Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team

Victory is the ultimate aim in soccer and therefore when a team wins an elite European or world championship, attempts will invariably be made to emulate the winning team's style of play. In this study, we performed an in-depth analysis of play by the Spanish soccer team during the 2012 UEFA Eu...

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Autores: Amatria, Mario, Maneiro, Rubén, Anguera Argilaga, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Esports d'equip
Futbol
Anàlisi
Estratègia esportiva
Team sports
Soccer
Assaying
Sport strategy
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spelling Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer teamAmatria, MarioManeiro, RubénAnguera Argilaga, María TeresaEsports d'equipFutbolAnàlisiEstratègia esportivaTeam sportsSoccerAssayingSport strategyVictory is the ultimate aim in soccer and therefore when a team wins an elite European or world championship, attempts will invariably be made to emulate the winning team's style of play. In this study, we performed an in-depth analysis of play by the Spanish soccer team during the 2012 UEFA European Championship, where it was crowned champion. Using observational methodology and T-pattern analysis, we identified hidden patterns of play that ended in a goal for the Spanish team. A generalizability coefficient (e2) of 0.986 demonstrated that the offensive patterns detected are robust and highly generalizable. These patterns were formed by technical actions consisting of ball control and pass, with alternations between short and long passes, in the central area of the rival pitch, with use of both wings to achieve width of play and prioritization of width over depth of play. We also found patterns showing that goals and shots at goal were made on a ball delivered from the opposite direction to the shot and were not preceded by a technical action.Committee for Rehabilitation, Physical Education and Social Integration of the Polish Academy of Sciences2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/165092Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0011Journal of Human Kinetics, 2019, vol. 69, p. 191-200https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0011cc-by (c) Amatria, Mario et al., 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1650922026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
title Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
spellingShingle Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
Amatria, Mario
Esports d'equip
Futbol
Anàlisi
Estratègia esportiva
Team sports
Soccer
Assaying
Sport strategy
title_short Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
title_full Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
title_fullStr Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
title_sort Analysis of successful offensive play patterns by the Spanish soccer team
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Amatria, Mario
Maneiro, Rubén
Anguera Argilaga, María Teresa
author Amatria, Mario
author_facet Amatria, Mario
Maneiro, Rubén
Anguera Argilaga, María Teresa
author_role author
author2 Maneiro, Rubén
Anguera Argilaga, María Teresa
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Esports d'equip
Futbol
Anàlisi
Estratègia esportiva
Team sports
Soccer
Assaying
Sport strategy
topic Esports d'equip
Futbol
Anàlisi
Estratègia esportiva
Team sports
Soccer
Assaying
Sport strategy
description Victory is the ultimate aim in soccer and therefore when a team wins an elite European or world championship, attempts will invariably be made to emulate the winning team's style of play. In this study, we performed an in-depth analysis of play by the Spanish soccer team during the 2012 UEFA European Championship, where it was crowned champion. Using observational methodology and T-pattern analysis, we identified hidden patterns of play that ended in a goal for the Spanish team. A generalizability coefficient (e2) of 0.986 demonstrated that the offensive patterns detected are robust and highly generalizable. These patterns were formed by technical actions consisting of ball control and pass, with alternations between short and long passes, in the central area of the rival pitch, with use of both wings to achieve width of play and prioritization of width over depth of play. We also found patterns showing that goals and shots at goal were made on a ball delivered from the opposite direction to the shot and were not preceded by a technical action.
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