90
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Sport and Exercise Psychology

The role of perspective in refereeing: Insights from a video-based decision-making experiment

ORCID Icon, , , &
Pages 629-637 | Received 17 Jun 2023, Accepted 09 May 2024, Published online: 19 May 2024

References

  • Adie, J. M., Renshaw, I., Polman, R., Thompson, M. B., & Mann, D. L. (2020). When in doubt, it’s not out: Match format is associated with differences in elite-level cricket umpires’ leg-before-wicket decisions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 51, 101760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101760
  • Avugos, S., MacMahon, C., Bar-Eli, M., & Raab, M. (2021). Inter-individual differences in sport refereeing: A review of theory and practice. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 55, 101926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101926
  • Azizi, E., Fielding, J., & Abel, L. (2022). Video game training in traumatic brain injury patients: An exploratory case report study using eye tracking. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.15.1.6
  • Brand, R., Schweizer, G., & Plessner, H. (2009). Conceptual considerations about the development of a decision-making training method for expert soccer referees. In D. Araujo, H. Ripoll, & M. Raab, (Eds.), Perspectives on Cognition and Action in Sport (pp. 181–190). Nova Science.
  • Busemeyer, J. R., & Townsend, J. T. (1993). Decision field theory: A dynamic-cognitive approach to decision-making in an uncertain environment. Psychological Review, 100(3), 432. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.100.3.432
  • Cunningham, I., Mergler, J., & Wattie, N. (2022). Training and development in sports officials: A systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 32(4), 654–671. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14128
  • Cunningham, I., Roche, L., & Mascarenhas, D. (2023). Using mobile 360° video as a tool for enhancing sport referee performance: A case study. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(1), 43–54. https://doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2023-0002
  • Dohmen, T., & Sauermann, J. (2016). Referee bias. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(4), 679–695. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12106
  • Fasold, F., Wühr, P., & Memmert, D. (2019). Response requirements affect offside judgments in football (soccer). Psychological Research, 83(5), 924–934. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0902-6
  • Faul, F., Erdfelder, E., Buchner, A., & Lang, A. G. (2009). Statistical power analyses using G* power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses. Behavior Research Methods, 41(4), 1149–1160. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.4.1149
  • Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. sage.
  • Funder, D. C., & Ozer, D. J. (2019). Evaluating effect size in psychological research: Sense and nonsense. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2(2), 156–168. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245919847202
  • Gulec, U., Yilmaz, M., Isler, V., O’Connor, R. V., & Clarke, P. M. (2019). A 3D virtual environment for training soccer referees. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 64, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2018.11.004
  • Hancock, D. J., & Ste-Marie, D. M. (2013). Gaze behaviors and decision-making accuracy of higher-and lower-level ice hockey referees. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(1), 66–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.08.002
  • Helsen, W. F., MacMahon, C., & Spitz, J. (2019). Decision making in match officials and judges. In A. M. Williams and R. C. Jackson (eds.), Anticipation and Decision-Making in Sport (pp. 250–266). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315146270-14
  • Hüttermann, S., Noël, B., Memmert, D., & Sampaio, J. (2017). Evaluating erroneous offside calls in soccer. PLOS ONE, 12(3), e0174358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174358
  • Kittel, A., Cunningham, I., Larkin, P., Hawkey, M., & Rix-Lièvre, G. (2021). Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 56, 102003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102003
  • Kittel, A., Larkin, P., Cunningham, I., & Spittle, M.(2020). 360 virtual reality: A SWOT analysis in comparison to virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 563474. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.563474
  • Kittel, A., Larkin, P., Elsworthy, N., & Spittle, M. (2019). Video-based testing in sporting officials: A systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43, 261–270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.03.013
  • Larkin, P., Mesagno, C., Berry, J., Spittle, M., & Harvey, J. (2018). Video-based training to improve perceptual-cognitive decision-making performance of Australian football umpires. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(3), 239–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1298827
  • MacMahon, C., Mascarenhas, D., Plessner, H., Pizzera, A., Oudejans, R., & Raab, M. (2014). Sports officials and officiating: Science and practice. Routledge.
  • Mann, D. L., Farrow, D., Shuttleworth, R., & Hopwood, M. (2009). The influence of viewing perspective on decision-making and visual search behaviour in an invasive sport. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 40(4), 546–564.
  • Marasso, D., Laborde, S., Bardaglio, G., & Raab, M. (2014). A developmental perspective on decision-making in sports. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(1), 251–273. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2014.932424
  • Mascarenhas, D., Birtwhistle, J., & Martindale, A. (2022). First-person video recordings with eye tracking glasses and cognitive task analysis as a framework for referee decision training. Managing Sport and Leisure, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2022.2134186
  • Narazudin, M. N., Abdullah, M. R., Fauzee, O., Abdullah, V., Parnabas, N. M., & Abdullah, N. (2015). Investigating the relationship between decision-making and performance among Malaysian rugby sevens referee. Malaysian Journal of Sports, Recreational and Education, 2(1), 119–132. https://doi.org/10.4103/2600-9404.323223
  • Peirce, J., Gray, J. R., Simpson, S., MacAskill, M., Höchenberger, R., Sogo, H., Kastman, E., & Lindeløv, J. K. (2019). PsychoPy2: Experiments in behavior made easy. Behavior Research Methods, 51(1), 195–203. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-01193-y
  • Plessner, H., & Haar, T. (2006). Sports performance judgments from a social cognitive perspective. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7(6), 555–575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.03.007
  • Plessner, H., Schweizer, G., Brand, R., & O’Hare, D. (2009). A multiple-cue learning approach as the basis for understanding and improving soccer referees’ decision-making. Progress in Brain Research, 174, 151–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(09)01313-2
  • Put, K., Wagemans, J., Jaspers, A., & Helsen, W. F. (2013). Web-based training improves on-field offside decision-making performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(4), 577–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.03.005
  • Raab, M., Avugos, S., Bar-Eli, M., & MacMahon, C. (2020). The referee’s challenge: A threshold process model for decision-making in sport games. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 14(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2020.1783696
  • Raab, M., Bar-Eli, M., Plessner, H., & Araújo, D. (2019). The past, present and future of research on judgment and decision-making in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 42, 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.10.004
  • Ratcliff, R., Smith, P. L., Brown, S. D., & McKoon, G. (2016). Diffusion decision model: Current issues and history. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(4), 260–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.01.007
  • Samuel, R. D., Tenenbaum, G., & Galily, Y. (2021). An integrated conceptual framework of decision-making in soccer refereeing. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(5), 738–760. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1766539
  • Schrödter, R., Noël, B., & Klatt, S. (2022). Game management by referees to compensate for errors in judgement: A decision flow model. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2161105
  • Schweizer, G., Plessner, H., & Brand, R. (2013). Establishing standards for basketball elite referees’ decisions. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 25(3), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2012.741090
  • Schweizer, G., Plessner, H., Kahlert, D., & Brand, R. (2011). A video-based training method for improving soccer referees’ intuitive decision-making skills. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23(4), 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2011.555346
  • Schweizer, K., Ren, X., & Zeller, F. (2019). On modeling the ceiling effect observed in cognitive data in the framework of confirmatory factor analysis. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 61(3), 333–353.
  • Simmons, P., & Cunningham, I. (2013). Communication and sports officials. In P. M. Pedersen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication (pp. 461–470). Routledge.
  • Spitz, J., Wagemans, J., Memmert, D., Williams, A. M., & Helsen, W. F. (2021). Video assistant referees (VAR): The impact of technology on decision-making in association football referees. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(2), 147–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1809163
  • van Biemen, T., Müller, D., & Mann, D. L. (2023). Virtual reality as a representative training environment for football referees. Human Movement Science, 89, 103091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2023.103091
  • van Biemen, T., Oudejans, R., Savelsbergh, G., Zwenk, F., & Mann, D. (2022). Into the eyes of the referee: A comparison of elite and sub-elite football referees’ On-field visual search behaviour when making foul judgements. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 18(1), 78–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541211069469

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.