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标题：Using network metrics to investigate football team players’ connections: A pilot study
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作者：Filipe Manuel Clemente ; Micael Santos Couceiro ; Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins 等
期刊名称：Motriz. Journal of Physical Education. UNESP
印刷版ISSN：1980-6574
出版年度：2014
卷号：20
期号：3
页码：262-271
DOI：10.5016/7944
语种：English
出版社：UNESP - São Paulo State University
摘要：The aim of this pilot study was propose a set of network methods to measure the specific properties of football teams. These metrics were organized on “meso” and “micro” analysis levels. Five official matches of the same team on the First Portuguese Football League were analyzed. An overall of 577 offensive plays were analyzed from the five matches. From the adjacency matrices developed per each offensive play it were computed the scaled connectivity, the clustering coefficient and the centroid significance and centroid conformity. Results showed that the highest values of scaled connectivity were found in lateral defenders and central and midfielder players and the lowest values were found in the striker and goalkeeper. The highest values of clustering coefficient were generally found in midfielders and forwards. In addition, the centroid results showed that lateral and central defenders tend to be the centroid players in the attacking process. In sum, this study showed that network metrics can be a powerful tool to help coaches to understanding the specific team’s properties, thus supporting decision-making and improving sports training based on match analysis.
关键词：match analysis, football, network, metrics, performance