Arbitragem da bocha paralímpica: competências profissionais de árbitros internacionais

Objective: The objective was to analyze the professional skills of the international Boccia referees who participated in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Methodology: Eleven referees participated in the study, in which they provided information through an online questionnaire. Results: The results show that professional competences were characterized by the mastery of the rules, study of the modality, exchange of information between peers, participation in the committee of referees, mastery of the rule in the official language of the modality, participation in international competitions. Conclusion: With these data, it was possible to apply them in the model of professional competences of Cheetham and Chivers (1996), in which it describes the cognitive, functional, personal and social competence and values ​​and ethics, and the metacompetences characterized by the competence that can assist in the obtaining or analyzing other competences, which are attributed by communication, self-development, creativity, analysis, problem solving, reflection and mental agility.