Athletic Referee Training: Strategies to Improve Fitness and Performance

Abstract

This research aims to produce a feasible and effective athletic referee training model, which can be used to improve referee fitness in preparation for a referee fitness test, in accordance with the movement needs of a referee when officiating an athletic competition, which is packaged in the form of modules and training guide videos with explanations. regarding the function and purpose of training. This research adapts Borg and Gall development research steps. Smallscale trials were carried out on six people from PASI Aceh Athletics referees. Largescale trials were carried out on sixteen people from PASI Aceh Athletics referees. The instruments used to collect data were observation guidelines, interview guidelines, field notes, value scales, and assessment sheets for testing the effectiveness of training models. The results of the research are an athletic referee fitness training model consisting of warm-up, core and cool-down. The model is prepared in a guideline module entitled "Athletic Referee Training to Improve Fitness". Based on the assessment of material experts and practitioners, it can be concluded that the fitness training developed is in a good category so that it is feasible, effective and suitable for use in athletic referee fitness training.