Effects of playing position, pitch location, opposition ability and team ability on the technical performance of elite soccer players in different score line states.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of playing position, pitch location, team ability and opposition ability on technical performance variables (pass, cross, corner, free kick accuracy) of English Premier League Soccer players in difference score line states. A validated automatic tracking system (Venatrack) was used to code player actions in real time for passing accuracy, cross accuracy, corner accuracy and free kick accuracy. In total 376 of the 380 games played during the 2011-12 English premier League season were recorded, resulting in activity profiles of 570 players and over 35'000 rows of data. These data were analysed using multi-level modelling. Multi-level regression revealed a "u" shaped association between passing accuracy and goal difference (GD) with gre

SUBMITTER: Redwood-Brown AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6363179 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature