-RESOURCES FOR REFEREES-

  VISUAL SOURCES AFTER WRITTEN SOURCES!

    Yes, perhaps the most important source for a referee is the visual source.

    Because no matter how familiar we are with the written rules and situations, the main thing is to be able to apply them visually. For us, written sources are nothing more than a source that we don't go back and look at again, but whenever we want to base the scenario in our minds on something, we open it and look at it again. A referee's main source is the fencers. Since each fencer has a different style of play, the referee strengthens his own analysis with different scenarios. That is why you, the Candidate Referees who have completed the course, should watch more videos because you have already learned the written information in the course.

THE FENCING REFEREE YOUTUBE CHANNEL

    It's a youtube channel that talks more about what referees do during the tournament, their psychological preparation during the tournament or during the tournament. Which I think is one of the best resources that anyone with a strong command of English can find when looking for resources. 

    Lisa Campley-Sapery, who has refereed in many international tournaments around the world, has started a YouTube channel to help us become better referees and guides referees in modules. Lisa has a deeper knowledge especially in Epe and the modules focus on Epe after the general knowledge. 

    Lisa also shares with us the challenges she faced as a referee. Especially when we listen to her memories, we realize that wherever we are in the world, the landscape that most fencers face is sometimes the same. Most of us, under different names and images, sometimes experience the same events and fulfill the same responsibilities, changing time and place. 

    Lisa gives a lot of valuable information for a novice referee, but it is only later that one realizes: Once we step on the field, I think what he says goes out of your head because the only thing on our minds at that moment is the desire to “survive”. 

thefencingrefereeyoutube: (132) The Fencing Referee - YouTube

ALLEZ GO

    ALLEZ GO is an organization that has a website and shares videos on YouTube. It is an organization that broadcasts sports such as tennis, golf and baseball using artificial intelligence. 

    But where does fencing fit in?

    Thanks to the artificial intelligence they have developed for fencing referees, it shows more concretely a chase that requires constant follow-up and attention, such as attack superiority. In this way, it allows referees like me, who sometimes have difficulty in following, to practice. 

    As seen here, attacking superiority is shown in red for the athlete on the left - the same as on the chart - and in green for the athlete on the right. 

    On Allez Go's YouTube channel you can find many more videos to improve the analysis of referees with artificial intelligence.

Allezgoyoutube: (132) Allez Go - YouTube

OLYMPIC FOIL, SLICER SABRE, CYRUSOFCHAOS

    Maybe not all of them are good youtube channels, it depends from person to person, but sometimes we also need an explanation. And frankly, I myself, when I'm just watching a match on a youtube channel, if I can't make sense of the analysis, I consider the match to be rubbish. But on these pages, they usually emphasize the reasons for the athlete's action or the referee's approach to it. I watched long videos many times. 

    And I learned one more thing, a top referee once told me that the analysis is not 100% conclusive.

    If you had heard it with me at that moment, you would have said “yes, that's why all this turmoil”. So watch as much as you can from these pages. 

    And don't go crazy asking questions to your referee acquaintances like me. Because sometimes even we don't realize what we are deciding. 

olympicfoilyoutube: (132) Olympic Foil - YouTube

cyrusofchaosyoutube: (132) CyrusofChaos - YouTube

slicersabre: (132) slacer sabre - YouTube

Stay tuned for more!

Junior Referee