Laura Rodríguez-Gallego, Gracia López-Contreras, Gabriel Antonio Delgado García, F. Cuenca-Fernández
{"title":"Assessment of feedback devices for performance monitoring in master’s swimmers","authors":"Laura Rodríguez-Gallego, Gracia López-Contreras, Gabriel Antonio Delgado García, F. Cuenca-Fernández","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2023.2181556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2023.2181556","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In recent years, new portable performance monitoring devices have appeared in swimming. The study aims to establish the current validity of the FORM Goggles, Finis Stopwatch, and the Garmin Swim 2 Watch, for the partial and total times and stroke count (experiment 1; n = 17) and to compare the effect of the devices considered as valid in monitoring the pace of master swimmers (experiment 2; n = 10). The FORM Goggles and the Finis Stopwatch showed good level of agreement and accuracy (Bland Altman plots showed homoscedasticity and in most cases Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient were>0.95, and the error magnitude<0.2 seconds). These systems allow better pace control compared to Garmin Swim 2, with a difference between target and actual time below 1.5 %. However, the results showed that the concurrent feedback provided by FORM Smart Swim Goggles could offer greater advantages than the traditional feedback provided via the Finis Stopwatch at the end of each series, as swimmers were closer to the target time (p < 0.05). In conclusion both the FORM Goggles and the Finis Stopwatch, showed a good validity and could serve for performance monitoring in swimming, allowing the Form Goggles better pace control.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"701 - 714"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43357153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The agility demands of Australian football: a notational analysis","authors":"Russell Rayner, W. Young, S. Talpey","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2106112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2106112","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Agility is essential to success in Australian football (AF). However, the nature of agility events in competition is currently unknown. This study analysed in-game 1v1 agility events to identify the movement and cognitive demands of agility in elite AF. The study described the technique, the angle of change of direction (COD), and the approach speed. Cognitive demands were inferred by recording inter-athlete position and deceptive manoeuvres. Findings revealed sidestepping to be commonly used for both attacking and defending athletes. However, attacking athletes were substantially more likely to use the sidestep technique than their defending counterparts (74% vs 39% of the time). Analysis of movement speeds indicated a preference for submaximal approaches. Further, the movement technique was varied, with the angle of directional change particularly diverse. Overall, the notational analysis indicates a need for agility training and testing that reflects in-game agility demands. To achieve this, training and testing must allow for submaximal movement speeds, context-specific techniques, and the use of deceptive manoeuvres. Field-based or subjective assessment methods are proposed as viable testing alternatives. Further, the effectiveness of recorded deceptive actions suggests that athletes should be provided with training opportunities to practice fake disposals and fake CODs.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"621 - 637"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45621062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prediction of the penalty kick direction in men’s soccer","authors":"B. Buscà, R. Hileno, Biel Nadal, Jorge Serna","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2097834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2097834","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The penalty kick might be a crucial moment during a soccer game because of its relevance on the scoreboard, mainly during shootouts. For this purpose, the present study established a model to predict the ball direction taking into consideration the leg dominance of the penalty taker and other posture variables just before the ball contact. A total of 412 penalties from 11 international high-standard tournaments (2010–2019) were analysed. The better predictive model for the shot direction was selected through all possible subsets regression method. Thus, the final model included three predictors and two multiplicative terms, with an acceptable classifying power with a specificity and sensitivity greater than 85%. This model was applied for predicting the probability to shot to the left and the right side of the goal in 12 different kicking patterns. The most frequent pattern was a right-footed taker with the left arm in a >90° abduction with a left orientation of the support foot (n = 122; 30%). Following this pattern, probability of shooting to the left or to the right was 0.970 (95% CI: 0.927–0.988) and 0.030 (95% CI: 0.012–0.073), respectively. The present study conceived a model as parsimonious as possible with three predictors easily available to the goalkeeper.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"571 - 582"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42650845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernando Vives, M. Crespo, J. Guzmán, Rafael Martínez-Gallego
{"title":"Effective serving strategies in men’s doubles Davis cup matches: an analysis using tracking technology","authors":"Fernando Vives, M. Crespo, J. Guzmán, Rafael Martínez-Gallego","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2110555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2110555","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the importance of the serve in doubles tennis, there is very little information on the tactical characteristics of this game situation. The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in the spatial-temporal characteristics and the effectiveness of the serves depending on their direction in professional doubles tennis. Using the Hawk-Eye system, 20,419 serves from 96 Davis Cup doubles matches played between 2010 and 2019 were analysed. First serves to the Wide and T zones showed the highest effectiveness. The fastest serves were those played to the T, while the slowest were those played to the Wide zone, except for the second serves on the Deuce side, where the opposite occurred. The serves played to the T were hit from positions closer to the centre of the court, and the time from serve contact to ball bounce was shorter than in the rest of the serves played to other directions. Generally, compared to singles tennis, players served from positions further away from the centre of the court. The data provided in this study have clear practical implications, both for the design of specific training sessions and for the tactical preparation of matches.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"638 - 648"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47411197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dylan Bernardi, Lucy Lynn Davis, James Graham, John Mayberry
{"title":"Change the rules, change the game? Offensive tactics in elite men’s water polo from London to Tokyo","authors":"Dylan Bernardi, Lucy Lynn Davis, James Graham, John Mayberry","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2106109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2106109","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The sport of water polo has frequently undergone modifications throughout its history with two major sets of new rules being implemented in the last decade alone. This paper investigates changes in game play at the elite men’s level over this time, comparing tactical decisions and outcomes from the 2012 London with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A detailed analysis of over 4000 plays shows that the distribution of offensive tactical choices changed significantly over this eight-year period with 2020 teams more frequently relying on perimeter shooting and less frequently on counterattacks, centre play, and direct shots. Centre play was the only offensive tactic with a significant increase in efficiency rating. At the game level, major foul calling rates decreased with significantly fewer offensive fouls and exclusion fouls on the ball in 2020. A linear model for predicting final score differential based on differences in game statistics found that number of exclusions, exclusion conversion rate, number of counterattacks, penalty shots, and perimeter efficiency rating were all significant predictors of final game outcomes. There were no significant interactions between year and predictors although there was some evidence that perimeter efficiency rating played a more important role in 2020 compared to 2012.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"604 - 620"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45559550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diêgo Augusto, L. A. de-Oliveira, R. Aquino, I. Fernandes, Marcos Bezerra Almeida, F. Vasconcellos
{"title":"Within-subject variation of technical performance in elite Brazilian professional soccer players: the environmental stress, match location, and opposition’s ranking influences","authors":"Diêgo Augusto, L. A. de-Oliveira, R. Aquino, I. Fernandes, Marcos Bezerra Almeida, F. Vasconcellos","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2097835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2097835","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent research identified that the behaviour of players and teams varies depending on the match context affecting the players’ technical performance. Due to the high context variability of a soccer game, understanding the characteristics of technical performance in soccer can enable coaches to make better decisions. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of environmental stress, match location, and opposition’s ranking on technical performance variation of elite soccer players from strong and weak teams from the Brasileirão Serie A (Brazilian First Division National Championship). Fourteen match actions were chosen as dependent variables in the analysis. Values of each action of each player per match were established. We compared the means of these values from the Top 4 and Bottom 4 teams across different match contexts (environment heat stress, match location, and opposition’s ranking). We calculated all comparisons using linear mixed models. The results showed better technical performance under low or medium environmental heat stress at home and against weak opposition (p < 0.05). Therefore, match context affects elite Brazilian soccer players’ technical performance from the first division championship.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"583 - 593"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49417799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying the optimal characteristics of ball possession and movement in elite women’s soccer","authors":"Joshua W. Dipple, L. Bruce, D. Dwyer","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2101837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2101837","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine whether the ball passing characteristics of elite women’s soccer teams are associated with measures of team performance. In total, 170 matches from two professional women’s competitions were used in the analysis. Twenty passing characteristics were analysed to determine their association with match outcome and two score-related variables, shots on target and big chances. The value of 18 passing characteristics was different between teams that won or lost their match, when both leagues were analysed together. When the leagues were analysed separately, there were only three characteristics whose value was consistently higher for teams that won; proportions of passes in the defensive third, successful long passes and successful backward passes. Regression models demonstrated that there were relationships between passing characteristics and measures of team performance, such as shots on target (r 2 = 0.434, p < 0.001). The present findings provide evidence of the optimal passing characteristics in elite women’s soccer teams, which include; more total passes, minimising short passes but maximising their success and the success of long and backward passes. These results provide valuable information regarding the construction of team tactics and strategy of ball movement that is effective and specific to elite women’s soccer.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"594 - 603"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47171302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiramoto Keisuke, Hiroshi Aida, Hajime Fujimoto, Eiko Yamada, M. Gómez
{"title":"The relationship between shots and rebounded areas in handball games","authors":"Hiramoto Keisuke, Hiroshi Aida, Hajime Fujimoto, Eiko Yamada, M. Gómez","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2079891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2079891","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was twofold: (i) to identify the relationship between shots and rebounded areas in the men and women’s elite handball games; and (ii) to compare the differences by gender. The samples were composed through 48 matches (24 matches, respectively) and 699 shooting sequences (n = 372 for men, and n = 327 for women) from the men’s and women’s 2019 World Championship. The results were recorded using an original recording made while observing all match videos. A database was then created using the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software. Performance analysis applied running a binominal logistic regression identified: (i) close shots returned to the area where shots were performed; (ii) distance shots which were difficult to be predicted by goalkeepers due to shooting course and shooting timing returned to the field area; and (iii) when rebounded balls returned to the side area, they were got by the attacking team. Current findings allow to suggest some practical applications to get rebounded balls securing and protecting the field area for distance shots, the same area where the shot was made in close shots and half-defenders need to be ready for shots rebounding to side area.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"467 - 478"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44603313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stroke performance relevance model for elite table tennis matches","authors":"Wenming Liu, Zheng Zhou, Y. Shen, Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2089514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2089514","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To analyse the technical strength of elite table tennis players more accurately, a model of stroke performance relevance (SPR) was proposed in this study, and 40 matches between Chinese male elite players and players from other countries were selected as samples. Compared with other match analysis methods in table tennis, the main advantage of the SPR model is that a) the calculating the performance relevance of each stroke can more completely reflect the technical and tactical advantage or disadvantage of both players than can the traditional analysis methods. b) In addition to the contribution (score) and responsibility (loss) information, the SPR value includes information on the orders of stroke and scores, which can better reflect the role of various game actions in different game periods. This is the most important difference between the SPR model and traditional match analysis methods. In addition, the SPR analysis showed that the first three strokes, the three techniques (“topspin + attack”, touch short, twist), and the three placements (long backhand, long forehand, long middle) in a table tennis match had an important impact on the game results. The technical strength of Chinese players was significantly better than that of players from other countries.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"558 - 570"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49120107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsei Brabec Mota Barreto, E. Aedo-Muñoz, Dany Alexis Sobarzo Soto, B. Miarka, C. Brito
{"title":"Has there been a change between combat time in male judo? Analysis of the top 20 athletes by weight division between the 2016-20 Olympic cycles","authors":"Lindsei Brabec Mota Barreto, E. Aedo-Muñoz, Dany Alexis Sobarzo Soto, B. Miarka, C. Brito","doi":"10.1080/24748668.2022.2086516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2022.2086516","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study compared male judo combat time in international competitions between the 2016 and 2020 Olympic cycles, by weight divisions. We analysed 1380 videos of male judo combat from top 20 in the World ranking by weight division. The 2020 cycle had a lower combat time and a higher occurrence of Golden Score (GS) compared to the 2016 cycle (combat time: 2020= 206.9, 2016= 240.3 seconds; GS time: 2020= 95.1, 2016= 77.6 seconds; p˂0.001; GS occurrence: 2020= 27%, 2016= 6%; p˂0.05). The 66kg and 73kg spent the most time and the +100kg category spent the least time in the GS than the other divisions, in both Olympic cycles. However, in the 2020 cycle compared to 2016, the 66kg was the only that reduced the combat time on the GS (p= 0.002), the 81kg and +100kg had a change in the distribution of combat closure minute-by-minute [81kg(2016)= 28%, 81kg(2020)= 68% finished until the 4th minute of Regular Time; +100kg(2016)= 25%, +100kg(2020)= 50% finished until the 3rd minute of Regular Time; p= 0.003 for both]. These data must be considered when prescribing male judo training for specific performance.","PeriodicalId":49049,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport","volume":"22 1","pages":"541 - 557"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47899535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}