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Abstract

The physical requirements of football referees are quite obstructive because of sport characteristics, as they are associated with switches of sprints, jogging, and sharp turns. This in turn requires high levels of aerobic and anaerobic endurance, speed and agility. The research problem is since there is no specific physical conditioning program corresponding to the Asian test protocol, which is rather new and has not been adopted by the Iraqi Football Association, yet. Most referees nowadays are trained during the season according to the demands of older assessment. The current research aims at designing a specific training program and assessing its ability to improve physical performance on a case-by-case basis using specific exercises, by using the Asian test standards to track down the progress of second division (field) referees working in the Premier League. The single-group experimental design was chosen, and it was suitable in the context of the research. A population of 15 first-class referees in the Baghdad Governorate was used as the sample, which is 50 percent of the population. The tests were conducted at the stadiums of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Baghdad. The analysis showed that there was a dramatic increase in scores after the test when compared to the scores before the test, which was based on the implemented methodology. In this regard, the authors suggest that to select referees to the Asian Academy, focus should be placed on the unique physical requirements of referees during a competitive match to prevent physical stress by eliminating classical training and traditional tests.

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275

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279

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