Certification and Re-certification

Referee Training

Training Clinics

Entry level, upgrade, and recertification clinics are scheduled throughout the year all over Southern California. Class schedules and registration instructions are available through the Cal South Referee Clinic Registration System.

Maintenance Training

Cal South has established minimum training requirements per year to ensure that recertifying referees our referees are current with the latest trends in game management as well as the latest changes to and interpretations of the Laws of the Game. Training session materials will include US Soccer directives, memorandums, position papers, and recent amendments to the Laws of the Game.

Continuing members are required to attend skills maintenance training sessions as a condition for annual re-certification. 2010 requirements for skills maintenance training are set by the Cal South State Referee Committee. In Service Maintenance Training and other recertification requirements by referee grade for 2010 are as follows:

Referee Grade	Grade Description	In Service Training	Minimum Exam Score	Refresher Assessment	Physical Fitness Test
9	Recreation Referee	5 hours	70%	None	No
8	Referee	5 hours	75%	None	No
7	Referee	8 hours	85%	None	Yes
6	State Referee	8 hours	75%	One Division 2 or higher Center	Yes
16	Emeritus State Grade 6 Referee	5 hours	75%	None	No
5	State Referee	8 hours	85%	One Division 1 or higher Center	Yes
15	Emeritus State Grade 5 Referee	5 hours	85%	None	No

Maintenance training is available as follows:

1. One hour training sessions are included as part of our regularly scheduled membership meetings. These meetings are held 10 times a year, every month except July and December.

2. Members can also get credit by attending meetings at other Cal South Referee Associations. Contact the other associations for information on time and location.

3. Cal South offers on line training “webinars” for grade 8 referees on the first Monday of every month. The training site link is Cal South Training Webinars. Webinar information, registration instructions, and schedule information can be found at the US Soccer Webinar Web Site. Though you must attend the web session live to get credit, Cal South has a web linked library of previous sessions posted on the Webinar link web page.

The most current training record for all attendees of our training sessions can be found by clicking on this Hyperlink.

Mentoring and Development Programs

Mentoring is available to interested referees. Please contact our director of member development, Lou Mages, for more information.
Cal South runs a referee development program for interested youth referees.
More information can be found on the Cal South Youth Referee Development Program (YRDP) Web Site.
Instructor Education Program

Referee Training

Other Development and Training Links