2024/ 2025 Training Arrangements
All training will be held at Aberdeen Sports Village with the structure as follows:
June 2024
Every Tuesday 7.00pm – 8.30pm
July/August 2024
Every Thursday 7.00pm – 8.30pm – due to high volume of fixtures on a Tuesday
September 2024 onwards
Every Tuesday and Thursday 7.00pm – 8.30pm
Referees in Categories 1, 2, 3SAR, & 3 must explain ALL absences from training to be recorded on a tracker which is forwarded to the SFA.
Therefore, all referees in the above categories are to advise Craig MacKay – Association Manager – on a weekly basis of the reason for any non-attendance at Training.
70% actual attendance will be seen as the absolute minimum.
Fitness Tests for Season 2024/2025
Fitness Tests will be shared through Association Manager. Keep an eye out of notifications.
Fitness Test
The FIFA fitness test is completed in two parts;
- 6x40m sprints (5x30m for Specialist Assistant Referees)
- 10 laps of the track set up as 75m run, 25m recovery x 4 = 400m track.
SARs must also complete a Change of Direction (CODA) test.
The timings for these are below:
Category 1 – 2Dev
6x40m sprints in 6.0 seconds or less
75m run in 15 seconds and 25m recovery walk in 18 seconds
Category 3SAR and 3SARDev
5x30m in 4.70 seconds or less
75m in 15 seconds and 25m recovery walk in 20 seconds
CODA test
Category 3/3Dev,
6x40m sprints in 6.1 seconds or less
75m run in 15 seconds and 25m recovery walk in 20 seconds
4/4Dev & 5
6x40m in 6.2 seconds or less
75m run in 15 seconds and 25m recovery walk in 22 seconds