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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"officiating"”.
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Mental toughness in elite football officiating
… was to identify factors underpinning football officiating excellence. As a result, this thesis provided an in-depth study into understanding Mental Toughness (MT) and its development within elite football referees. A secondary purpose was to use the findings of the series of studies contained …
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Biomechanical Validation of Skeletal Tracking Data and Developing Action Recognition Models for Basketball: A Baseline for NBA Officiating Tools
… a baseline for developing tools to support officiating decisions in the NBA. By leveraging spatiotemporal representations of joint motion, this work improves the reliability of skeletal tracking data and contributes to the advancement of automated decision support in professional sports …
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An exploration of the developmental sport and training histories of Canadian sport officials
… which collected information on sport and officiating participation histories, as well as training histories related to officiating. Results suggest that respondents’ highest level of athletic performance was predictive of a similarly high level as an official (H(3, n = 217) = 13.37, p < …
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Behind the Stripes: An Exploration of Female Football Officials' Experiences
… working in the male-dominated career of football officiating. Previous literature has examined sports officials in regards to retention, recruitment, and their safety, but relatively little research has focused specifically on female football officials. The participants were able to share their …
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Clergywomen and Grief: Local Church Pastors and Their Experiences
… church context specifically as it related to officiating "hard funerals" for non-family members. Using a Narrative approach, the researcher interviewed 11 clergywomen. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed. Three main themes emerged. The predominant theme was …
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Η ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΟΥΛΜΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΙΟΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΘΡΑΚΗ (ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΩΣ ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΕΩΣ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ)
… SERVICE, K)ELECTING AND RELEASING MOSLEM "OFFICIATING PRIESTS" FROM MILITARY SERVICE, L)CEREMONIAL AND WIDER SPIRITUAL DUTIES OF MOSLEM CHIEF PRIESTS AND "OFFICIATING PRIESTS" M) EXEMPTION OF MOSLEM "OFFICIATING PRIESTS, FROM MILITARY SERVICES AND N) JURISDICTIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE MOSLEM …
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Before the Handshake: Wise Practices for the Support of Unpaid Officials in Athletics in Alberta
… dialogue to share their experiences of officiating. Reflexive thematic analysis distilled the 88 unique findings into three key themes connected to (a) relationship, (b) motivation, and (c) knowledge. The findings also supported self-determination theory (SDT), as an effective way to …
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ΑΥΤΟΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΙΚΗ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΥΝΗ 1942-1945. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΝΟΜΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΩΝ ΘΕΣΜΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΑΣΗΣ
… SELF- ADMINISTRATIONS AND POPULAR JUSTICE WERE OFFICIATING; POLITICAL PRACTICE OF LIBERATING ORGANIZATIONS, IN MANY INSTANCES WAS VIOLATING NOVEL AND DEMOCRATIC RULES OF RESISTANCE'S LAW. ALSO, THE FORMS OF "DIRECT DEMOCRACY", WHICH CHARACTERIZED THE FIRST PERIOD (POPULAR CONVENTION WAS …
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A preliminary, multidisciplinary investigation into the performance of professional referees in the Australian National Rugby League
… no exception. Successful performance in sports officiating involves a complex interplay of components including, but not limited to; physical, technical, and perceptual-cognitive factors. When comparing literature on sports officiating there is a clear paucity of research investigating the …
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College Football in Turmoil: How Violence, Virility and Social Darwinism Defined College Football, 1880-1915
… its inception was to establish consistency in officiating and development of new rules. Through the work of the IFA, such advocates as President Theodore Roosevelt and Walter C. Camp directly influenced play on the field. Both Roosevelt and Camp defended football’s physicality as a virtue. This …
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Ritual and Narrative in the Contemporary Anglican Wedding
… interviews with marrying couples and officiating clergy, and observation of weddings and wedding rehearsals. This research was conducted within one deanery in West Yorkshire in 2006 and 2007. Theories of ritual, including rites of passage, and of performance are critically employed to …
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"It's Just a Sport. It's Just a Sport, Right?": The Reproduction of Class Privilege in Ultimate
Invented in 1968, Ultimate is a self-officiating, non-contact, team sport played with a flying disc. Over the course of the past 50 years, Ultimate has rapidly gained popularity and is often cited as being among the fastest growing sports in the world (World Flying Disc Federation, 2015; USA …
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Blowing the Whistle: Investigating the Psychological Consequences of Referee Abuse in Sport
… and 94.2% reported being verbally abused while officiating. Consistent with initial predictions, referees encountering higher levels of abuse reported more symptoms of depression and anxiety compared to those with lower exposure. Contrary to predictions, women and racialized referees were not …
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The Development of Context-Specific Biofeedback Training Screens – An Application to Hockey Officials
… biofeedback training screens applied to hockey officiating. Working in conjunction with and obtaining approval from the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA), participating referees and linesman were outfitted with a Contour 1080p© helmet camera to capture various on-ice experiences from a …
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Theology of Blindness in the Hebrew Scriptures
… could be a blemish, disqualifying a priest from officiating and an animal from serving as an offering. Whether caused by old age or an act of divine or human agencies, blindness was an undesirable deviation from God's original design at creation. Concerning social justice, the Hebrew Bible places …
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The Cult of Chinggis Khan in the Dayan Khanid Period
… as hereditary shrine custodians for generations, officiating the ceremonies and driving around the cult's camel-drawn tent-carts, have published many works sharing their knowledge and family memory. In Ordos, in an area known as Eǰen Qoro'a (Mo. `Lord's Sanctuary'), the replicas of the shrine's …
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Traditional Versus Immersive Video-Based Referee Training Methods and How They Affect Situational Confidence Levels in Intramural College Basketball Officials
The number of sports officials around the United States and world has been slowly declining. The average age of sports officials keeps rising year over year, meaning younger officials are leaving their jobs at a high rate. The goal of this study was to compare training methods, traditional and …