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Chainok P, de Jesus K, Coelho L, Ayala HVH, de Castro Ribeiro MG, Fernandes RJ, Vilas-Boas JP. Modeling and predicting the backstroke to breaststroke turns performance in age-group swimmers. Sports Biomech 2023; 22:1700-1721. [PMID: 34907864 DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.2005127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to identify the performance determinant factors predicting 15-m backstroke-to-breaststroke turning performance using and comparing linear and tree-based machine-learning models. The temporal, kinematic, kinetic and hydrodynamic variables were collected from 18 age-group swimmers (12.08 ± 0.17 yrs) using 23 Qualisys cameras, two tri-axial underwater force plates and inverse dynamics approach. The best models were obtained: (i) with Lasso linear model of the leave-one-out cross-validation in open turn (MSE = 0.011; R2 = 0.825) and in the somersault turn (MSE = 0.016; R2 = 0.734); (ii) the Ridge of the leave-one-out cross-validation (MSE = 0.016; R2 = 0.763) for the bucket turn; and (iii) the AdaBoost tree-based model of the leave-one-out cross-validation for the crossover turn (MSE = 0.016; R2 = 0.644). Model's selected features revealed that optimum turning performance was very similarly determined for the different techniques, with balanced contributions between turn-in and turn-out variables. As a result, the relevant feature's contribution of each backstroke-to-breaststroke turning technique are specific; developing approaching speed in conjunction with proper gliding posture and pull-out strategy will result in improved turning performance, and may influence differently the development of specific training intervention programmes.
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- Phornpot Chainok
- Faculty of Sport Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, Thailand
- Faculty of Sport, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sport, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Porto Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Paraná, Brazil
- Electrical Engineering Graduate Program, Federal University of Paraná, Paraná, Brazil
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- Faculty of Sport, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Porto Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sport, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Porto Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Wedding CJ, Woods CT, Sinclair WH, Leicht AS. Operational Insights into Analysing Team and Player Performance in Elite Rugby League: A Narrative Review with Case Examples. SPORTS MEDICINE - OPEN 2022; 8:140. [DOI: 10.1186/s40798-022-00535-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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AbstractIn professional team sports, like Rugby League, performance analysis has become an integral part of operational practices. This has helped practitioners gain deeper insight into phenomena like team and athlete behaviour and understanding how such behaviour may be influenced by various contextual factors. This information can then be used by coaches to design representative practice tasks, inform game principles and opposition strategies, and even support team recruitment practices. At the elite level, the constant evolution of sports technology (both hardware and software) has enabled greater access to information, making the role of the performance analyst even more valuable. However, this increase in information can create challenges regarding which variables to use to help guide decision-making, and how to present it in ways that can be utilised by coaches and other support staff. While there are published works exploring aspects of performance analysis in team sports like Rugby League, there is yet to be a perspective that explores the various operational uses of performance analysis in Rugby League, the addition of which could help guide the practices of emerging performance analysts in elite organisations like the Australian National Rugby League and the European Super League. Thus, this narrative review—with accompanying case examples—explores the various ways performance analysis can help address pertinent operational questions commonly encountered when working in high-performance sport.
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Match Analysis in Team Ball Sports: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. SPORTS MEDICINE - OPEN 2022; 8:66. [PMID: 35553279 PMCID: PMC9100301 DOI: 10.1186/s40798-022-00454-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background
Match analysis has evolved exponentially over the past decades in team sports resulting in a significant number of published systematic reviews and meta-analyses. An umbrella review of the available literature is needed to provide an integrated overview of current knowledge and contribute to more robust theoretical explanations of team performance.
Methods
The Web of Science (all databases), PubMed, Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews), Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases were searched for relevant publications prior to 19 February 2021. Appraisal of the methodological quality of included articles was undertaken using the tool for Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR-2). Twenty-four studies were reviewed that met the following criteria: (1) contained relevant data from match analyses in team ball sports; (2) were defined as systematic reviews or/and meta-analyses; and (3) were written in the English language.
Results
The overall methodological quality of the 24 included reviews, obtained through the AMSTAR-2, revealed very low confidence ratings (Critically Low, n = 12) for the results of most systematic reviews of match analyses in team ball sports. Additionally, the results showed that research is focused mainly on four levels of analysis: (1) dyadic (microlevel); (2) individual (molecular level; predominant); (3) group (mesolevel), and (4) team dynamics (macrolevel). These levels of analysis included tactical, technical, physical, and psychosocial variables. Team performance was contextualized at two levels, with reference to: (1) match context (e.g. match status, match location, match period, quality of opposition) and (2) sociodemographic and environmental constraints (sex, age groups, competitive level, altitude, temperature, pitch surface).
Conclusions
The evolution of methods for match analysis in team ball sports indicates that: (1) an individual-level performance analysis was predominant; (2) the focus on intermediate levels of analysis, observing performance in dyadic and group interactions, has received less attention from researchers; (3) neglected areas of research include psychosocial aspects of team sports and women’s performance; and (4) analyses of match contexts need greater depth.
Registration: The protocol was registered in the International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols with the number 202080067 and the DOI number https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2020.8.0067.
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Lee J, Mills S. Analysis of corner kicks at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 in relation to match status and team quality. INT J PERF ANAL SPOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2021.1936408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Jamie Lee
- School of Sport and Service Management, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK
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- School of Sport and Service Management, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK
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Prieto-Lage I, Bermúdez-Fernández D, Paramés-González A, Gutiérrez-Santiago A. Analysis of the corner kick in football in the main European leagues during the 2017-2018 season. INT J PERF ANAL SPOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2021.1932146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- I. Prieto-Lage
- Observational Research Group, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Observational Research Group, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Observational Research Group, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Observational Research Group, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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Maneiro R, Losada JL, Casal CA, Ardá A. Identification of Explanatory Variables in Possession of the Ball in High-Performance Women's Football. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:5922. [PMID: 34072971 PMCID: PMC8198256 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18115922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Women's football is a phenomenon that is experiencing an unstoppable increase in recent years. The objective of this study was to analyze how ball possessions are performed in high-performance women's football. For this, the 52 matches played by all the national teams participating in the Women's World Cup 2015 were analyzed. A total of 3740 ball possessions were examined. Using the "move outcome" variable as a reference criterion, a statistically significant relationship was found between possessions that ended in success and possessions that have failed. Specifically, the successful possessions were those that were made in the offensive zone, with a clear intention to progress towards the rival goal, with a low number of passes, and made in the second half of the matches. The results of the logistic regression showed that the proposed model is statistically significant, with an acceptable explanatory capacity. Finally, the results of the decision tree evidence the success of those possessions aiming at a quick completion, with very few passes and the offensive zone as a priority area for the possession.
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- Rubén Maneiro
- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Pontifical University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08001 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, 46900 Valencia, Spain;
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- Department of Physical and Sport Education, University of A Coruña, 15172 A Coruña, Spain;
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Li C, Zhao Y. Comparison of Goal Scoring Patterns in "The Big Five" European Football Leagues. Front Psychol 2021; 11:619304. [PMID: 33519643 PMCID: PMC7838214 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.619304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The objective of the study was to compare goal scoring patterns among the “Big Five” European football leagues during the 2009/2010–2018/2019 seasons. A total of 18 pattern dimensions related to the offense pattern, the shooting situation and the scoring time period were evaluated. Kruskal–Wallis analyses revealed significant pattern differences among the five leagues. The Spanish La Liga showed a greater proportion of goals from throw-ins. The English Premier League had a higher tendency to score from corner kicks. The German Bundesliga had the greatest number of goals from counterattacks and indirect free kicks, and the Italian Serie A had the greatest proportion of penalties. Ligue 1’s scoring ability is weaker than that of the other leagues, especially Bundesliga. The Bundesliga had an overwhelming advantage in goals scored on big chances with assists, while the Premier League had an advantage in goals scored with assists that were not from big chances. However, the differences among the five leagues in the mean goals scored in the last 15 min and the goals from elaborate attacks and direct free kicks were not statistically significant. These results provide a valuable addition to the knowledge of different goal patterns of each league and allow us to better understand the differences among the leagues.
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- Chunhua Li
- School of Physical Education and Health, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Physical Education and Health, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China
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Maneiro R, Blanco-Villaseñor Á, Amatria M. Analysis of the Variability of the Game Space in High Performance Football: Implementation of the Generalizability Theory. Front Psychol 2020; 11:534. [PMID: 32269544 PMCID: PMC7109332 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The analysis of variability in sport has shown significant growth in recent years. Also, the study of space management in the game field has not been object of research yet. The present study pretends to describe the variability in the use of strategic space in high performance football. To do this, the spatial management of the Spanish men’s soccer team when it is in possession of the ball has been analyzed, during its participation in the UEFA Euro 2012 championship. Specifically, 6861 events have been collected and analyzed. Different zoning of the field have been used, and the location of the ball has been recorded in each offensive action. Using the observational methodology as a methodological filter, two types of analysis have been carried out: first, a General Linear Model was implemented to know the variability of the strategic space. Models with two, three, four and five variables have been tested. In order to estimate the degree of accuracy and generalization of the data obtained, the Generalizability Theory was implemented. Next, and in order to estimate the degree of accuracy and generalization of the data obtained, the Generalizability Theory was implemented. The results showed that the model that produces greater variability and better explanation is the four-variable model (P = 0.019; r2 = 0.838), with the inclusion of the variables match half, rival, move initiation zone and move conclusion zone. Next, an optimization plan was implemented to know the degree of generalization with the Rival, Start Zone (SZ) and Conclusion Zone (CZ) facets. The available results indicate that it is based on an adequate research design in terms of the number of observations. The results of the present study could have a double practical application. On the one hand, the inclusion of the game’s space management in training sessions will potentially conceal the true tactical intention. On the other hand, knowing the variability of the strategic space will allow to exploit areas of the optimal playing field to attack the rival team.
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- Rubén Maneiro
- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Maneiro R, Losada JL, Casal CA, Ardá A. The Influence of Match Status on Ball Possession in High Performance Women's Football. Front Psychol 2020; 11:487. [PMID: 32265794 PMCID: PMC7104793 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the situational match status variable on the ball possession of the teams that participated in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The 52 games played during the championship have been collected, and 3,740 ball possessions made by the teams were analyzed. The teams have been divided into successful and unsuccessful. Three types of analysis have been carried out: a univariate analysis for both groups with the categorical and continuous variables selected; a bivariate analysis, using chi-square tests and the exact Fischer test; and finally, a multivariable technique such as the decision trees was incorporated. The available results show significant differences between the two groups considered. Specifically, there are significant differences between winning and losing teams in terms of match status. The results of the post hoc test have shown that unsuccessful teams make few ball possessions with a winning match status, most of the possessions are performed when they are losing. Instead, successful teams make more possessions when they are winning than when they are losing. Also, spend more time keeping the ball in their offensive zone, and completing a greater number of passes in it. The results of the decision tree identified that the unsuccessful teams have more ball possessions in forward and middle lines with a draw during the first half, while in the second, a large percentage of possessions are made with an unfavorable match status. Instead, the successful teams have more ball possessions in the first part with a draw, while in the second it happens with a favorable match status.
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- Rubén Maneiro
- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physical and Sport Education, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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Méndez-Domínguez C, Gómez-Ruano MA, Rúiz-Pérez LM, Travassos B. Goals scored and received in 5vs4 GK game strategy are constrained by critical moment and situational variables in elite futsal. J Sports Sci 2019; 37:2443-2451. [PMID: 31304885 DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2019.1640567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to identify the importance and meaning of goals using the goalkeeper as an outfield player in elite futsal according to critical and situational variables. The sample consisted of 11,446 actions corresponding to 1,325 matches from the 1st division Spanish Futsal League during the seasons from 2010 to 2015. Multinomial logistic regression and classification tree multivariate models were used to identify the best predictor variables related to the likelihood of scoring goals, receiving goals, or no goals. Results from Multinomial logistic regression emphasised goals scored in balanced matches and playing with the goalkeeper as an outfield player before the last eight minutes. When the teams were drawing or losing, finished with goals received or without goals. The classification tree results identified a greater likelihood of scoring goals when the teams were winning, in balanced matches, and within the last eight minutes. Conversely, a greater likelihood of suffering goals was observed using the goalkeeper as an outfield player when the teams were losing, in unbalanced matches and in the last eight minutes. The identified trends will allow futsal coaches to recognise the most suitable situations for achieving efficacy when using the goalkeeper as an outfield player strategy.
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- C Méndez-Domínguez
- Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Technical University of Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Technical University of Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Technical University of Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- CIDESD, Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior , Covilhã , Portugal
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