Comparison of Visual Skills in Soccer Referees with Fewer and More Mistakes

This study aims at comparing the visual skills in soccer referees with fewer and more mistakes. This was a causal-comparative study and was applied in terms of purpose. The participants consisted of 30 male referees from Fars province who were voluntarily selected. Then, according to average monitoring scores, they were grouped into two groups of referees with fewer mistakes (17 referees) and referees with more mistakes (13 referees). Testable vision skills were measured through Wilson and Falkel vision test (2005) to assess the visual skills of the referees. Data analysis by one-way analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between the two groups in terms of visual skills with soccer referees committing fewer mistakes showing a better performance across all the visual-perceptual and visual-motor subtests) P≤0.05(. It seems that pay more attention to the performance of soccer referees’ visual skills is crucial in improving their level.