The Influence of Match Status on Ball Possession in High Performance Women’s Football

Frontiers in Psychology

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Rubén Maneiro¹  José L. Losada²  Claudio A. Casal³  Antonio Ardá⁴ 

[1] Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Pontifical University of Salamanca;Department of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences, University of Barcelona;Department of Science of Physical Activity and Sport, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”;Department of Physical and Sport Education, University of A Coruña

关键词: women’s football;    performance analysis;    ball possession;    decision trees;    match status;    situational variables;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00487

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the situational match status variable on the ball possession of the teams that participated in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The 52 games played during the championship have been collected, and 3,740 ball possessions made by the teams were analyzed. The teams have been divided into successful and unsuccessful. Three types of analysis have been carried out: a univariate analysis for both groups with the categorical and continuous variables selected; a bivariate analysis, using chi-square tests and the exact Fischer test; and finally, a multivariable technique such as the decision trees was incorporated. The available results show significant differences between the two groups considered. Specifically, there are significant differences between winning and losing teams in terms of match status. The results of the post hoc test have shown that unsuccessful teams make few ball possessions with a winning match status, most of the possessions are performed when they are losing. Instead, successful teams make more possessions when they are winning than when they are losing. Also, spend more time keeping the ball in their offensive zone, and completing a greater number of passes in it. The results of the decision tree identified that the unsuccessful teams have more ball possessions in forward and middle lines with a draw during the first half, while in the second, a large percentage of possessions are made with an unfavorable match status. Instead, the successful teams have more ball possessions in the first part with a draw, while in the second it happens with a favorable match status.

【 授权许可】

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