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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"referees"”.
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An Identity Theory of Role Exit among Soccer Referees
… Using a sample of 940 current and former soccer referees in Virginia and the District of Columbia, the results show that several role-set background factors and social characteristics affect role exit. However, identity processes explain some of the effect that the background factors have on role …
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A preliminary, multidisciplinary investigation into the performance of professional referees in the Australian National Rugby League
… investigating the performance of rugby league referees. As a result, there is a deficiency in evidence–based practice when evaluating and training rugby league referees. This is of concern given the prominence of the elite rugby league competition has on the Australian sporting landscape. Given …
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Blowing the Whistle: Investigating the Psychological Consequences of Referee Abuse in Sport
… the well-being of sporting officials (i.e., referees) has been vastly overlooked. This oversight is evident not only at the professional level, but also in youth competitive settings. In collaboration with Ontario Soccer, Saskatchewan Soccer Association, and British Columbia Soccer, the …
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Quantization of prior probabilities in Bayesian group decision-making
… setting. This could arise with a team of three referees deciding by majority rule on whether a foul was committed. The referees face a collection of problems with different prior probabilities, varying by player. This scenario illustrates that even as all referees share the goal of making …
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How coaches influence referee decisions
… existing rules and regulations. In doing so, the referees are assigned as impartial agents on the pitch. The coaches take over a non-legitimate principal-like role trying to influence the referees even though they do not have the formal right to do so. Separate questionnaires were set up for …
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Wrestling Refereeing Illustrated: An Instructional Sound Filmstrip Designed for Use in the Physical Education Class, the Intramural Program, the Interschool Wrestling Team, and the Referees’ Association
The purpose of this study is to produce a sound filmstrip, in color, that will bring new knowledge and reinforce present knowledge of the operation of a wrestling match from the Referee's duties prior to the match until the final match is wrestled.
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Mental toughness in elite football officiating
… (MT) and its development within elite football referees. A secondary purpose was to use the findings of the series of studies contained herein, to bridge the gap between theory and applied practice by providing recommendations for football officiating National Governing Bodies (NGBs), sport …
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Safer rugby through BokSmart? Evaluation of a nationwide injury prevention programme for rugby union in South Africa
… (SARU). This programme educates coaches and referees on safe techniques during a Rugby Safety Workshop (RSW). To assess real-world injury prevention efforts, researchers have suggested using the six Translating Research into Injury Prevention Practice (TRIPP) stages. Stage 1 and 2 investigate …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… the magnitude of own race preference among referees in professional basketball. Previous research in this vein has depended on foul frequency and the overall racial composition of referee crews for its estimates. This research adds to the literature by exploiting two unique data sets from …
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Assessing Soccer Referee Performance Using Work Sample and Conventional Testing Methods
… battery were compared for testing college soccer referees as linesmen. A content-oriented strategy (Alba & Dickinson, 1985) was used to prepare the tests. Sixty-one referees from two testing sites were assigned to one of two conditions of physical demand and one of three experience groups. Strong …
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Alis volat propriis: pathways, challenges and strategies for Australian women in elite-level sport leadership
… employment as elite-level coaches, officials (referees, umpires), and administrators (managers, directors, executives).
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Immediate post catastrophic injury management in rugby union. Does it have an effect on outcomes?
… 2008. Through education - mainly of coaches and referees - this programme aims to improve the prevention and management of catastrophic injuries. Moreover, the programme began administering a standardised questionnaire for all catastrophically injured players to assess the prevention and …
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An exploration of the developmental sport and training histories of Canadian sport officials
… development, with national/international level referees consistently officiating more hours throughout their career, while practice activities were not as prevalent. Future studies should attempt to increase the sample size, widen the variety of sports represented, and gather more respondents …
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Problematic Parents: An Efficacy Analysis of Code of Conduct Policies in Ontario Minor Hockey Associations
… stakeholders, such as young athletes, coaches, referees, administrators, and other parents. Existing research has examined violations from parents in various youth sport settings and a lack of institutional policies to inform, monitor, and discipline parents who violate behavioural expectations. …
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"It's Just a Sport. It's Just a Sport, Right?": The Reproduction of Class Privilege in Ultimate
… 2015). Interestingly, because it requires no referees, is usually played mixed (co-ed), and can be inexpensive to play, proponents of the sport portray Ultimate as being a more accessible and equitable alternative to “mainstream” sports (Walters, 2008). However, despite these distinctive …
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Models of professional writing practices within the field of computer science
… the expectations of his readers as well as the referees and editors who judged the quality of his work. He also revised his work extensively and recruited other professionals locally and abroad to assist him in refining his texts.The non-native speaker employed many of the same computer …
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General Secondary School Principals' and Athletic Directors' Experiences Regarding the Priority of Selected Athletic Department Tasks and the Time Required to Accomplish Them
… survey items in the area of priority: scheduling referees and creating eligibility lists. There was no significant difference between the responses for the amount of time allocated to the tasks. One cause for the lack of significance between the two sets of responses could be that 68% of the …
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The Functions of the Gamemaster: A comprehensive, practice-based overview of the role of the gamemaster of tabletop roleplaying games
… of the role of the gamemasters (GMs, akin to referees, storytellers, and guides, leading a tabletop roleplaying game) of tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs, games primarily played in conversation between multiple people in a shared space, led by a GM). All functions that a GM performs are …
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The Development of Context-Specific Biofeedback Training Screens – An Application to Hockey Officials
… Hockey Association (SHA), participating referees and linesman were outfitted with a Contour 1080p© helmet camera to capture various on-ice experiences from a game-to-game basis. A focus group was held with SHA official representatives (i.e., official supervisors, mentors) to gain a better …
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