An electronic evaluation program for the decisions of kata referees in karate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Competitors and individual sports Department Faculty of Physical Education – Minia University

2 Department of Sports Movement Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

The aim of the research is to design an electronic evaluation program supported by feedback and to know its effect on the validity of the decisions of kata referees in the sport of karate. (40) forty referees of the third degree,
program led to improving the level of arbitration decisions for kata referees in karate, and the cognitive aspect of the electronic program helped in improving the ability of referees to understand the rules of evaluating sports movement and determining the goal of each skill, as the goal of skill is one of the most important determinants of judging it, and the referees were able To distinguish between the techniques that are performed correctly and the techniques in which the player uses the use of sound effects and that are performed incorrectly "incomplete" - failure to block - striking away from the target - the presence of excessive movements - the error in the motor track - the movement does not start from its correct place "Failure to achieve the movement stages of the motor duty of the skill - asynchronous movement - failure to perform the movement in perfect harmony among the collective kata players." The judges were also able to distinguish the appropriate level of kata performance from the poor level "performance with inconsistencies" to the ideal level. Perfect perfection in performance.” The two researchers recommended applying the electronic program to a larger segment and different samples of referees,

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