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PO#7 – What does good advising look like?

Preferred Options paper for referee assessors (match observers) that describes what good advising looks like. Updated: 1 October 2019 More

PO#6 – Starts, Restarts and Offside in Open Play

Preferred Options paper on Starts, Restarts and Offside in Open Play. More

PO#5 – Refereeing the Scrum

Preferred Options paper on refereeing the scrum. More

PO#4 – Positioning

Preferred Options paper on techiques for helping referees take up the best positions to make timely and accurate decisions. More

PO#3 – Preparation and the Briefing

Preferred Options paper on preparing for a match and the briefing of players. More

PO#2 – Maintenance and Management of Technical Areas

Fred Howard wrote this Preferred Options paper. It provides very useful guidance for referees to help them reduce the risk of problems associated with technical areas. More

PO#1 – Authority and Gaining Respect

Preferred Options paper on gaining the respect of players. More

PO#10 – Expectations of a Manchester Society Referee

A bullet point summary of what is expected of a Manchester referee both on and off the field. More

Your Development and the Preferred Options Papers

Andy McMillan, Chairman of Training & Development, introduced the thinking behind the Society’s “Preferred Options” (PO) papers at the pre-season meetings in August. The idea of the papers is to help referees and assessors work towards taking a more consistent approach and to continually improve the refereeing ... More

Training & Development – Preferred Options Papers

Andy McMillan, Chairman of Training & Development, introduced the thinking behind the Society’s “Preferred Options” (PO) papers in August 2020. The idea of the papers is to help referees and assessors work towards taking a more consistent approach and to continually improve the refereeing of individual ... More