COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL PREPAREDNESS OF FOOTBALL REFEREES OF DIFFERENT COMPETITION LEVELS

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angličtina

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COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL PREPAREDNESS OF FOOTBALL REFEREES OF DIFFERENT COMPETITION LEVELS

Original language description

The aim of the research is to compare physical preparedness of football referees of different competition levels. General physical preparedness plays an important role in motor performance. Coping with the physical loading in games, and thus being able to get close to individual game situations, can be seen as a precondition to judge the game correctly. The objective is to find out if the physical preparedness of football referees increases with the higher level of competitions. 42 football referees participated in the study. There were two groups of different competition levels. The first group (n = 17) comprised 3rdleague and professional competitions, the other group (n = 25) comprised regional competitions of 1.B and 1.A class. The indicators of physical preparedness were maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) and shuttle run test. The participants had to run repeatedly 20 metres distance in the given pace. The score is the number of sections, run in the given pace, to exhaustion. The maximal aerobic capacity was measured and processed by means of sport tester of Polar RS800CX and ProTrainer software. The two independent groups were compared concerning the cardiorespiratory endurance indicated by the shuttle run test and VO2max. Statistical significance of differences was evaluated by independent Mann-Whitney U-test (p &lt; 0,05). A significant difference (p &lt; 0,05) was found out in both selected indicators of physical preparedness, which suggests that the performance of referees differed between the selected groups. With regard to different level of football competitions, the referees from 3rd league and professional competitions had both higher maximal aerobic capacity and better performance in the shuttle run test compared to the referees from 1.B and 1.A class. The performance in the shuttle run test was better on average by 1 time segment and the VO2max was better on average by 3 ml/kg.min-1. The research results support the assumption that the football referees of higher competition levels need to have better level of general physical preparedness. Physical factor is one of the components of motor performance. However, to get a complex idea of factors influencing motor performance, further analysis is recommended in terms of psychological, technical and tactical factors.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology

ISBN

978-80-210-8917-4

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

34-41

Publisher name

Masarykova univerzita Brno

Place of publication

Brno

Event location

Brno

Event date

Nov 29, 2017

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

000467203700003