Comparison of vision search skills in elite soccer referees and assistant referees

10.22034/ijmbsp.2024.433347.1091
Volume 4, Issue 3
Autumn 2024
Pages 1-7

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Senior Expert, Department of Motor Behavior, Shahid Rajaee University of Education, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Motor Behavior Department, Shahid Rajaee Tarbiat University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Motor Behavior, Motor Behavior Group. Faculty of Physical Education, Khorasgan University. Esfahan. Iran

Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to describe and compare the profile of vision search skills of elite soccer referees and assistant referees. The current research method was of post-event and field type and practical in terms of purpose. The participants were13 male football referees with at least10 years of refereeing experience in different football leagues of the country, who were divided into two groups of referees and assistant referees. In order to measure decision-making skills and vision search skills (number of vision fixations and duration of vision fixation) of elite referees and assistant referees,20 clips of foul scenes approved by the Football Federation were used and recorded by the iTracker device. All data were analyzed using Spss software. The average duration of fixation in referees was468.58 and434.27 milliseconds in assistant referees, and the average number of fixations in referees and assistant referees was9.20 and9.21, respectively. The decision-making skill of referees was also measured according to the correct decision, in accordance with the decision of the observers of the football federation, and by examining the decisions, the average score of decision-making in referees was13.33and in assistant referees was15.75.The results of the independent t-test showed that there is no significant difference between the visual search skills and the decision-making skills of elite football referees and assistant referees. It can be concluded that elite referees and assistant referees may have the ability to extract information related to appropriate decision-making from a similar visual field, which helps them make more accurate decisions.

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  • Receive Date 31 December 2023
  • Revise Date 10 November 2024
  • Accept Date 10 November 2024