Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before. In this ground-breaking book, a team of leading international sport scientists and top level officials have come together to examine, for the first time, the science and practice of officiating in sport, helping us to better understand the skills, techniques and physical requirements of successful refereeing. The book covers every key component of the official's role, including: Training and career development Fitness and physical preparation Visual processing Judgement and decision-making Communication and game management Psychological demands and skills Using technology Performance evaluation Researching and studying officials in sport Top-level officials or officiating managers contribute in the 'Official's Call' sections, reflecting on their experiences in real in-game situations across a wide range of international sports, and on how a better understanding of science and technique can help improve professional practice. No other book has attempted to combine leading edge contemporary sport science with the realities of match officiating in this way, and therefore this book is vital reading for any advanced student of sport science, sport coaching or sport development, or any practising official or sports administrator looking to raise their professional standards.

The central goal of this volume is to bring the learning perspective into the discussion of intuition in judgment and decision making. The book gathers recent work on intuitive decision making that goes beyond the current dominant heuristic processing perspective. However, that does not mean that the book will strictly oppose this perspective. The unique perspective of this book will help to tie together these different conceptualizations of intuition and develop an integrative approach to the psychological understanding of intuition in judgment and decision making. Accordingly, some of the chapters reflect prior research from the heuristic processing perspective in the new light of the learning perspective. This book provides a representative overview of what we currently know about intuition in judgment and decision making. The authors provide latest theoretical developments, integrative frameworks and state-of-the-art reviews of research in the laboratory and in the field. Moreover, some chapters deal with applied topics. Intuition in Judgment and Decision Making aims not only at the interest of students and researchers of psychology, but also at scholars from neighboring social and behavioral sciences such as economy, sociology, political sciences, and neurosciences.

The central goal of this volume is to bring the learning perspective into the discussion of intuition in judgment and decision making. The book gathers recent work on intuitive decision making that goes beyond the current dominant heuristic processing perspective. However, that does not mean that the book will strictly oppose this perspective. The unique perspective of this book will help to tie together these different conceptualizations of intuition and develop an integrative approach to the psychological understanding of intuition in judgment and decision making. Accordingly, some of the chapters reflect prior research from the heuristic processing perspective in the new light of the learning perspective.

This book provides a representative overview of what we currently know about intuition in judgment and decision making. The authors provide latest theoretical developments, integrative frameworks and state-of-the-art reviews of research in the laboratory and in the field. Moreover, some chapters deal with applied topics. Intuition in Judgment and Decision Making aims not only at the interest of students and researchers of psychology, but also at scholars from neighboring social and behavioral sciences such as economy, sociology, political sciences, and neurosciences.

Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before. In this ground-breaking book, a team of leading international sport scientists and top level officials have come together to examine, for the first time, the science and practice of officiating in sport, helping us to better understand the skills, techniques and physical requirements of successful refereeing. The book covers every key component of the official's role, including: Training and career development Fitness and physical preparation Visual processing Judgement and decision-making Communication and game management Psychological demands and skills Using technology Performance evaluation Researching and studying officials in sport Top-level officials or officiating managers contribute in the 'Official's Call' sections, reflecting on their experiences in real in-game situations across a wide range of international sports, and on how a better understanding of science and technique can help improve professional practice. No other book has attempted to combine leading edge contemporary sport science with the realities of match officiating in this way, and therefore this book is vital reading for any advanced student of sport science, sport coaching or sport development, or any practising official or sports administrator looking to raise their professional standards.

Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende der Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft sowie an Personen, die in der Sportpraxis tatig sind und Themen der Sportpsychologie genauer und tiefgehender verstehen moechten. Zahlreiche auflockernde didaktische Elemente ermoeglichen Ihnen das leichtgangige und freudvolle Lernen komplexer Sachverhalte. Im ersten Teil lernen Sie den Facettenreichtum der Sportpsychologie sowie die Untrennbarkeit von Theorie und Sportpraxis kennen. Theoretische Grundlagen sind nach den Subdisziplinen der Psychologie (Kognition, Motivation, Emotion, Persoenlichkeit und soziale Prozesse) untergliedert und verstandlich sowie praxisnah erlautert. Dabei werden Fragen beantwortet wie: Welche kognitiven Prozesse fuhren zu guten Entscheidungen in kritischen Sportspielsituationen? Wie entsteht intrinsische Motivation zum Sporttreiben? Welche Folgen hat Wettkampfangst? Tragt Sport zur Persoenlichkeitsentwicklung bei? Wie hangen Teamklima und sportliche Leistung zusammen? Im zweiten Teil erfahren Sie alles Wichtige uber die Anwendung der Sportpsychologie in den Kontexten Leistung und Gesundheit. Wie sehen beispielsweise theoriebasierte psychologische Trainings zur Leistungssteigerung im Spitzensport aus und wie effektiv sind diese? Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Sport und Gesundheit? Die von den jeweiligen Fachexperten und -expertinnen verfassten Kapitel stellen eine umfassende und optimale Prufungsvorbereitung dar. Zudem unterstutzen die klare Struktur und Didaktik sowie die in sich abgeschlossenen Kapitel dabei, sich beim Vertiefen oder Nachlesen auf einzelne Inhaltsbereiche zu fokussieren. Das Werk ist prufungsrelevant und regt zugleich mit wertvollen Impulsen zum Mit- und Weiterdenken an.