The Relation Between Heart Rate and Running Distances of Football Referees During the Matches

The purpose of this study was to determine the relation among the running distance, heart rate and anaerobic threshold of ten local football referees (Age X: 27.03 ± 2.058) during matches they control in the Amateur League. Therefore, the heart rates of the referees were recorded onto Polar trademark memory watches and their distances throughout the matches were marked on a 1/400 scaled field as six types of movement with different symbols. Recorded heart rates during the matches were transmitted to the computer with interface and the average heart rates for each half were calculated separately on the computer. Anaerobic threshold, heart rate and running speed were determined by the transmission of heart rates recorded onto Polar trademark memory watches and by calculation of threshold speed and threshold heart rate on the computer during the Conconi test protocol. Although the total distance was more in the second half compared to the first half, some of the findings were found statistically insignificant (p 0.05). While a meaningless and positive relation was observed statistically between the anaerobic running speed and the total distance throughout the matches, it was detected that there was no significant variance in determining the anaerobic running speed and the total distance.