Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer

There has been a lot of research that enabled soccer to improve: its technique, tactics and strategy through analysis and training. Nevertheless, players’ need to interact with each other turns any defending or attacking situation into complex solutions with a wide range of variables to be considere...

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Main Authors:	Garcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha, Refoyo Román Ignacio, Calleja-González Julio, Dellal Alexandre
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:	Journal of Human Kinetics
Subjects:	game format soccer attacking move technique tactics
Online Access:	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2014.44.issue-1/hukin-2014-0125/hukin-2014-0125.xml?format=INT

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spelling	doaj-art-98eb2ab1a4cd4465afaae5247fdd79142018-09-02T06:55:46ZengSciendoJournal of Human Kinetics1899-75622014-12-0144119320110.2478/hukin-2014-0125hukin-2014-0125Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In SoccerGarcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha0Refoyo Román Ignacio1Calleja-González Julio2Dellal Alexandre3Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) / Education and Technical Development DepartmentNational Institute of Physical Education (INEF), Polytechnic University of Madrid / Sports DepartmentNational Institute of Physical Education (INEF), University of Basque CountryFIFA Medical Excellence Centre, Santy Orthopedicae clinical, sport science and research department, Lyon, FranceThere has been a lot of research that enabled soccer to improve: its technique, tactics and strategy through analysis and training. Nevertheless, players’ need to interact with each other turns any defending or attacking situation into complex solutions with a wide range of variables to be considered, in which the player is never isolated and must make the move that has the most positive impact on play. Fifty-four sided games played in three different formats (5v5, 7v7 and 9v9) and with two age groups (U9 and U14) were filmed at three soccer clubs in Spain in order to identify the most relevant attacking moves, from a technical and tactical perspective. This study used the observational method; it is descriptive and is applied through well-prepared systematic quantitative observation in a natural environment. A key part of the method involved viewing the match recordings and logging moves that had been categorised beforehand. Cohen’s Kappa analysis showed that the results for the most representative variables presented a substantial degree of concordance (0.61-0.80). The results show that there were significant variations depending on the game format, and the following study will present a description and analysis of the aspects that had considerable influence on attacking moves in different formats of sided games (5v5, 7v7 and 9v9). The study also presents various practical applications for the area of training and analysing both youth and professional soccer.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2014.44.issue-1/hukin-2014-0125/hukin-2014-0125.xml?format=INTgame formatsoccerattacking movetechniquetactics
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spellingShingle	Garcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha Refoyo Román Ignacio Calleja-González Julio Dellal Alexandre Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer Journal of Human Kinetics game format soccer attacking move technique tactics
author_facet	Garcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha Refoyo Román Ignacio Calleja-González Julio Dellal Alexandre
author_sort	Garcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha
title	Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer
title_short	Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer
title_full	Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer
title_fullStr	Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer
title_full_unstemmed	Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer
title_sort	quantification and analysis of offensive situations in different formats of sided games in soccer
publisher	Sciendo
series	Journal of Human Kinetics
issn	1899-7562
publishDate	2014-12-01
description	There has been a lot of research that enabled soccer to improve: its technique, tactics and strategy through analysis and training. Nevertheless, players’ need to interact with each other turns any defending or attacking situation into complex solutions with a wide range of variables to be considered, in which the player is never isolated and must make the move that has the most positive impact on play. Fifty-four sided games played in three different formats (5v5, 7v7 and 9v9) and with two age groups (U9 and U14) were filmed at three soccer clubs in Spain in order to identify the most relevant attacking moves, from a technical and tactical perspective. This study used the observational method; it is descriptive and is applied through well-prepared systematic quantitative observation in a natural environment. A key part of the method involved viewing the match recordings and logging moves that had been categorised beforehand. Cohen’s Kappa analysis showed that the results for the most representative variables presented a substantial degree of concordance (0.61-0.80). The results show that there were significant variations depending on the game format, and the following study will present a description and analysis of the aspects that had considerable influence on attacking moves in different formats of sided games (5v5, 7v7 and 9v9). The study also presents various practical applications for the area of training and analysing both youth and professional soccer.
topic	game format soccer attacking move technique tactics
url	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2014.44.issue-1/hukin-2014-0125/hukin-2014-0125.xml?format=INT
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Quantification and Analysis of Offensive Situations in Different Formats of Sided Games In Soccer

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