Click here to view Day 2, PGMOL-ISL Referee Workshop photo galleryThe second Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) workshop continued at Beverly Park in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday as several referees and assistant referees affiliated with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) attended Day 2 of the workshop that aims at raising refereeing standards in India. The three-day workshop from April 26 to April 28 is an initiative taken by the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) as part of its vision to develop football across all aspects by conducting numerous theoretical as well as practical sessions.Day 2 began at 7 am with a practical session that involved warm-ups, offside training where referees donned the role of players and were put through speed as well as agility exercises. The practical session ended at 9 am and was followed by the first theory session of the day, which began around 10:30 am.The theory session commenced with a quick recap of everything discussed in the previous day’s sessions before moving on to the focus topics of the session, including how to deal with tight offside situations using practical examples. The session continued with reflections and reinforcement of the learning objectives of the workshop sessions and also held a brief Q&A session before the lunch break at 1 pm.The afternoon session and final theory session of the day started at 2:30 pm. The topic in focus in this session was communication between referees and assistant referees and how best to use the communication system. The one-and-an-half-hour long session ended around 4 pm, after which the referees and assistant referees all gathered for another practical session to bring down the curtain on Day 2.The practical session began at 5:30 pm and ended around 7:30 pm. It was the final session of the day and featured a variety of drills after a short warm-up session. In keeping with the focus topic, referees were groomed with regard to their positional sense and movement during match situations, while assistant referees were put through offside practice.
