摘要：Considering the great dynamics of the game of basketball it can be assumed that better fitness – motor preparation of the referees allows better monitoring of the players during the game, which ultimately results in better quality of game officiating. The object of this research was to determine the influence of fitness – motor preparation of basketball referees on their officiating quality. The sample of respondents consisted of 31 referees, the avarrege age of 33,35±5,17, who were on the A referee list of the First Croatian Basketball League in the season 2008/2009., while the sample of variables consisted of tests for assessment of motor and functional abilities, and three variables by the name of Age, Experience and Qualitiy of officiating. Data processing was performed using the software package STATISTICA for Windows, ver. 8. Regression analysis was used to determine dependence of functional and motor abilities (independent variables) and quality of officiating basketball games (dependent variable). The results obtained by regression analysis showed that there is no statistically significant relation between fitness – motor preparation (motor and functional abilities) of the referees and their quality of game officiating, or in other words, the results confirmed the assumption by which more experienced referees, with the necessary theoretical knowledge enriched with aesthetic feeling for the game, achieve better results in officiating a game with the requirement of good fitness – motor preparation.
关键词：basketball; referees; fitness – motor preparation; officiating
