The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on ball possession performance in Spanish professional soccer leagues.
In: International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Jg. 24 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 146-157
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This research analysed the influence of lockdown and interruption of competitions due to COVID-19 on different ball possession-related variables. Also, match location and the differences between divisions were considering between the pre- and post-lockdown. A total of 144,689 records from 842 soccer matches during the 2019/20 season of the First (n = 380) and Second Spanish Division (n = 462) were collected. Match data were collected using the ChryonHego video-tracking system. Pre-lockdown (1 st –27 th matchday in First Division and 1 st –31 st matchday in Second Spanish Division) and post-lockdown periods (28 th –38 th matchday in First Division and 32 nd –42 nd matchday in Second Spanish Division) were compared. The match location contextual-related variable was also considered for the analysis. Linear mixed models showed that the number of outplayed players by ball possession (3.1%), successful passes (17.5%) and total passes (18.9%) increased during the post-lockdown period (p <.001). In addition, match location and league significantly influenced the successful and total passes in all situations (p <.001), increasing in the post-lockdown period. In conclusion, the lockdown period has led changes in the ball possession of the soccer teams. These results help to understand the impact that a particular and unusual situation as the interruption of the league due to COVID-19 lockdown had on the performance of professional soccer teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on ball possession performance in Spanish professional soccer leagues.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Lobo-Triviño, D. ; Ponce-Bordón, J.C. ; Díaz-García, J. ; López Del Campo, R. ; Doncel, A. ; Fernández-Navarro, J. ; García-Calvo, T. |
Zeitschrift: | International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Jg. 24 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 146-157 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1474-8185 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/24748668.2023.2277579 |
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