Physical fitness and physiological characteristics of soccer referees

Castillo, Daniel; Yanci, Javier; Casajús, J.A.; Cámara, Jesús

doi:10.1016/j.scispo.2015.11.003

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“…On the other hand, instead of testing player's performance with all twenty six parameters, this can be simplified only to nineteen measurement in soccer which is cost and time effective. Similarly, the finding from this current study is concordance with prior research stated that, even though a variety of test protocol has been introduced related to the soccer performance, some of it operationally tries to measure a same parameter [32], [33]. Because of it, PCA project a relevant finding which is helping figuring out the less importance parameters excluded from further analysis [34].…”

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confidence: 89%

Intelligent Prediction of Soccer Technical Skill on Youth Soccer Player’s Relative Performance Using Multivariate Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques

Abdullah

Maliki

Musa

et al. 2016

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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This study aims to predict the potential pattern of soccer technical skill on Malaysia youth soccer players relative performance using multivariate analysis and artificial neural network techniques. 184 male youth soccer players were recruited in Malaysia soccer academy (average age = 15.2±2.0) underwent to, physical fitness test, anthropometric, maturity, motivation and the level of skill related soccer. Unsupervised pattern recognition of principal component analysis (PCA) was used to identify the most significant parameters in soccer for the current study and intelligent prediction of artificial neural network (ANN) was developed to determine its predictive ability for the soccer relative performance index (SRPI). The PCA has indicated sit up, agility, 5m speed, 10m speed, 20m speed, weight, height, sitting height, bicep, tricep, subscapular, suprailiac, calf circumference, maturity, task, ego, short pass, shooting right top corner and shooting left top corner are the most significant parameters in soccer. Meanwhile, the PCA-ANN showed better predictive ability in the determination of SRPI with fewer parameters such as R 2 and root mean square error (RMSE) values of 0.922 and 0.190, respectively. The current study indicated that only a few parameters are needed to improve and enhanced the performance of novice group. Nevertheless, the prediction method techniques for the present study show very high and strong ability in prediction of the player's performance. It has highlighted the possibility of defining the optimum number of parameters for the player's relative performance evaluation, which in turn will reduce the costs, energy and time of the measurement.

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confidence: 89%

Intelligent Prediction of Soccer Technical Skill on Youth Soccer Player’s Relative Performance Using Multivariate Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques

Abdullah

Maliki

Musa

et al. 2016

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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“…Research on association football and its historical evolution has tended to emanate from England predominantly Harvey, 2005;Taylor, 2008). In addition, there is a body of research that is related to refereeing, although this research has generally either been physiological in approach considering aspects such as the activity profile or aerobic fitness of referees in training and in match situations (Casajús, Matute-Llorente, Herrero, Vicente-Rodríguez, & González-Agüero, 2016;Castillo, Yanci, Casajús, & Cámara, 2016;Weston, Castagna, Impellizzeri, Rampini, & Abt, 2007).…”

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The Distribution of Power through a Media Campaign: The Respect Program, Referees, and Abuse in Association Football

Webb

Cleland

O'Gorman

2017

Journal of Global Sport Management

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The launch of the Respect Program in 2008 was intended to improve the working environment for referees at all levels of the game. However, eight years since the launch, this article has identified significant issues with the organization and management of the campaign and the verbal and physical abuse to which referees are subjected. Findings are concerned with the experiences of 2056 referees across England, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, who responded to an online questionnaire, and given the emergent themes from the data are linked to a figurational framework through location within Norbert Elias's Civilizing Process. Findings identify a disenfranchised workforce, an uneven distribution of power and wider issues connected with the very structure of the game itself within England. The article concludes with specific recommendations designed to review and reinvigorate the Respect Program and as a consequence the working conditions for referees.

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“…ield referees (FRs) in cooperation with assistant referees (ARs) have full authority to control and regulate the behaviour of players and coaches as well as to warranty the application of the seventeen rules of the game of the Federation International Football Associated (FIFA) (Castillo, Yanci, Casajús, & Cámara, 2016). Although soccer refereeing seems to be a simple task, there are many factors, such as the high number of decisions, the subjectivity for interpretation and the contextual variables (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of the success in soccer match officials’ decisions during an international tournament according to contextual factors. [Análisis del éxito en las decisiones de los árbitros en partidos oficiales de fútbol durante un torneo internacional atendiendo a factores contextuales].

Castillo

Raya-González

Usabiaga

et al. 2019

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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Physical fitness and physiological characteristics of soccer referees

Cited by 31 publications

References 26 publications

Intelligent Prediction of Soccer Technical Skill on Youth Soccer Player’s Relative Performance Using Multivariate Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques

Intelligent Prediction of Soccer Technical Skill on Youth Soccer Player’s Relative Performance Using Multivariate Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques

The Distribution of Power through a Media Campaign: The Respect Program, Referees, and Abuse in Association Football

Analysis of the success in soccer match officials’ decisions during an international tournament according to contextual factors. [Análisis del éxito en las decisiones de los árbitros en partidos oficiales de fútbol durante un torneo internacional atendiendo a factores contextuales].

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