David Shead - In my opinion... 16:00 11/17/2014 How is refereeing for the disabled different from regular refereeing? Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. I will start from the very first thing a referee needs to learn, "it is a referees job to enforce the rules" and this is no different at a disabled championships, but the rules allow a referee to give a disabled armwrestler some allowances, (WAF Rule 5.2.7 The referee¹s may give a disabled puller some allowances for their handicap.) so this is where it becomes harder for the referees as there are so many ways and amounts someone can be disabled, how does a referee make such a decision? Well a very big part of this is resolved with the new classification system used for the first time in Poland this year at the IAF World Championships, this is handled very professionally By Guzel Idrisova from the Olympic Committee and divides the armwrestlers into separate classes (both standing as well as seated) according to their