Author(s): N Kodeeswaran, A Abdul Halik and S Senthil Kumaran

Abstract:
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire, judge, arbiter (chess), commissaries, or Technical Official (by the International Olympic Committee). Referees may be assisted by umpires, linemen, timekeepers, or touch judges. To achieve the purpose of the study 40 active referees from Coimbatore district. Their age ranged from 20 to 25years. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups. Group- I (n=20) underwent basketball referees and Group – II (n=20 football referees. The following tests were performed to measure the physical fitness parameters: 110mt test was used to measure the speed endurance, 50 meters run test was used to measure the speed. The data collected from the subjects were statistically analyzed using ‘t’ test to find out whether significant mean difference existed at 0.05level of confidence. The result of the study was significant difference in the speed and speed endurance between the football and basketball referees. The speed level is better to the basketball referees compare with the football referees. The speed endurance level is better to the football referees compare with the basketball referees.

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