Westbrooks, J, Low, D and Brownlee, T (2024) Determining the Definition and Components of Successful Soccer Referee Performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41 (24). pp. 2187-2192. ISSN 0264-0414

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Abstract

There has been little work examining the intricacies of what makes a soccer referee successful. The aim of this study was to determine what the definition of a successful referee performance is and what are the characteristics of a successful referee from a broad range of stakeholders in Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Professional Referees Organisation (PRO). The study used Delphi methodology to ask 6 MLS General Managers, 2 MLS Coaches,1 MLS League Officer, 4 PRO Referees and 10 PRO Assistant Referees, 8 PRO Staff and 5 PRO Assessors, and 2 PRO2 Referees two questions: 1. Their definition of a successful referee performance. 2. Their opinion on the characteristics of a successful referee. The result was a 7-point definition of a successful referee performance and 26 characteristics of a successful referee. There were ten characteristics that overlapped with previous work examining successful referees. This study was able to develop a definition of a successful referee performance and determine the characteristics of a successful referee.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 22/2/24, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02640414.2024.2317641
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Match official; football referee; soccer referee; successful referee; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Sport Sciences
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports > GV711 Coaching G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2024 09:09
Last Modified:	09 Apr 2024 09:15
DOI or ID number:	10.1080/02640414.2024.2317641
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22984

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