2011 EHF Referee Seminar

The EHF is in full swing of preparing the various events during the 2011/12 season, especially the Men’s EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia. All qualification matches are concluded and the draw for the final tournament took place in Belgrade on 15 June 2011.

The Referee Seminar will take place on the weekend of 2 to 4 September 2011 in the EHF Office in Vienna (AUT) and focus on the EHF Euro 2012 in Serbia. It will serve as a kick-off event for the preparation of the referees for the major tournament in January next year.

The seminar will be held with 15 couples, out of which the 12 couples for Serbia will be selected. These twelve couples will be confirmed at the end of October 2011.

Referee Couples

The EHF is pleased to announce that the following referee couples are invited to participate in the "kick-off" seminar for the Men’s EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia:

• Horacek / Novotny (CZE)
• Olesen / Pedersen (DEN)
• Raluy / Sabroso (ESP)
• Lazaar / Reveret (FRA)
• Geipel / Helbig (GER)
• Horvath / Marton (HUN)
• Leifsson / Palsson (ISL)
• Nikolov / Nachevski (MDK)
• Abrahamsen / Kristiansen (NOR)
• Caçador / Nicolau (POR)
• Din / Dinu (ROU)
• Zotin / Volodokov (RUS)
• Krstic / Ljubic (SLO)
• Nikolic / Stojkovic (SRB)
• Badura / Ondogrecula (SVK)

Seminar programme

The extensive and exclusive seminar programme will include, amongst other major issues, the following key points:

• Physical fitness assessment testing and follow-up programmes
• Mental skills and methods (with emphasis on goal setting and "dead ball officiating")
• Game management (video examples)
• Pro-active discussions regarding primary points of conflict
• New technologies in communication (head-set, etc.)
• Stressing the importance of coherence in behaviour and actions

This will allow for informed and strategic handling of challenging situations, as well as augmenting the general ability to perform consistently.

Presenters

Jan Tuik (NED)
EHF ExeC Member since 2004
EHF Methods Commission Chairman since 2004
Event Management Expert

Sandor Andorka (HUN)
EHF Competitions Commission Member since 2004
Refeering Expert
Former Top IHF and EHF Referee

Prof. Hans Holdhaus (AUT)
Director of the IMSB Institute for Sports medicine / Science
IOC Lecturer

Marko Sibila (SLO)
EHF Lecturer
Head of Slovenian Handball Trainer Association since 1995
Member of Union of University Handball Teacher

Johann Ingi Gunnarsson (ISL)
Psychologist
Former Top Coach in GER Bundesliga
Lecturer at the IHF World Championship 2009 in CRO and the 2010 EHF Women’s Euro in DEN/NOR

Helmut Höritsch( AUT)
EHF Office Staff Member since 1993
Business Group Education/Development
Senior Manager EHF CAN

Further Information

Find more information in the Official 2011 EHF Referee Seminar Leaflet.