Abstract
In futsal there are two referees on the playing court and their capacity to respond to physical and physiological demands imposed during the game is essential for the success. The futsal characteristics such as size pitch, referees position and rules of games or type of league could impose specific physical efforts probably. The aim of this study were to analyze the physical demands of eight elite referees (age 40 ± 3.43 years; height 1.80 ± 0.03 m; weight 72.84 ± 4.01 kg) from seven matches of Spanish Futsal Cup 2020. The physical activity of each referee during the match was monitored with a Local Positioning System, which was installed on futsal pitch where the matches were played. The data differences were evaluated as Paired-Samples T-Test procedure. The results revealed a similar total distance between halves (2888.39 vs. 2831.51 m). The zone 3 distance (15.1–18 km⋅h–1) showed a significative decrease (p < 0.05) during the match in comparison to the first and second halves (−24.48 m; CI95%: −9.54 to −39.42; ES: 0.56). The number of high-intensity acceleration (−10.29; CI95%; 3.71–16.86; ES: 0.92) and deceleration (−24.86; CI95%; 11.59–38.12; ES: 0.99) decreased in the second half of the match (p < 0.05). Therefore, the use of the tracking device to monitoring physical performance provides knowledge of the specific activity profile from futsal referees. This information to can be useful to design more accurate the training programs.
Highlights
Team sports have a referee, who has the responsibility of ensuring matches develop according to the regulations
In the second half the HRRELATIVE was significantly lower than the first half of the match (−2.46%; Effect size (ES): 0.29)
The findings confirmed that the specific profile activity of elite futsal referees show long distances of slow and moderate speeds with minor high-speed running and sprint distances
Summary
Team sports have a referee, who has the responsibility of ensuring matches develop according to the regulations. For this reason, they must follow the game with full attention and precision control (Borin et al, 2013). Referees’ match performance has been analyzed in futsal with video analysis (Rebelo et al, 2011) and basketball with tracking devices (Borin et al, 2013; García-Santos et al, 2019; Leicht et al, 2019)
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