Background Performance analysis research in association football has recently cusped a
paradigmatic shift in the way tactical behaviours are studied. Based on insights from system …

In professional soccer, increasing amounts of data are collected that harness great potential
when it comes to analysing tactical behaviour. Unlocking this potential is difficult as big data …

Tactical match performance depends on the quality of actions of individual players or teams
in space and time during match-play in order to be successful. Technological innovations …

Modern techniques of sports performance analysis enable the sport scientist, coach and
athlete to objectively assess, and therefore improve upon, sporting performance. They are …

Performance analysis is a subdiscipline of sports sciences and one-approach, notational
analysis, has been used to objectively audit and describe behaviours of performers during …

There is a need for a collective variable that captures the dynamics of team sports like
soccer at match level. The centroid positions and surface areas of two soccer teams …

The present study explored how football players' dynamic positional data can be used to
assess tactical behaviour by measuring movement patterns and inter-player coordination. A …

ABSTRACT Performance in Team Sports is carried out through a long term and methodical
training process planned to improve skills and competence required to deal with competitive …

This study examined the effects of induced mental and muscular fatigue on soccer players'
physical activity profile and collective behavior during small-sided games (SSG). Ten youth …

The scientific analysis of sport performance aims at advancing understanding of game
behaviour with a view to improving future outcomes. In this article we outline some scientific …