Abstract
This study aims to analyze the outcomes of the matches in the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju County, Korea, where revised match rules applied. To this end, scoring and deduction penalties were analyzed for different match tactics. For the purpose of this study, scoring and deduction penalties in 293 women’s matches were analyzed in relation to the game tactics for each female weight division. SPSS 19.0 was used to analyze scoring and deduction penalties according to the game tactics, through which frequency and percentage were calculated and tests were performed at the significance level of .05. The findings of this study are as follows. First, in sparring matches, scoring and deduction penalties were most frequent in matches where athletes adopted the tactics of playing on the center court. Points were obtained more frequently in the tactics dominating the center court than playing around court boundaries, and deductions were more often declared in the latter tactic than in the former. Second, in sparring matches, scoring and deduction penalties were most frequent in the third rounds on the center court. Scoring occurred most often in the third round, followed by the second and first rounds. Deductions were declared more often in the third round; their frequency in the first and second rounds was similar, albeit with some differences according to the weight division. Third, in sparring matches, scoring was most frequent when athletes were winning the match while playing on the center court, while deduction penalties were most often declared when athletes were losing the match while playing on the center court.
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