On February 05, 2025 Senior lecturer of the Department of Sports Games and Physical Culture Management Bandura Valery Anatolyovich within the framework of the academic discipline "Football" with students of the 2nd year of the first (bachelor's) level of higher education in specialty 017 Physical Culture and Sports, Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Rehabilitation, organized and held a guest lecture with the judge of the National Category of Ukraine Bondarenko Dmytro Yevheniyovych (VAR referee since 2022) on the topic: "Basic provisions of the rules of the game and refereeing methods". The issue was revealed: History of the development of arbitration and rules of the game in football. Basic provisions of the organization and holding of football competitions. The students listened to the lecturer with interest, were very interested in the question of the types of professional training of the referee and methods of their improvement. Dmytro Yevheniyovych also shared with the students the secrets of professional development.