The referee, international lecturer and Chairman of the Lawyers and Referees Committee of the Asian Handball Federation, a member of the Referees Law Committee of the International Federation, Saleh Mohamed bin Ashour, revealed the AFC launch of its pioneering program and the first of its kind through remote simulation technology, which is devoted to rulers of the continent from international, continental and even observers Technicians, and includes fitness programs, tests and lectures for referees, displaying and discussing video cases, and all that relates to the articles of the game’s arbitration law, taking into account the division of targets in the program into two geographical regions, east and west of the yellow continent, and that The cause of the time difference.
Ben Ashour said in press statements: “The current health conditions in most countries of the world, in light of the precautionary measures to limit the effects of the outbreak of the new (Corona) virus, were behind the resort to scientific and modern solutions, helping the rulers and observers of the game in the continent to continue to be subjected to tests and lectures. Through the launch of a distance program that includes hosting lecturers and specialists in sports psychology and physical preparation, it allows the arbitration teams to maintain their fitness on the one hand, and to keep abreast of all that is new in the laws of handball, as this program is the first of its kind, which is Its adoption in Asia on the level of Team games.
He explained that «the program that was launched last week, and is held over five days each week, will continue its activities until the end of the holy month of Ramadan, as the second phase of the program was held yesterday, and it targeted 18 people from the rulers and technical observers in two different geographical regions with two different times The first was devoted to the rulers and monitors of the western continent from the countries of China, Iran, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, before continuing the second phase of the targeted program in the eastern continent from the countries of Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Thailand and Taiwan.
He continued: «The second stage included answering 375 questions from the articles of the law of the game, especially since the articles of the law have undergone many amendments to them since 2016, and were adopted globally in 2018, as they targeted these questions and interact with them, whether direct questions, or those that allow Options for answering them, the ability to determine the extent of the target's interaction and understanding of the new articles in the law.
Bin Ashour pointed out that the farthest goal of the program is to prepare the targets of referees and technical observers, and to give them more knowledge, and to determine their readiness with the law of the game, and qualify them before participating in the next World Championship 2021 held in Egypt.