Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Composition of Soccer Referees; Do These Correlate With Proper Performance?

Mazaheri, Reza; Halabchi, Farzin; Barghi, Tohid Seif; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali

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“…Physical performance of national and international football referees has been previously presented in the literature (Da Silva, Fernandes & Fernandez, 2008;Di Salvo, Carmont, & Maffulli, 2011;Kizilet, 2011;Keller, Bizzini, Feddermann, Junge, & Dvorak, J., 2012;Mazaheri, Halabchi, Seif Barghi, & Mansournia, 2016;Yanci, Los, Grande, & Casajús, 2016;Castillo, Cámara, Castagna, & Yanci, 2017).…”

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Continuous Education And Training Of Adult Sportsmen – Study Case: The Football Referees

Grosu¹,

Prodan²

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The most promoted sport in the last century is considered without any hesitation to be the football game. The psychical pressure of not taking a wrong decision is far greater upon the referees than it was fifty years ago. For this reason, their continuous physical and mental preparation are of utmost importance.The purpose: This study is aimed to analyze the evolution of 70 referees from the 2nd Romanian Football League during 3 periods of fitness training and testing at a 6 month time interval. The action has two objectives: first, to maintain all the referees in a good fitness shape and second, if it is possible for some of them to increase their fitness shape.The method: The tests organized by the Romanian Football Federation were approved by UEFA and were performed in February 2016, August 2016 and February 2017. They comprised of weight measurements, body fat percentage measurements, 40 meters sprints, Yo-Yo Submaximal Intermittent Recovery Tests.Results: Following 12 months of intermittent high-intensity training, 84.5% of the referees maintained their performance on the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test, while 15.3% of them improved their performance. Also, 1.2% failed the tests due to injuries, overtraining.Conclusion: Fitness training and preparation are now key elements of any referee's daily program. The tests allow monitoring the effectiveness of training; they provide insight into the referee's health status: disease, injury, overtraining and fatigue. Also, they provide baseline data for determining appropriate prescription of exercise.

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Continuous Education And Training Of Adult Sportsmen – Study Case: The Football Referees

Grosu¹,

Prodan²

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…This scenario allows the referees to make precise and convincing decisions. 4 Mazaheri et al 13 pointed out that an elite soccer referee is exposed to physical demands similar to those of a midfield player, whose predominant action is to run long distances during the match.…”

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State of Health and Physical Fitness of CBF (Brazilian Soccer Confederation) Referees From the State of Espírito Santo

Silva

Depizzol

Carletti

et al. 2019

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Studies indicate that the technical/tactical performance of soccer referees can be impacted by physical fitness and state of health. However, although they are routinely invited to take part in matches at national level, it is not yet clearly established whether referees who work in less prominent regions and soccer championships present the same levels of physical, technical and psychological preparation as referees from more important areas, such as the soccer teams of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Within this context, no studies have evaluated the physical conditioning and health parameters of Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) referees who work in Espírito Santo. Objective: To assess the health and physical fitness levels of CBF soccer referees from Espírito Santo. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 16 participants, 6 referees, and 10 assistant referees. The protocol lasted 12 weeks and consisted of the following analyses: general characteristics, body composition, flexibility, and biochemical and cardiorespiratory profiles. Results: The referees all fell under the age range (26 to 41 years) required by CBF and had good body composition and flexibility results. The cardiorespiratory assessment (rest and effort) of the referees indicated satisfactory physical fitness and consequently, low risk for cardiovascular diseases based on resting heart rate (HR) (64 ± 13 bpm), HR reserve (126 ± 18 bpm) and VO2max (45.3 ± 5.7 ml·kg−1·min−1), results similar to those seen in elite international referees. Regarding the biochemical assessment, the parameters analyzed were within the normal range. Conclusion: Despite the fact that referees from the state of Espírito Santo work in a region of lesser national significance and relevance in the soccer domain, they present satisfactory levels of physical fitness and health parameters to act with safety and precision in national competitions. Level of Evidence IV; Type of study: Case series.

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“…Debido a la gran importancia social y económica del final de la temporada los árbitros deben mostrar un excelente rendimiento deportivo durante esta fase. Teniendo en cuenta la asociación entre el perfil antropométrico y las demandas físicas (Fernandez, da Silva, & Arruda, 2008;Mazaheri, Halabchi, Barghi, & Mansournia, 2016), y a pesar de que se han realizado estudios previos caracterizando el perfil antropométrico de árbitros (da Silva et al, 2012;Gabrilo et al, 2013), ninguno de estos estudios se han centrado en su caracterización durante la fase final de la temporada. Debido a la duración del periodo competitivo, puede ser interesante conocer como varía el perfil antropométrico y la composición corporal a lo largo de la temporada y especialmente centrar la atención al final de la misma.…”

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Efecto De Un Periodo Competitivo Sobre El Perfil Antropométrico De Árbitros De Fútbol

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Cámara

Yanci

2019

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Composition of Soccer Referees; Do These Correlate With Proper Performance?

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Continuous Education And Training Of Adult Sportsmen – Study Case: The Football Referees

Continuous Education And Training Of Adult Sportsmen – Study Case: The Football Referees

State of Health and Physical Fitness of CBF (Brazilian Soccer Confederation) Referees From the State of Espírito Santo

Efecto De Un Periodo Competitivo Sobre El Perfil Antropométrico De Árbitros De Fútbol

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