Introduction to the special issue: Officials in sports

Dosseville, Fabrice; Laborde, Sylvain

doi:10.1051/sm/2015006

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“…According to the effect size of existing studies, values for α were set on 0.05 and power on 0.80 ( Faul et al, 2007 ). Based on previous researches and discussions among the authors, the final preset effect size in this paper is estimated as 0.15 (medium effect) ( Dosseville and Laborde, 2015 ). In order to achieve the expected power, valid data from 55 participants needs to be collected.…”

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Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science

Zhang

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Front. Psychol.

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As professional football stadiums continue to grow in popularity worldwide, fans are able to watch the game in closer proximity, but the design of professional football stadiums to shorten the distance between fans and the playing field also exacerbates the impact of the home advantage on the referee’s decision to call a penalty. Studies have confirmed the existence of the home advantage and found that experienced referees can reduce the impact of this interference, but the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon have not been adequately investigated. In this study, we designed a soccer referee decision making task based on a home field effect scenario in a real soccer game, and used event-related potentials (ERPs) to compare the decision making and EEG differences between individuals with different experience levels when faced with foul actions under spectator noise interference. The experiments showed that individuals with different experience levels triggered a significant ERN EEG component when performing the penalty decision task under the home field effect factor, suggesting that the interference of the home field effect may lead referees to correct their previous decision-making behavior patterns in the penalty decision and reduce unfavorable calls against the home team. In contrast, referees with officiating experience elicited smaller ERN amplitudes compared to other subjects, suggesting that experience factors may inhibit this tendency to change behavioral patterns. This study suggests that in response to the increasing trend of professional football stadiums, policy makers should place more emphasis on enhancing the experience level of referees in the training of referees to ensure the fairness of the game.

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Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science

Zhang

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Front. Psychol.

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“…Alcanzar un nivel elevado en el plano físico, técnico, táctico y psicológico es esencial (González-Oya, 2005) para tomar decisiones correctas ante las situaciones que se presentan durante el juego en los partidos dirigidos en una competición. En consecuencia, este colectivo experimenta cambios constantes para adaptarse a la evolución de este deporte y desarrollar su compleja actividad con éxito (Dosseville y Laborde, 2015). En el contexto de la formación arbitral, la dimensión técnica y táctica se encuentran estrechamente relacionadas y tienen un peso relevante.…”

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Informe de autoevaluación como herramienta formativa para árbitros de fútbol. Estudio de caso

Moreno¹,

Murias

2020

REALIA

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In this article we present the results of an evaluative study of an educational practice that focused on the training of participating referees at an international football tournament. The aim was to provide referees with a self-assessment instrument for analyzing and evaluating their refereeing performances at the tournament. The instrument also provided the teaching team with a source of information for detecting the referees’ daily needs and facilitating dialogical feedback processes in the context of a formative evaluation. Feedback was conducted at training meetings characterized by a participative, interactive and collaborative methodology in which video was used as a fundamental didactic resource. This case study employed a range of complementary methodological, qualitative and quantitative techniques and instruments. We analyzed 371 self-assessment reports produced after the matches by the 28 participating referees and evaluated the usefulness and contributions of the self-assessment tool. We also evaluated the referees’ level of satisfaction with the training proposal by analyzing their responses to a questionnaire and holding discussions with their trainers. The results revealed a high level of satisfaction and acceptance of both the instrument and the methodology developed at the work meetings. They also highlight the value of video content as teaching material, the quality of the feedback received, and the participatory, interactive and collaborative approach adopted at the sessions. This proposal is intended to be transferable to other situations and training contexts.

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Sport officials' strategies for managing interactions with players: Face-work on the front-stage

Cunningham

Simmons

Mascarenhas

2018

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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10Communication is central to managing perceptions of fairness and performance in sport officiating. Most of the 11 few studies that focus on sport official communication have been limited to 'one-way' impressions and decision 12 communication and tend to neglect more dynamic, dialogic interactions with players. This study explored sport 13 officials' identity concerns and motivations and ways officials adapt and accommodate 'face' in interactions with 14 players. Design: Qualitative methodology Method: Video elicitation interviews using an allo-confrontation 15 approach were conducted with 8 male and 6 female sport officials from 7 different team sports representing 16 novice to professional levels. Goffman's (1959; 1967) dramaturgical sociology of interaction was used to frame 17 identity projections and context in officials' communication management strategies. Findings: Analysis of 18 interview transcripts revealed three distinct ways officials' face concerns emerge and are managed in 19 interactions with players including (1) anticipating players' reactions and modifying presentation of self, (2) 20 asserting and preserving the officials' own face, and (3) giving and restoring players' face. When incompatible 21 interactional exchanges occur in sport matches, officials use different defensive and corrective face-work 22 strategies to assert, re-establish, or appropriate face statuses for themselves and players. Conclusions: The 23 findings highlight the importance of dynamics and context in sport official communication. They also emphasise 24 the need to maintain relationships, preserve and protect identities, whilst being strategic in interactions with 25 players. We conclude that new conceptualisations are needed in sport official communication to build on 26 current 'one-way' concepts that dominate officiating research and training.27 28

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Introduction to the special issue: Officials in sports

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science

Influence Mechanism of the Home Advantage on Referees’ Decision-Making in Modern Football Field – A Study From Sports Neuro-Decision Science

Informe de autoevaluación como herramienta formativa para árbitros de fútbol. Estudio de caso

Sport officials' strategies for managing interactions with players: Face-work on the front-stage

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