You, the Referee, are usually your own most severe critic and this should be the case. After every game you may analyse your match performance and identify those aspects of your game that you did well and those that you feel you may have done better.
In order to assist you in an honest and constructive evaluation, it is suggested that you ask yourself the following questions in relation to your recent performance.
DID I
Appearance
1. Look smart and confident when I entered and departed from the field of play?
2. Approach the game calmly and fully prepared or was I distracted in any way?
3. Become over-confident, "gimmicky" or unnecessarily the "centre of attention"?
Signals
4. Make the whistle "talk" for me with proper variation and emphasis?
5. Consider my whistle to be effective?
6. Give the proper standard arm-signals on all occasions?
7. Give the correct direction signal on all occasions, or, point to where the offence occurred?
Stoppages
8. Allow players to waste time?
9. Get the game restarted quickly after each stoppage?
10. Take too long to get into position before signalling for restarts?
Advantage
11. Apply the "Advantage Clause" sensibly and correctly?
12. Properly indicate "Advantage" application, also rebuke the offender and inform the offended?
Co-operation with Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Referees
13. Develop and maintain genuine team work with my Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Referees.
14. Issue proper instructions to my Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Assistant Referees and make certain that I was understood?
15. Allow the Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Referees to try to control the game for me?
16. Look to the Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Referees for confirmation of decisions which were clearly my responsibility?
17. Where necessary, consult with Assistant Referees/club Assistant Referees quickly, privately and briefly?
18. Thank my Assistant Referees/Club Assistant Referees after the game (and discuss relevant factors afterwards if they were neutral Assistant Referees)?
Application of Laws
19. Enforce the Laws consistently?
20. Apply the Laws correctly in relation to fair and unfair physical challenges?
21. Interpret Dangerous Play correctly?
22. Allow or condone the entry of trainers without my signalled permission?
23. Caution or send off any players and record the necessary details?
24. Deal promptly and correctly with encroachment?
25. Allow substitutes on before the player substituted had left and/or other than at the halfway line?
Positioning
26. Anticipate play and quickly move to be near to possible incidents?
27. Aim to keep a position where the play was between my location and that of the
appropriate Assistant Referee?
28. Always face the area of restarts after indicating free-kicks, etc?
29. Make full use of the Diagonal System of match control?
30. Stick too rigidly to a narrow diagonal line and become too distant from the play?
31. Keep clear of the immediate location of play?
32. Get a good side-on view of midfield challenges?
Movement
33. Maintain maximum activity throughout the game?
34. Move around the field of play too slowly?
35. Move sufficiently from end to end of the field of play?
36. Restrict my movements to a line up and down the centre of the field of play?
37. Slow up when play reached the penatly-area?
38. Turn my back to the ball and not keep all possibilities in view?
39. Run through play to the goal line when required?
Control
40. Deal with Misconduct sensibly and correctly?
41. Deal properly with dissent from my decisions?
42. Talk to players other than in the course of my duties?
43. Place my hands on a player's person for any reason?
44. Wag my finger at players or in any manner to suggest that I was belittling them?
45. When necessary, approach players, rather than demand they approach me?
46. Act too casually, suggesting that I was not sufficiently interested in the game?
47. Concentrate on the game and my responsibilities at all times?
48. Properly establish and maintain general control of the game?
49. Allow players to surround me to appeal against or question my decisions?
50. Control myself using an effective whistle and calm voice to control the players?
You may like to keep an on-going record of your personal responses from using these evaluation guidelines.