Mental Education of Football Referees: Mental Suitcase of Modern Football Referees

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the characteristics of the referees who have an important place in the football world where great developments are experienced day by day.
 Football has grown incredibly and globalized in recent years. Many sports clubs and leagues constitute a large sector that extends far beyond the national community to international audiences. This global growth has enabled the expansion of financial resources, especially in the professional market sector. This development of football and clubs also affected the referee process. Now audiences, athletes and club managers expect the referees to show management that they are making less mistakes, making the right decisions, being fair, and preventing sports injuries from occurring. The referees are persons who are assigned to competitions by national and international federations that have the authority to administer the competition on the basis of rules. In many parts of the world, fans, athletes, coaches are often complaints about the judges’ prejudice against the teams and their inadequacies. Referee decisions are very important in terms of a team winning the championship, falling league and competing in Europe. It is increasing day by day to criticize the judges ‘behavior and decisions in the competition, especially since the clubs’ ever-growing incomes and sales of TV broadcast rights are expressed in millions of dollars. In particular, the monitoring of the game field with many cameras and evolving video technology is closely examining the actions of the referees and the players in the closest distance and the number of repetitions too intensely. Referee also is an athlete. Hakem has to be nearest to the game, run as well as the players, have the mind open, and have to make the correct definition.
 The aim of this study is to explain the mental suitcase of the referees, which is a new definition in the referee literature and which includes the mental processes of the referees before, during, and after the competition.

Why Would You Referee?

“…While the abuse encountered is deemed to be 'normal' in the sport (Terekli & Çobanolu, 2019), this study highlights the continued need for increased authority to officials; not just in the implementation of the laws of the game but also for highlighting the importance of future interventions targeting supporters behaviours (Brackenridge et al, 2011). Therefore, at a time following the COVID-19 pandemic when governing bodies acknowledge their concerns surrounding the mental health of referees, coinciding with the recent launch of The FA's 'Mental Health Pilot Scheme' Based on this research design, to achieve change, governing bodies could move away from empirical based data and using similar first person approaches; delve deeper using case study analysis by developing a platform to allow referees to speak up.…”

“…Due to this scholarly demand to discover the unique experiences of often silenced populations (Sparkes, 2020), within the field of sport, scholars have naturally embraced the qualitative approach and have produced a variety of creative and insightful vignettes (Ing & Mills, 2017;Mills, 2015;Mitchell et al, 2016). One such area of enquiry that would benefit from the approach would be within sport officiating, where at all levels and between sports, some say it has become normalised to criticise and question the performance of match officials (Terekli & Çobanolu, 2019). As a result, at a time when referees are deemed key to the restoration of football following the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey results states that 9 out of 10 of officials have received verbal abuse in the sport and many are questioning the support they receive (Webb et al, 2020).…”

“…As a result, at a time when referees are deemed key to the restoration of football following the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey results states that 9 out of 10 of officials have received verbal abuse in the sport and many are questioning the support they receive (Webb et al, 2020). To counter this, policy makers and sport's governing bodies are now running support workshops, but referees are not only failing to naturally progress to elite levels, but are discontinuing in large numbers (Terekli & Çobanolu, 2019;Webb et al, 2020Webb et al, , 2021. While as discussed, the COVID-19 pandemic will have had a negative influence on this cessation of sporting officials, further government guidance and restrictions will not only impact the difficulty for governing bodies to gain new recruits but also the current problematic retention rates (Webb et al, 2020).…”

Survei Manajemen Perwasitan Sepakbola Di Askab Banyumas Tahun 2022

“…Sekarang penonton, atlet, dan manajer klub mengharapkan wasit untuk tunjukkan kepada manajemen bahwa mereka membuat lebih sedikit kesalahan, membuat keputusan yang tepat, bersikap adil, dan mencegah cedera olahraga yang terjadi. (Terekli & Çobanoglu, 2019) Seperti cabang olahraga pada umumnya sepakbola juga memiliki federasi atau induk organisasinya tersendiri, untuk dunia atau internasional adalah FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). FIFA didirikan pada 21 Mei 1904 di Paris, Prancis.…”