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Young referees in Bad Tölz: trained for the future of football!
Training for young referees in Bad Tölz, 19.-22. June 2025, with lectures and exchanges on referee training.
Young referees in Bad Tölz: trained for the future of football!
From June 19th to 22nd, 2025, an instructive training course organized by the Ingolstadt referee group took place in Bad Tölz. Fourteen young referees made the exciting journey to the youth hostel, where a varied program awaited them. The teaching team, consisting of Jan Feil and Pascal Lau, ensured that the participants not only better understood the rules of football, but were also able to take their own refereeing skills to the next level.
The program included various inputs, exchange opportunities and team building activities. In addition to rule and conformity tests, the young referees were trained in lectures on topics such as cleverness, training science, tactics, positional play and rule changes. The guest lectures from two experts in their field were particularly exciting.
Insights from the professionals
Maximilian Hafeneder, an experienced referee in the youth academy, shared his impressions from the Junior Bundesliga environment. He reported on his experiences refereeing matches in the top youth league and at the upper amateur level. Dominik Zuszek, a member of the Futsal competence team, also presented his work as a regional league coach and presented exciting video scenes from last season that introduced the prospective referees into practice.
This course is not alone. The German Football Association (DFB) is committed to training referees in the future. This describes it fsa-online.de that the new DFB Junior Referee training should offer students the opportunity to become referees. The course includes the 17 rules of football, video analysis and practical training units to optimally prepare future referees for their everyday lives.
In Magdeburg, five students from the international foundation high school are already taking part in the AG Junior Referee, which shows that interest in this topic is also high beyond Bavaria. If you would like to be part of this development, you can contact Maximilian Scheibel, the person responsible for refereeing at the FSA.
Overall, these initiatives show that the training of referees is an important part of football, and the emerging talent is well supported in Bavaria.