Author Archives: Frank

The video review days have all been mostly the same, but this one had a twist. It would end up with a meeting where we would be assigned to a final game. The assignments were based on the evaluations thoughout … Continue reading →

Description of a long day. Each game day, there are two games, one in each group. There is only one bus, going to the stadium, so we all go with the crew, two hours before kickoff. Breakfast at 8 and … Continue reading →

Another day spent in a cold, Spanish basement. Stupid air conditioning!! The format was the same as our first evaluation day. Both games were evaluated by a small group of people and anyone interested, could sit in and see how … Continue reading →

Game day, kind of. This was my turn to sit out due to the setup of the tournament. The tournament consists of six teams divided into 2 groups. Each participating country had supplied 3 officials for a total of 18 … Continue reading →

The first video review meeting started at 9AM. We didn’t finish until 4.30 because so many of the officials were interested in the process that evaluating the video turned up a lot of discussion and a lot of learning for … Continue reading →

Travel days are much alike. The good ones you don’t have to get up too early and nothing extraordinary happens. I did have to get up at 5 AM (on a Saturday morning…. I know) but luckily, nothing extraordinary happened … Continue reading →