Differences in the Offensive and Defensive Actions of the Goalkeepers at Women’s FIFA World Cup 2011

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the technical and tactical offensive and defensive actions of the goalkeepers and to determine the relationship between these actions and the qualifying results of their respective teams. The sample studied is made up of the goalkeepers (n = 20) of the senior national teams that participated in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011. A descriptive analysis was developed comparing the offensive and defensive actions in competition carried out by the goalkeepers on qualified teams (pass the group stage) with the goalkeepers on unclassified teams (not pass the group stage). For the inter-group comparison, the value of the coefficient of variation was incorporated and the effect size calculated. All data were treated with a statistical significance level of p < 0.05. The results show that the goalkeepers on qualified teams have higher offensive registers, as well as a higher number of passes successfully completed in different areas of the field. The goalkeepers on unclassified teams show higher defensive records such as saves inside the area, foot stops and wrong clearances among others.

Effect of Modification Rules in Competition on Technical–Tactical Action in Young Tennis Players (Under-10)

“…Observer training was conducted according to the training protocols designed previously in several investigations (Losada and Manolov, 2014;Gamonales et al, 2018). The observers performed the following training steps: (a) theoretical training by studying the use and terminology of the observational instrument; (b) practical training with the calculation of intraobserver reliability, recording 20% of behaviors in a match; (c) practical training with the calculation of interobserver reliability, recording 33% of behaviors in another match, with 1 week apart; and (d) calculation of interobserver and intraobserver reliability values, which were found to be in line with other investigations of performance analysis (Gómez et al, 2018;Sainz de Baranda et al, 2019;Torres-Luque et al, 2019) in tennis (Losada et al, 2015;Fitzpatrick et al, 2018). The calculation of intraobserver and interobserver reliability was carried out through the weighted kappa statistic for ball landing locations and player's hitting areas recommended by Robinson and O'Donoghue (2007).…”

A model of the efficiency of goalkeepers' actions in futsal

“…FIFA experts have already noticed the advantage in using offensive actions over the defence game after the change in the 11-player soccer rules -the back-pass rule [35]. Later scientific research proved that the goalkeepers' involvement in offensive actions was 3-4 times greater than in the defensive game [36][37][38].…”

“…Szwarc, M. Oszmaniec, A model of the efficiency of goalkeepers' actions in futsal the examined goalkeepers did not fail while passing the ball from a set-piece, while catching the ball after faking or dribbling it, or during a sliding tackle that kept the ball in play. comparing their achievements with goalkeepers of 11-person soccer teams, it is worth noting [36][37][38] that futsal players undertook actions to create scoring situations almost 5 times more often.…”

Análisis De Las Acciones Técnico-Tácticas Del Portero De Fútbol en Competición

“…Sin embargo, los pases con pie en corto representan valores mayores en todas las divisiones, sobre todo en la primera división, donde se observa un mayor número de pases con pie en corto. Este resultado no concuerda el estudio realizado por Sainz de Baranda et al (2019), donde las porteras realizaron un número mayor de pases en largo durante el campeonato del mundo de 2011. Las diferencias observadas en la acción de salida y cobertura táctica, puede ser debida a una menor distancia entre el portero y la primera línea defensiva en tercera división.…”

“…Por otra parte, Sainz de Baranda y Ortega (2002) analizaron las acciones técnico-tácticas realizadas por los porteros en el mundial de Francia 98 y en la Eurocopa 2000. También, en la investigación realizada por Sainz de Baranda et al (2019), analizaron las acciones ofensivas y defensivas de las porteras de fútbol en el campeonato del mundo de Alemania en 2011. Observaron que las porteras de los equipos que se clasificaron en fase de grupos, tuvieron un número superior de acciones ofensivas y realizadas con los pies, que las porteras de los equipos que quedaron eliminadas en la primera fase del campeonato.…”