The purpose of this study to examine the cause of korean soccer referees` false judgment, the number of false judgments experiencing in one game, the times the most false judgments are made familiarity with game rules, what are the influences to the f...
The purpose of this study to examine the cause of korean soccer referees` false judgment, the number of false judgments experiencing in one game, the times the most false judgments are made familiarity with game rules, what are the influences to the future judgments after commit the false judgments. One hundred twenty referees responded to open-questionnaire. They were extracted by the inductive content analysis. First, the causes of false judgments that soccer referees experience in the process of performances of referees` duties in the game, were appeared to be in five different categories;physical, psychological, recognizable or predatory, environmental, and experiential factor. Second, the number of false judgments made in one game was found out to be two times for the first graded, three times for the second graded, four times for the third graded referees, and four times as total average. Third, the times referees make false judgments were showed out as 10 minutes before second-balf ends for the first graded 10 minutes between first and second-half for the second graded, between 10 minutes of first, second-half d 20 minutes of second-half for the third graded referees, and the referees make the most false judgments 10 minutes before second-half ends as total average. Fourth, the familiarity with game rules were researched as, above 90% for the first and second graded. 70 to 89%(highest)for the third graded, and 70-89%(second highest)for the second graded referees. Fifth the influences to the future judgments after experiencing the false judgments were found out as no impact on future judgments after making mistakes for the first graded, judgment standards were shaking and more false judgments were made for the second and third graded referees. In conclusion, psychological factor were showed out to be the most causing the false judgments. Therefore, the regular psychological training and the solutions for the psychological problems have to be served in order to improve soccer referees` performances of their duties in the game.