Objective Decision-making has commonly been cited as the most important skill for
successful performance in sports officials, however insight into how this critical skill is …

Objectives Decision-making is the most important skill for sporting officials, consequently,
assessment of this skill is becoming increasingly popular in the literature. There is …

Mental toughness is one of the most common terms used in sport–by athletes, coaches,
spectators and the media. However, it is also one of the least understood terms. This book …

Sports Economics is the ideal introduction for all sport management and sport policy
students and those for whom economics is a relatively new area of study. The book will also …

BACKGROUND: Gaze behaviors are often studied in athletes, but infrequently for sport
officials. There is a need to better understand gaze behavior in refereeing in order to …

Although researchers have independently investigated the physical and decision-making
(DM) demands experienced by sports officials, the combined impact of locomotion and …

The study aimed to identify factors predicting self-efficacy in a sample of 248 Italian handball
referees. The main hypothesis was that perception of teamwork efficacy would be a …

Compared to sports performers, relatively little is known about how sports officials make
decisions at a perceptual-cognitive level. Thus, this study examined the decision-making …

In foul decision-making by football referees, visual search is important for gathering task-
specific information to determine whether a foul has occurred. Yet, little is known about the …

Introduction The purpose of this study is to systematically compare and assess the
differences in perceptual-cognitive skills between expert and non-expert sports officials, and …