|
U-8 Official |
|
Age:
|
Minimum of 10 (course for under 10 years of age only) |
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No. of
Games: |
No
minimum number of games required. |
|
Training:
|
Complete
U8 Official Course including Safe Haven. |
|
Testing:
|
75%
or better on the Regional Referee Exam. |
|
Assessment:
|
Not
required. |
|
Fitness
Test: |
Not
required. |
|
Service:
|
Not
required. |
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|
Regional Referee |
|
Age:
|
Minimum
of 12. |
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No. of
Games: |
No
minimum number of games required. |
|
Training:
|
Complete
Basic Referee Course including Safe Haven. |
|
Testing:
|
75%
or better on the Regional Referee Exam. |
|
Assessment:
|
Not
required. |
|
Fitness
Test: |
Not
required. |
|
Service:
|
Not
required. |
| |
|
Intermediate Referee |
|
Age:
|
Minimum
of 14. |
|
No. of
Games: |
25
as referee with at least 5 in U-12 matches. |
|
Training:
|
Complete
Intermediate Referee Course. |
|
Testing:
|
90%
or better on the Intermediate Referee Exam. |
|
Assessment:
|
Mentored
by a Referee Mentor (or assessor) and recommended for upgrade by the
Regional Referee Administrator. At least one observation as a referee is
required, and one as an assistant referee is recommended. |
|
Fitness
Test: |
Not
required. |
|
Service:
|
Not
required. |
| |
|
Advanced Referee |
|
Age:
|
Minimum
of 16. |
|
No. of
Games: |
50
as a referee (10 in U-14) and 5 as an assistant referee (in U-14).
|
|
Training:
|
Complete
Advanced Referee Course. |
|
Testing:
|
90%
or better on the Advanced Referee Exam. |
|
Assessment:
|
One
as a referee and one as an assistant in a U-14 match. |
|
Fitness
Test: |
Complete
the AYSO Physical Fitness Test for this level. |
|
Service:
|
Do a
minimum of five service units. See note 4 and 5 below. |
| |
|
National Referee
|
|
Age:
|
Minimum
of 18. |
|
No. of
Games: |
100
as a referee with at least 30 in U-16 and U-19 matches of which at least
15 must be in U-19, if available, and 25 as Assistant Referee with at
least 10 in U-19, if available. The Section Referee Administrator may
authorize substitution of U-16 for U-19, if U-19 matches are not
available. |
|
Training:
|
Complete
National Referee Course. A pre-requisite game count of at least 80
matches as referee prior to attending the National Referee Course is
required. |
|
Testing:
|
90%
or better on the Regional Referee Exam. |
|
Assessment:
|
Two
assessments as referee in U-16 or U-19 with at least one in U-19, if
available, and one as assistant referee in a
U-19 match, if available. The Section Referee Administrator may
authorize substitution of U-16 for U-19, if U-19 matches are not
available. |
|
Fitness
Test: |
Complete
the AYSO Physical Fitness Test for this level. |
|
Service:
|
Do
an additional five service units. See note 4 below. |
Notes
1.
Field
assessments for level upgrades must be done in a typical AYSO match in the
age group specified, using the Diagonal System of Control. Matches used for
upgrade assessments must be of the duration specified for that particular
age group in the AYSO National Rules and Regulations except that U-16 and
U-19 matches shortened by no more than 5 minutes per half are acceptable.
2.
If
requested by the referee being assessed, a higher division match or a
non-AYSO match of the equivalent age division (or higher) may be used for
the assessment.
3.
Applicants for the Intermediate Referee level must be mentored by a Referee
Mentor (or assessor) and recommended for upgrade by the Regional Referee
Administrator. At least one observation as a referee is required, and one as
an assistant referee is recommended.
4.
Service
units consist of:
·
Observer-Friend observations
·
Mentoring of new referees for development or upgrade
·
Serving as a Referee Administrator, Director of Referee
Instruction or as a Director of Referee Assessment
·
Instructing Assistant Referees and U-8 Official Training
Courses
·
Instructing Referee Assessor Training Courses
·
Assessing candidates for upgrade in referee level, if
qualified
No more than two (2) service units may be credited by an applicant for
mentoring/observing an individual referee, or one (1) service unit per
instruction course or one (1) service unit per year for administrative
function.
5.
The
requirement for performing service units is waived in the case of candidates
who are under 18 years old.
·
Entry may be at Assistant Referee, U-8 Official or Regional
Referee level but, in addition to the requirements noted above, candidates
for upgrade to the National Referee must have one year (min.) experience as
an Advanced Referee.
