Education and training towards excellence in Portuguese Football Refereeing
Event Title
First International Conference on the Science and Practice of Sports Refereeing
Year (definitive publication)
2014
Language
English
Country
France
More Information
--
Web of Science®
This publication is not indexed in Web of Science®
Scopus
This publication is not indexed in Scopus
Google Scholar
This publication is not indexed in Google Scholar
Abstract
Football Refereeing has been studied by different authors and in different areas. In a
research conducted in the Web of Knowledge, Scopus and PsycINFO, limited to the
last 20 years, we found 205 articles relating to football refereeing. Physical (78) and
technical performance (78) of referees and assistant referees are the most studied
subjects. The results of this study suggest the need to broaden the scope of empirical
investigations in refereeing while calling attention to the need to produce theoretical
refereeing development models that may guide the referees training.
In Portugal, we have tried to find a map that leads us to excellence and we have been
introducing materials and methodologies in the training context to help the referees
achieve high levels of performance in the shortest possible time. Inspired by the work
of Mascarenhas, Collins, & Mortimer (2005), Mascarenhas, O'Hare, & Plessner
(2006), MacMahon, Helsen, Starkes, & Weston (2007), Myers, Guillén, & Dithurbide
(2012), Weston et al., (2012) and Slack, Maynard, Butt, & Olusoga (2013), among
many others, we will present examples of how we try to link theory with practice.
Specifically, we discuss issues such as: i) the training of referees trainers; ii) the
training of referees observers; iii) the stages and processes of mentoring; iv)
integrated training programs; v) referees psychological analysis; and vi) other relevant
referees development contents.
Acknowledgements
--
Keywords
football refereeing,training,excellence,mentoring