RT Journal Article
T1 Decision-Making by Handball Referees: Design of an ad hoc Observation Instrument and Polar Coordinate Analysis
A1 Morillo-Baro, Juan P.
A1 Reigal-Garrido, Rafael Enrique
A1 Hernández-Mendo, Antonio
A1 Montaña, Alejandro
A1 Morales-Sánchez, Verónica Odilia
K1 Arbitros
AB Referees are essential for sports such as handball. However, there are few tools available to analyze the activity of handball referees. The aim of this study was to design an instrument for observing the behavior of referees in handball competitions and to analyze the resulting data by polar coordinate analysis. The instrument contained 6 criteria and 18 categories and can be used to monitor and describe the actions of handball referees according to their role/position on the playing court. For the data quality control analysis,we calculated Pearson’s (0.99), Spearman’s (0.99), and Tau Kendall’s (1.00) correlation coefficients and Cohen’s kappa (entre 0.72 y 0.75) and Phi (entre 0.83 y 0.87) coefficients. In the generalizability analysis, the absolute and relative generalizability coefficients were 0.99 in both cases. Polar coordinate analysis of referee decisions showed that correct calls were more common for central court and 7-meter throw calls. Likewise, calls were more likely to be incorrect (in terms of both errors of omission and commission) whentaken from the goal-line position.
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33037
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33037
LA eng
NO Morillo, J. P., Reigal, R. E., Hernández-Mendo, A., Montaña, A., & Morales-Sánchez, V. (2017). Decision-making by handball referees: design of an ad hoc observation instrument and polar coordinate analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1842.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026