An Analytic study to Evaluate Psychological Fatigue and its Relation to the Level of Iraqi Premiere Basketball League Referees in the 2013-2014 Season

Abstract

AbstractThe tremendous development taking place in sport activities, basketball among them, especially following the recent amendments in the game rules, it became a must to pay attention to its elements and among them is the (referee) as it is regarded a significant element in championships. It is even compulsory to tackle the sides that assist in the success of refereeing whether they be psychological, physical or intellectual. Psychological fatigue is one of the psychological elements playing focal role in the success of refereeing a basketball match. Throughout the experience of the two researchers being accredited referees for many years, they have noted a lack of interest in the psychological sides as the psychological fatigue and its impact on the level of basketball premiere league referees, here occurs the problem of the paper.The aim of the paper is to figure out the psychological fatigue and the level of basketball referees in the Iraqi premiere league as well as making a comparative study of psychological fatigue scale between premiere league referees in addition to a comparison to evaluate the refereeing level between first class and international referees. The two researchers concluded that there is a variation in the degrees of psychological fatigue and their relation to the level of premiere league referees (international and first class).