International referee in football Ammar Al-Junaibi revealed that he allocated a small gymnasium at his home to train in during the interruption of football competitions, after the decision of the Football Association and the Professional League to suspend sports activities, including the Arab Gulf League for a period of four weeks due to the current health developments related to the Corona virus The newcomer "Covid 19".
He pointed out that he trains every day for an hour in the gym, stressing the importance of everyone's commitment to preventive and preventive health measures taken by the concerned authorities in the country to limit the spread of this virus.
Al-Junaibi told «Emirates Today»: The step of training in a gym for my home came with the aim of maintaining my physical fitness and my readiness in the event of a decision to return to sports activity at any moment.
He added, "The various football competitions, whether locally or abroad, stop, as an international referee, for me the importance of continuing the training in all seriousness according to a specific training program, in addition to coordination with the officials of the Referees Committee in the Football Association."
Ammar Al Junaibi confirmed that, as a referee, he benefited a lot from the last workshop organized by the Referees Committee and lasted two days regarding the work of the video assistant referee technology (the mouse), with the participation of 54 referees and assistant referees from the first team referees in the presence of the technical director of the International Legislative Council for Football David Ilary. He said that the workshop focused on the importance of the referee quickly making the decision and the referee presented the video with the best shots and angles for the cases in the stadium, enabling the court to be able to make the right decision, as well as assisting in the process of summoning the referee of the square in clear arbitration cases, stressing that such matters would Helping stadium judges minimize refereeing errors during different matches.
He pointed out that the Director of Referees Department in the Committee of the Football Association, Ali Al-Tarifi, selects every week some arbitration cases such as expulsions, hand touches, penalty kicks, and infiltrations, etc., then he sends them to the referees via their e-mail, then he receives their answers, and after that he plays his role By sending it to the committee in the International Football Association to answer it.
He explained that the director of the referees department compares the referees' answers with the answers received by the referees committee from the competent committee in the International Football Association «FIFA», and then explains the criteria related to these cases for the judges of stadiums, considering that this method has a very great benefit for referees, because it depends on Exchange views and establish discussion on various cases.
Ammar Al Junaibi tries to maintain his physical fitness so that he is ready in the event of a decision to resume football activity.
The Referees Committee seeks the views of the stadium judges weekly on controversial cases.