Football refereeing requires various skills and abilities, including endurance, agility, speed, and a technical and tactical understanding of the game. All of these aspects will be taught and improved during specific training sessions, but officiating also entails a certain risk of injury (traumatic injury and moreover of an overuse nature). Thus, an optimal training session should also include exercises to reduce the injury risk.
The “FIFA 11+ FOR REFEREES ” injury prevention programme has been developed by an international group of experts based on the specific injury profile of referees and on the “FIFA 11+” injury prevention programme. It is a complete warm-up package and should replace the usual warm-up prior to training.