Zhou Fei, Zhang Wei, Huang Kongyun, Jiang Yujie, Zhou Changjing
School of Athletic Performance, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
School of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
PLoS One. 2025 May 28;20(5):e0318643. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318643. eCollection 2025.
This study investigates the relationship between referees' physical fitness, their in-game performance, and team dynamics in the Chinese Super League (CSL). The sample comprised 173 matches from the 2021 CSL season, involving 30 referees (mean age 41 years). The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used to analyze the correlation between referees' physical fitness tests and their match performance indicator, as well as the referee's game performance and the home and away teams' game performance. Key findings include a significant positive correlation between referees' RSAVARIATION and the average speed during home possession (r = 0.16, p = 0.04). Additionally, RASBEST and RASAVERAGE were found to have small to moderate negative correlations with the referees' total distance, average speed, and high-intensity activities during games (r = -0.20 to -0.34, p < 0.001). Furthermore, significant positive correlations were observed between referees' match performance metrics and the physical outputs of both home and away teams. These findings provide valuable insights for enhancing the understanding of factors influencing referee performance and can inform referee training, testing, and selection processes.
本研究调查了中国足球超级联赛（中超联赛）中裁判的体能、比赛表现与球队动态之间的关系。样本包括2021赛季中超联赛的173场比赛，涉及30名裁判（平均年龄41岁）。使用皮尔逊积差相关系数分析裁判体能测试与其比赛表现指标之间的相关性，以及裁判的比赛表现与主客场球队比赛表现之间的相关性。主要发现包括裁判的RSAVARIATION与主队控球期间的平均速度之间存在显著正相关（r = 0.16，p = 0.04）。此外，发现RASBEST和RASAVERAGE与裁判在比赛中的总距离、平均速度和高强度活动之间存在小到中等程度的负相关（r = -0.20至-0.34，p < 0.001）。此外，裁判的比赛表现指标与主客场球队的体能输出之间存在显著正相关。这些发现为增进对影响裁判表现的因素的理解提供了有价值的见解，并可为裁判培训、测试和选拔过程提供参考。
