Referee Fitness Tests
Below are the referee fitness test standards. If you are a Member Organization/Referee Association and want help running a fitness test for your officials, contact the
Manager of Referee Development.
Upcoming Fitness Tests
| Date | Level | Location | Contact |
| TBA | Regional | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | Provincial | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | National | TBA | TBA |
All referees seeking promotion will be expected to meet the minimum fitness standard for the promotion level. SSA reserves the right to consider referees that have completed one fitness test to the minimum fitness standard.
Outdoor Referee Fitness Test Standards
SSA referees are encouraged to attend one fitness test per year, organized by their local Member Organization. Beep test is the preferred method for district referees with Cooper test as a last option. Referees in the Upgrade Pathway must attend two fitness test per year organized by the SSA.
| CATEGORY | Sprints 6 x 40 m | Interval Run x40 (4000 m) | Beep Test | 50 M | 200 M | 12 Min Run |
| MEN: | | | | | | |
| FIFA/National Referee | 6 sec | 15/18 sec | 9.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| FIFA/National AR | 5x30 m - 4.7 sec | 15/20 sec | CODA - 10 sec | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Provincial | 6.4 sec | 15/20 sec | 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Regional | 6.6 sec | 17/22 sec | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| District | N/A | N/A | 6 | 10.5 sec | 50 sec | 1700m |
| WOMEN: | | | | | | |
| FIFA/National Referee | 6.4 sec | 17/20 sec | 8.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| FIFA/National AR | 5x30 m - 5.1 sec | 17/22 sec | CODA - 11 sec | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Provincial | 6.6 sec | 17/22 sec | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Regional | 6.8 sec | 17/24 sec | 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| District | N/A | N/A | 6 | 12 sec | 60 sec | 1600 m |