with a 100 question
exam. There may or may not be a cost for the clinic;
in some cases, the local soccer clubs cover the cost
of the clinic. Participants who complete the class
and pass the exam can register with USSF to receive
additional benefits (insurance, badge, registration
card and so on) for an additional $25.
If you are a coach and need to take the Entry
Level Referee course in order to complete your
certification, special clinics will be offered for
you, please contact the state’s
State Director of Instruction for information on
these clinics and when they will be offered.
Recreational Referee Clinic
The Recreational Referee (Grade 9) program was
created as a easy entry point for younger referees.
This course has no recommended minimum age
requirement and certifies referees to work as
Referee on recreational youth games (under-14 and
younger only) and Assistant Referee all youth
matches.
The clinic requires approximately 8 hours of
classroom and field time and concludes with a 50
question exam. There may or may not be a cost for
the clinic; in some cases, the local soccer clubs
cover the cost of the clinic. Participants who
complete the class and pass the exam can register
with USSF to receive additional benefits (insurance,
badge, registration card and so on) for an
additional $20.
Referee Bridge Course
The Bridge course is for experienced Recreational
Referees who wish to upgrade to the Entry Level
Referee - Grade 8. Students must be an existing
Recreational Referee and meet the requirements for
the Entry Level Referee course.
Initially, referees would need to spend a year at
Grade 9 before they could take the Bridge course and
upgrade to Grade 8. Through special permission from
US Soccer, OHN is permitted to offer both the
Recreational Referee and Bridge course back to back
for those students who wish to go directly to Grade
8. If you wish to participate in this program, you
will need to complete the Recreational Referee class
and notify the instructors that you will be
immediately following-up with the bridge class - the
instructor will hold any registrations for you and
register you as a Grade 8 referee when you complete
the bridge course and Grade 9 referee otherwise.
The clinic requires approximately 8 hours of
classroom time and concludes with a exam. There may
or may not be a cost for the clinic; in some cases,
the local soccer clubs cover the cost of the clinic.
Participants who complete the class and pass the
exam can register with USSF to receive additional
benefits (insurance, badge, registration card and so
on) for an additional $25.
When Are Clinics Offerred?
A variety of clinics are offered throughout the
year. For more information, please visit the
appropriate website for your District:
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