TY - JOUR ID - TI - Evaluation of Third Degree Football Referees’ Physical Fitness at the Referees’ Football Training Centre in Baghdad City فاعلية البرنامج التثقيفي الموجه نحو السلوكيات الصحية على اللياقة البدنية لحكام الدرجة الثالثة في المركز التدريبي لحكام كرة القدم في مدينة بغداد AU - Mohammed Hamzah Mahdi AU - Mohammed F. Khalifa PY - 2021 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 199 EP - 205 JO - kufa Journal for Nursing sciences مجلة الكوفة لعلوم التمريض SN - 22234055 25218638 AB - Background: The link between physical fitness and systematic training in the referees training center is one of the important basics that every athlete must follow in any sporting activity. The shortage in the level of physical fitness as a result of not following the systematic exercises of the third class referees in the training center for football referees in the city of Baghdad led to the decline of their practical level in terms of physical fitness and the important elements that follow physical fitness. Aims of the study: The present study aims at evaluating third degree football referees’ physical fitness at the Football Referee Training Centre in Baghdad City. Methodology: Quasi-experimental design, using one group test-retest approach, is carried throughout the present study for the period of 25 October 2019 to 10 March 2021. Non-probability, convenient sample of (40) third degree football referee while they are attending the Referees’ Football Training Centre for the purpose of training. All subjects who have agreed to participate in the study have signed consent form for maintenance of their confidentiality and ethical considerations. Self-report questionnaire is constructed out of the program for the purpose of the study. Such instrument is comprised of two parts; part I: Socio-demographic Information which include age, education, body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic status (SES) and part II: Third Degree Football Referees’ Physical Fitness Scale. Content validity of the questionnaire is determined through panel of experts and test-retest reliability for equivalence is obtained throughout a pilot study. Results: Results of the study depict that physical fitness of third degree football referees have dramatically and positively changed while they are involved in the training center. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between these referees’ physical fitness and their socio-demographic characteristics of age, education, body mass index and socioeconomic status. Conclusion: The study concludes that the third degree football referees’ physical fitness has been positively changed as a matter of pursuing benefits out of the training. Recommendations: The study recommends that regular and periodic investigations should be carried out to monitor the third degree referees’ physical fitness and further research can be conducted on the same topic with wide-range sample size, variety of variables and different settings.

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