Test 1: CODA-test
The first part of the Fifa fitness test for assistant referees is the Change of Direction Ability (CODA) fitness test. This test is introduced in 2016 and the goal is to assess the assistant referee’s ability to change direction.
TEST 2: REPEATED SPRINT
ABILITY
Procedure
- The ‘start’ gate should be placed at 0m and the ‘finish’ gate at 30m. The ‘start line’ should be marked out 1.5m before the ‘start’ gate.
- Assistant referees should line up at the start with their front foot touching the ‘start line’. Once the test leader signals that the electronic timing gates are set, the assistant referee is free to start.
- Assistant referees should receive a maximum of 30 seconds recovery between each of the 5 X 30m sprints. During their recovery, assistant referees must walk back to the start.
- If an assistant referee fails one trial out of the five, they should be given a sixth trial immediately after the fifth trial. If they fail two trials out of six, the match official has failed the test.
