Law 5: Referee Whistle Basics

Ashley Marshall is an innovative referee instructor and career educator with over 10 years of refereeing experience.

He is also a regular digital lesson contributor to the Learning Bird Education Network. His lively and engaging teaching style makes his lessons memorable, and his classroom an exciting environment for all students.

This video walks referees through the basics of whistle technique for local football/soccer matches.

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[ralphclink]

All of these videos are fantastic mate! I've been looking for a channel like this for a while :)

[akashray]

my first game is on 2nd feb ... very much exited .. its a standard 12 vs collage boys game ...

[theaveragereferee]

Always a great standard on this channel! I'm a young referee in England and have just started a new channel where I'm going to post a load of refereeing content with a various range of topics. Keep up the excellent standard of upload Ashley !

[kenney]

Reffing my first to games this Saturday thx for the help ;)

[christopherday]

Great stuff Ashley. I just shared with the officials I work with as an assignor and instructor.

[pablocarvajal]

Amazing video, I had my first game using these tips and it helped so much!

[omarsahibzada]

I suggest a FOX 40 with the CMG. It made my life 10x easier

[Bencastproduction]

3:18 do You take your tounge out and in or is IT a blowing teqnique

[lukasbeng]

When goal is scored, I’ve seen some referees whistle and som don’t whistle. What is the correct alternative for the referee?

[ruizemili]

i have a questionnnn, if i have free kick do i have to wait for ref to whistle? another example if my teams scores can we restart the game without the whistle? I saw a soccer game yesterday and the girls didnt wait for the ref whistle to do any of the example mentioned

[roloburger]

What about halftime and the end of the game

[colinyoung]

I so want to be a referee when I am older sounds so fun but haed

[footballlover]

Please tell me about the two best whistles for referees...

[jeffreygreiner]

"Practise,
practise,
Practise"

I don't think that's how you spell "practice" 😕