Abstract
Background and purpose of study : analysis of IRAN premier league soccer players’ technical performance in season 2012-2013, using a computerized match analysis system (Borhan Mobin Development Management Co, IRAN). Material and methods: in this study, data were obtained from 120 players, who performed in competitions 90 minutes. The players were classified into 3 positional roles: defenders, midfielders and forwards. Technical performance variables analysis included: total passes, total successful passes, pass accuracy, total shots; total shots to target, shot accuracy, ball interception and ball losses. The data were statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and Tukey post hoc test. Results : The findings of this study showed that players performed about 45 passes per competition. Midfielders and defenders had significantly higher number of passes than forwards. Pass accuracy was about 67% and there were no significant differences between positional roles. Also, the players performed about 0.8 shots per competition, forwards and midfielders had significantly higher number of shots than defenders. Shot accuracy was about 31%; midfielders and forwards had significantly higher shot accuracy than defenders. Forwards showed significantly lower ball interception and higher ball losses than other positions. Conclusion : The result of this study showed that there were significant differences between some technical actions in positional roles. Therefore, coaches can use this information for individualization of training according to playing positions and for optimization of training in the amateur game.
Highlights
Background and purpose of study: analysis of IRAN premier league soccer players’ technical performance in season 2012-2013, using a computerized match analysis system (Borhan Mobin Development Management Co, IRAN)
Because of mentioned reasons in above and unavailability of match analysis studies in Asian leagues especially IRAN premier league, researchers intend to analyse technical performance of soccer players in IRAN premier league according to their playing position in the 2012-2013 season
Differences between the positional roles were determined with analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Kruskal-Wallis and Significant main effects of each factor were followed-up with post hoc Tukey pair wise multiple comparison and Mann–Whitney U test
Summary
Background and purpose of study: analysis of IRAN premier league soccer players’ technical performance in season 2012-2013, using a computerized match analysis system (Borhan Mobin Development Management Co, IRAN). In another study, Dellal et al (2010) (Dellal et al, 2010) have analyzed physical and technical activity of soccer players in French first league with special reference to their playing position They reported that the players had possession of the ball between 55.5 sec. Rampinini et al (2009) (Ermanno Rampinini et al, 2009) have investigated technical performance during soccer matches of the Italian Serie A league and showed that involvements with the ball, short passes, successful short passes, tackles, dribbling, shots and shots to target were higher in the more successful teams (ranked in the first 5 positions) in the less successful teams (ranked in the last 5 positions) This information can provide more profound understanding of technical requirement and may have direct consequences for specific training regimes and talent identification schemes (Dellal et al, 2011). Because of mentioned reasons in above and unavailability of match analysis studies in Asian leagues especially IRAN premier league, researchers intend to analyse technical performance of soccer players in IRAN premier league according to their playing position in the 2012-2013 season
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