Referees chief Howard Webb is creating a crack team of VAR specialists to continue improving its effectiveness in games.
A new VAR manager will be appointed in the summer to replace the outgoing Neil Swarbrick and they will be joined by VAR coach Phil Bentham.
Extra coaches will also be joining the organisation to improve tactical awareness of what happens on the field.
To improve performance levels the VAR specialists will solely be focused on their off-field duties and will not be expected to referee matches.
The use of VAR technology has been controversial since its introduction to the Premier League in 2019.
Managers and pundits have frequently pointed the finger at perceived mistakes the referee has made based on VAR advice.
New statistics shown to i reveal that 33.3 per cent fewer mistakes have, however, been made since the World Cup, compared to the start of the season.
Before the December break, an incorrect intervention occurred every 24.3 games, but that has now improved to one every 37.5 games.
There have also been almost half as many missed interventions – from one every 12.2 games to one every 21.4.
Webb is said to have been working tirelessly to transform the infrastructure and quality of officiating in English football since leaving his role as head of refereeing in the US to become chief refereeing officer for the PGMOL, the body in charge of elite referees in England.
i first revealed that Webb was appointing staff to key positions from across elite sports – including British Cycling and rugby league – and had appointed a first ever technical director, Adam Gale-Watts.
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