Defining the attributes for specific playing positions in football match-play: A complex systems approach

Berber, Elise; McLean, Scott; Beanland, Vanessa; Read, Gemma J. M.; Salmon, Paul M.

doi:10.1080/02640414.2020.1768636

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“…These unique features have ensured that CWA has become one of the most popular systems analysis and design methods within the discipline of human factors and ergonomics (HFE), and safety science ( Stanton et al, 2017 ). Recently, CWA has been used across a wide range of domains ( Bisantz and Burns, 2008 ; Stanton et al, 2017 ), including recently in elite sport for organizational analysis ( Hulme et al, 2019 ), performance analysis ( McLean et al, 2017 , 2019a ), and talent identification and development in soccer ( Berber et al, 2020 ).…”

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With Crisis Comes Opportunity: Redesigning Performance Departments of Elite Sports Clubs for Life After a Global Pandemic

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The suspension of major sporting competitions due to the global COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial negative impact on the sporting industry. As such, a successful and sustainable return to sport will require extensive modifications to the current operations of sporting organizations. In this article we argue that methods from the realm of sociotechnical systems (STS) theory are highly suited for this purpose. The aim of the study was to use such methods to develop a model of an Australian Football League (AFL) club’s football department. The intention was to identify potential modifications to the club’s operations to support a return to competition following the COVID-19 crisis. Subject Matter Experts from an AFL club participated in three online workshops to develop Work Domain Analysis and Social Organization and Cooperation Analysis models. The results demonstrated the inherent complexity of an AFL football department via numerous interacting values, functions and processes influencing the goals of the system. Conflicts within the system were captured via the modeling and included pursing goals that may not fully reflect the state of the system, a lack of formal assessment of core values, overlapping functions and objects, and an overemphasis on specialized roles. The current analysis has highlighted potential areas for modification in the football department, and sports performance departments in general.

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“…The time it takes to react to a stimulus High velocity The skill of executing actions at a high speed Acceleration Change in velocity of the body per unit of time based on previous studies [64,65] sented by Hughes et al [39], Wiemeyer [40], Razali et al [46], Roberts et al [11], berber et al [9] and is divided into 2 phases: attacking and defensive. In each phase, the authors considered 3 moments, or subphases.…”

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“…According to several studies [9,[37][38][39][40], the suggested profile of this position can be characterized by the framework presented in Table 6.…”

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“…owing to the dynamic complex system nature of soccer, its characteristic interaction patterns and the principles of play seem to have a direct impact on the tactical behaviour of players [8], as well as on the model of play adopted by coaches, playing formations, and development of younger players [9]. These factors can either limit or augment the technical and physical characteristics of players and their activity profiles with and without ball possession [10].…”

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“…Additionally, real-world information and models produced surrounding player-positional attributes could help both coaches and recruitment staff to implement and develop youth talent selection programs [9,11].…”

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Holistic soccer profile by position: a theoretical framework

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This article provides a holistic framework for the development of the technical, tactical, and fitness capacities required in soccer. It summarizes and organizes the main tactical and technical characteristics and the common physical demands of the game in accordance with different playing positions. Moreover, the typical fitness values found by playing positions are reviewed. A theoretical framework for a more individualized and specific training that integrates technical and tactical dimensions as well as fitness dimensions is proposed. Thus, through the identification of the main moments in a football game, a profile characterization of the contents for each capacity in each moment for all playing positions is presented and<br /> described.

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Sharing lessons learnt: Reflections on a novel approach to developing the contextual activity template

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2021

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Introduction: There have been few published applications of the second phase of Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA), Control Task Analysis, particularly the Contextual Activity Template (CAT). The current study aimed to share lessons learnt from utilizing an online survey as a novel approach to development of a CAT. The application domain was sport, specifically football goalkeeping. A secondary aim was to apply the CAT to the goalkeeping role and gain the perceptions of both goalkeeping coaches and players on the functions and situations specific to a goalkeeper during match-play. Methods: Ten SMEs with high-level expertize in goalkeeping coaching and/or playing participated in an online survey including a series of demographic, Likert scale and open-ended questions regarding goalkeeper specific functions and matchplay situations. Eight goalkeeper match-play situations and 18 specific functions were included.Results: A CAT model was created demonstrating the match-play situations where specific goalkeeper functions occur. Three function groupings were identified: broad (six or more functions), moderate (between three and five functions), and specific (below three functions).Discussion: Utilizing online surveys to develop a CAT model is a novel approach within the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) literature. Further, the CAT represents a first of its kind analysis in the football performance literature. Strengths and limitations of using online surveys for the development of a CAT are discussed.In conclusion, the work suggests flexible approaches can be used to develop HFE models.

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Defining the attributes for specific playing positions in football match-play: A complex systems approach

Cited by 17 publications

References 54 publications

With Crisis Comes Opportunity: Redesigning Performance Departments of Elite Sports Clubs for Life After a Global Pandemic

With Crisis Comes Opportunity: Redesigning Performance Departments of Elite Sports Clubs for Life After a Global Pandemic

Holistic soccer profile by position: a theoretical framework

Sharing lessons learnt: Reflections on a novel approach to developing the contextual activity template

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