Offside decision making of assistant referees in the English Premier League: Impact of physical and perceptual-cognitive factors on match performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-481

  Catteeuw, Peter ^a   Gilis, Bart ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Helsen, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assistant referees; Association football; Decision making skills; Offside

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; SOCCER; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951249922     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903518184     Document Type: Article

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