mumbai indian super league isl along with all india football association aiff concluded the last leg of the twopart workshop series for indian referees and assistant referees for the year 2015 the twoday workshop held at navi mumbai was conducted by wellknown fifa technical instructor steve bennett and focussed on enhancing the knowledge application and interpretation of the laws of the game with effective communication and teamwork amongst the participating match officials a total of 22 indian match officials including 12 referees and 10 assistant referees attended the last leg of the workshop in april 2015 professional game match officials limited pgmol officials mike riley general manager pgmol member fifa referee committee ray olivier training development manager pgmol and philip dowd pgmol select referee visited india to conduct the first leg of the referees workshop attended by 12 referees 13 assistant referees and 12 referee assessors about the final leg of the workshop bennett said there is no doubt the group of match officials is eager to improve and develop their skills to a higher level their enthusiasm and commitment could not be faulted and if they continue to work in this way then the future looks very promising for indian refereeing the referees demonstrated a good understanding of the laws and it was encouraging to see positive interaction and dialogue amongst the group while analyzing video clips bennett discussed topics such as management of match situations handball new interpretation of the offside rule dealing with confrontationpressure situations penalty area incidents and tactical fouls