【體路專欄】一場比賽的質素很視乎於運動員的賽前準備功夫、比賽狀態,及各種心理和生理因素,他們還需配合教練的專業判斷、策略及安排等,才有機會令球員發揮應有的水準。很多研究人員都希望能夠了解運動員的心理質素,從而提升他們的表現,亦有很多研究探討關於教練的領導技巧/方式(Hoigaard, Jones and Peters, 2008),了解怎樣才可以有效地提升運動員的技能。但除了運動員及教練外,球證都擔當一個十分重要的角色。
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