Analysis of player speed and angle toward the ball in soccer.

Autor: Novillo Á; Complex Systems Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/ Tulipán, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.; Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain., Cordón-Carmona A; Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF-Departamento de Deportes), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain., García-Aliaga A; Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF-Departamento de Deportes), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain. abraham.garciaa@upm.es., Roman IR; Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF-Departamento de Deportes), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain., Del Campo RL; Mediacoach, LaLiga, Madrid, Spain., Resta R; Mediacoach, LaLiga, Madrid, Spain., Buldú JM; Complex Systems Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/ Tulipán, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. javier.buldu@urjc.es.; Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. javier.buldu@urjc.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 May 23; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 11780. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 23.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62480-7
Abstrakt: The study analyzes how the magnitude and angle of the speed of soccer players change according to the distance to the ball and the phases of the game, namely the defensive and attacking phases. We observed how the role played in the team (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, or forward) strongly determines the speed pattern of players. As a general trend, the speed's modulus is incremented as their position is closer to the ball, however, it is slightly decreased when arriving at it. Next, we studied how the angle of the speed with the direction to the ball is related to the distance to the ball and the game phases. We observed that, during the defensive phase, goalkeepers are the players that run more parallel to the ball, while forwards are the ones running more directly to the ball position. Importantly, this behavior changes dramatically during the attacking phase. Finally, we show how the proposed methodology can be used to analyze the speed-angle patterns of specific players to understand better how they move on the pitch according to the distance to the ball.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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