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Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees
Official tests are used to assess the fitness status of soccer referees, and their results correlate with match performance. However, FIFA-approved tests expose the referees to high physical demands and are difficult to implement during the sportive year. The aim of our study was to evaluate the cor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287311 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk6030059 |
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author | Romano, Veronica Tuzi, Manuel Di Gregorio, Ada Sacco, Anna Maria Belviso, Immacolata Sirico, Felice Palermi, Stefano Nurzynska, Daria Di Meglio, Franca Castaldo, Clotilde Pizzi, Angelo Montagnani, Stefania |
author_facet | Romano, Veronica Tuzi, Manuel Di Gregorio, Ada Sacco, Anna Maria Belviso, Immacolata Sirico, Felice Palermi, Stefano Nurzynska, Daria Di Meglio, Franca Castaldo, Clotilde Pizzi, Angelo Montagnani, Stefania |
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description | Official tests are used to assess the fitness status of soccer referees, and their results correlate with match performance. However, FIFA-approved tests expose the referees to high physical demands and are difficult to implement during the sportive year. The aim of our study was to evaluate the correlation between the 6 × 40-m sprint and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 (IR1) official tests and other field-based tests that require no or little equipment, are not time-consuming, and impose low physical demands. All tests were performed by male referees from the Regional Section of the Italian Referee Association (n = 30). We observed a strong correlation between 6 × 40-m sprint and Illinois agility tests (r = 0.63, p = 0.001) and a moderate correlation between Yo-Yo IR1 and hand-grip strength in the dominant (r = 0.45, p = 0.014) and non-dominant hand (r = 0.41, p = 0.031). Interestingly, only a moderate correlation (r = −0.42, p = 0.025) was observed between the FIFA official tests, 6 × 40-m sprint and Yo-Yo IR1. These results suggest that Illinois agility and hand-grip tests could represent simple and low-physical-impact tools for repeated assessment and monitoring of referee fitness throughout the sportive season. |
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spelling | pubmed-82933112021-07-22 Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees Romano, Veronica Tuzi, Manuel Di Gregorio, Ada Sacco, Anna Maria Belviso, Immacolata Sirico, Felice Palermi, Stefano Nurzynska, Daria Di Meglio, Franca Castaldo, Clotilde Pizzi, Angelo Montagnani, Stefania J Funct Morphol Kinesiol Article Official tests are used to assess the fitness status of soccer referees, and their results correlate with match performance. However, FIFA-approved tests expose the referees to high physical demands and are difficult to implement during the sportive year. The aim of our study was to evaluate the correlation between the 6 × 40-m sprint and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 (IR1) official tests and other field-based tests that require no or little equipment, are not time-consuming, and impose low physical demands. All tests were performed by male referees from the Regional Section of the Italian Referee Association (n = 30). We observed a strong correlation between 6 × 40-m sprint and Illinois agility tests (r = 0.63, p = 0.001) and a moderate correlation between Yo-Yo IR1 and hand-grip strength in the dominant (r = 0.45, p = 0.014) and non-dominant hand (r = 0.41, p = 0.031). Interestingly, only a moderate correlation (r = −0.42, p = 0.025) was observed between the FIFA official tests, 6 × 40-m sprint and Yo-Yo IR1. These results suggest that Illinois agility and hand-grip tests could represent simple and low-physical-impact tools for repeated assessment and monitoring of referee fitness throughout the sportive season. MDPI 2021-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8293311/ /pubmed/34287311 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk6030059 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Romano, Veronica Tuzi, Manuel Di Gregorio, Ada Sacco, Anna Maria Belviso, Immacolata Sirico, Felice Palermi, Stefano Nurzynska, Daria Di Meglio, Franca Castaldo, Clotilde Pizzi, Angelo Montagnani, Stefania Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title | Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title_full | Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title_fullStr | Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title_short | Correlation between Official and Common Field-Based Fitness Tests in Elite Soccer Referees |
title_sort | correlation between official and common field-based fitness tests in elite soccer referees |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287311 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk6030059 |
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