News tagged with referees
Seeing really is believing
(Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their team's pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Gallery of fluid motion: Evocative images and animations bring the science of fluid dynamics to life
The beauty of science often is contained in elegant formulas or compelling data. For the study of fluid dynamics, fortunately, that beauty also is manifest in enticing images and animations of interesting ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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No more getting lost in the crowd: New technology tracks multiple athletes at once
International sports federations would like to be able to follow the movements of individual athletes more easily during televised matches, even when they're hidden from view. Today, EPFL's Computer Vision ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 07, 2011 |
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How should referees use technology in football?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As World Cup 2010 looks set to be the tipping point for the use of technology in football a Cardiff University expert argues it’s justice not accuracy that’s at stake.
Jul 10, 2010 |
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Fouls go left: Soccer referees may be biased based on play's direction of motion
Soccer referees may have an unconscious bias towards calling fouls based on a play's direction of motion, according to a new study from the of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Researchers found that soccer experts ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Football lags other sports on technology
High profile sports like rugby, tennis, cricket and basketball have seamlessly embraced technology to aid referees and linesmen, so why doesn't football?
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Red card for faking footballers
A new study by Dr Paul Morris from the University of Portsmouth could help referees know when a top player has genuinely been fouled or taken a dive.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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