The Effect of Physiological Activity on the Arbitral Decisions of the Referees during the Futsal Match

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of physiological activity on refereeing decisions the referees during the futsal match were identified football referees futsal employees in the Iraqi Premier League and registered with the Iraqi Football Federation - Committee halls for the sports season (2020-2021) totaling (73 ) effective referee (who passed the physical and theoretical tests), and the research sample was chosen by intentional method because the research needs official approvals by the Iraqi Football Association, which number (18) referees (referees of the Middle Euphrates region), who represent (24.6%) from the whole community .The researchers concluded that there is a preference for the first half of the futsal referees in the physiological activity, except for the concentration of lactic acid in the blood as a result of the accumulation of effort in the second half and their inability to recover and the vitality of the body compared to the first half and that the preference was for the first half of the referees of futsal football in the arbitration variables except for controversial decisions, because referee decisions are closely and fundamentally linked to the physical and physiological activity accompanying the referee’s performance during matches, and therefore the greater the burden and effort on the referee negatively affects the decisions taken.