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ScienceDirect Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 117 (2014) 469 – 474
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Differentiation of Perceptual Processes in Elite and Assistant Soccer Referees a Przemysław Pietraszewskia*,b Adam Maszczyka, Robert Roczniok , a Artur Gołaś , Arkadiusz Stanula a
Department of Statistics and Methodology, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, ul. Mikołowska 72a 40-065, Poland b Department of Sports Training, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, ul. Mikołowska 72a 40-065, Poland
Abstract The main aim of the study was to compare the perceptual abilities of top soccer referees and assistant referees at different levels of professional attainment. The sample consisted of FIFA and national level referees as well as assistant referees. Their perceptual abilities were assessed with a classical tool applied to measure psychomotor abilities in humans – the ToulousePieron test. The results indicated that: perceptual abilities of assistant referees were definitely better than those of the referees (p
