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Research: FA Premier League Referee Match Performance Activity
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A recent study with contributions from leading academics at Teesside and Liverpool John Moores Universities, together with the Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO), has been to investigate the relationship between the match activity profiles of referees with those of the players in the same match.
This line of investigation followed on from a previous study published in 2007 whereby the referees’ match physical performances were found to be related in part to those of the players in the same match.
Match activity data was collected from 18 referees officiating in the English Premier League during the 2008/09 season, captured via the PROZONE3 player tracking solution.
The results of the study reported that the referees’ within-match and across-season rates of change in total distance covered, high-speed running and sprinting were consistent with the changes recorded by the players. Such results show that referees’ match physical performances are interrelated with those of the players and thus demonstrate that referees are able to keep pace with the players during FA Premier League matches.
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The physical performances of FA Premier League players have been demonstrated to vary significantly from match to match (Gregson et al., 2010). Therefore, given that the referees’ performances have been demonstrated to be interrelated with those of the players on the same match a further study was undertaken by the same researchers to quantify the between-match variability in soccer referees' match performances.
This comprehensive study, spanning 5 seasons with a total of 1269 matches analysed, demonstrated that variability in soccer referees’ match performances is high in some variables and not dependent on referee age or experience. Such variability means that research requires large sample sizes to detect real systematic changes in a number of performance characteristics when studied during matches.
Read the full abstract HERE
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