Towards a contemporary player learning in development framework for sports practitioners

MO Sullivan, CT Woods, J Vaughan… - … Journal of Sports …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
As it is appreciated that learning is a non-linear process–implying that coaching
methodologies in sport should be accommodative–it is reasonable to suggest that player …

Elite-level defensive performance in football: a systematic review

R Freitas, A Volossovitch, CH Almeida… - German Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Defensive action can decisively affect football match performance. However,
there has been limited translation of the existing academic literature into improvement in …

Modeling players' scanning activity in football

M Pokolm, R Rein, D Müller… - Journal of Sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this study was to develop and test models of scanning activity in football.
Gibson's ecological approach of visual perception and exploratory activity provided the …

Big picture transdisciplinary practice-extending key ideas of a department of methodology towards a wider ecological view of practitioner-scientist integration

F Otte, M Rothwell, K Davids - Sports Coaching Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In high-performance sport, a multidisciplinary approach is proposed as essential in
providing an effective environment to service all aspects of athlete development and …

Off-ball behavior in association football: A data-driven model to measure changes in individual defensive pressure

M Herold, A Hecksteden, D Radke, F Goes… - Journal of sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study describes an approach to evaluate the off-ball behaviour of attacking players in
association football. The aim was to implement a defensive pressure model to examine an …

How football team composition constrains emergent individual and collective tactical behaviours: Effects of player roles in creating different landscapes for shared …

T Laakso, K Davids, P Luhtanen… - … Journal of Sports …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of the present study was to examine how team composition of players with different
roles constrains individual and collective tactical behaviours, and ball possession …

The dual problem of space: Relative player positioning determines attacking success in elite men's football

D Raabe, H Biermann, M Bassek… - Journal of Sports …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of space has been successfully modelled in football using spatiotemporal
player data and Voronoi diagrams. Current approaches, however, are narrow in scope by …

Relationship between key offensive performance indicators and match running performance in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

L Branquinho, E de França, JE Teixeira… - … Analysis in Sport, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Football teams usually adopt different offensive playing styles to increase the probability of
success. However, the strategy adopted can influence match-running performance. This …

[HTML][HTML] A games-based assessment in ecological dynamics for measuring physical literacy

B Wilkie, J Foulkes, CT Woods, A Sweeting… - Asian Journal of Sport …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ideas and concepts taken from ecological dynamics might provide an alternative
perspective on physical literacy assessment. The aim of this paper was to pilot an …

How spatial constraints afford successful and unsuccessful penetrative passes in elite association football

B Travassos, R Monteiro, D Coutinho… - … and Medicine in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background The aim of the present study was to examine the spatial relations between
teams (macro-level) and groups of players (meso-level) that afford successful penetrative …