Investigation of Perceptual Abilities between Expert Versus Novice Soccer Referees

Abstract

The present research aimed to assess comparatively the perceptual abilities of expert and novice soccer referees. For this purpose, 18 expert judges and 14 novice judges with an average age of (28.87±6.74) were selected by using purposive sampling from Tabriz. In order to collect data it was used of simple, choice and discriminative vision reaction time test, that were conducted with the computer test. Data were analyzed by using Independent- Samples T test. The results showed that there are not significant differences between expert and novice soccer referees in every three reaction time test. In general, the results of this research indicated the inconsiderable role of experience in high level perceptual abilities of judges and here there may be presented some other factors such as genetics discussions and individual differences.