SportLogia
Vol. 7, Issue 1, Jun 2011.
DIFFERENCES IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE BASKETBALL REFEREES WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL AGE
Rupčić Tomislav1, Matković Bojan1, Knjaz Damir1, Baščevan Saša2 and Rodić Saša3
1 Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
2 Polyclinic "Petand", Zagreb, Croatia
3 High School Jastrebarsko, Zagreb, Croatia
ORGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER
doi:10.5550/sgia.110701.en.027R
COBISS.BH-ID: 2102040
UDC:796.323.072.4
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The aim of our research was to determine differences in the anthropological profile of best Croatian basketball referees with regard to their chronological age. The study included 31 referees from the A referee list in the competitive season 2008/2009. In order to determine the statistical differences they were divided into two age groups; young (n = 16) including referees age 26-32 and older group (n = 15) including referees aged 33-46. Participants were tested on different variables for the assessment of motor and functional abilities and morphological characteristics. Also, in this research were included two variables called Quality of officiating and Experience. Data analysis was performed using the software package STATISTICA for Windows, 8thversion. For each variable basic descriptive statistical parameter was calculated. Analysis of statistical differences in the anthropological profile with regard to the chronological age of basketball referees was performed using t-test for independent samples. According to our results basketball referees differ only in the variables for the assessment of motor abilities, while there were no statistically significant differences in the tested morphological characteristics and functional abilities regarding referees' age. To conclude, investigated basketball referees were all well physically prepared, meeting high standards of physicalconditioning-motor preparation needed for the basketball games of the highest national level.
Key words: : basketball, referees, chronological age, anthropological profile, experience.
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