Analytic method for evaluating players' decisions in team sports: Applications to the soccer goalkeeper.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to define a method for evaluating a player's decisions during a game based on the success probability of his actions and for analyzing the player strategy inferred from game actions. There were developed formal definitions of i) the stochastic process of player decisions in game situations and ii) the inference process of player strategy based on his game decisions. The method was applied to the context of soccer goalkeepers. A model of goalkeeper positioning, with geometric parameters and solutions to optimize his position based on the ball position and trajectory, was developed. The model was tested with a sample of 65 professional goalkeepers (28.8 ± 4.1 years old) playing for their national teams in 2010 and 2014 World Cups. The goalkeeper's decisions were com

SUBMITTER: Lamas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800537 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature