Home Advantage: Does it Exist in Individual Sports

Gayton, William F.; Langevin, Guy

doi:10.2466/pms.1992.74.3.706

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“…Continuing with contact sports, in local competitions HA was established in wrestling (Gayton & Langevin, 1992) with slight effects of 61% of confrontations in favor of the local fighter and of 54% related to the visitor, establishing the comparative with the same confrontations under the location condition, in line with other findings (McAndrew, 1993). Evidence was found that pushed to confirm HA for both genders (Krumer, 2017) having control over the quality of the adversary.…”

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Quality, height, age and home advantage in boxing. [Calidad, altura, edad y la ventaja de boxear en casa].

Pic

2018

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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The main objective of the present study was the identification of performance indicators in boxing and their impact on the concept of home advantage (HA), among other variables. Professional boxing bouts of the European ranking were selected (N = 522), to generate 1044 units of analysis. ANOVA and T-student analyzes were applied to determine the influence of the difference between boxers in: a) quality, calculated by the number of combats won, opponent's quality, inactivity time, among other indicators; b) height and c) age, depending on the result obtained and the location of the combat. It was also used as an influential variable in the final result. By multivariate analysis (CHAID model), the quality difference between boxers was the most determinant variable (p <.000) to reach the final result, but it was also predictive regarding the combat location (p <.006). The study allowed for revealing determinant effects for the performance in boxing through the crossing of variables and analysis techniques. Suggesting coaches and boxing practitioners to do a thorough review of their training tasks based on the location of their commitments and the boxers' characteristics means they would profit the specificity of each match. The calculation of the risk percentage assumed by professional boxers to achieve success in professional boxing, is one of the practical applications of this research.Key words: boxing; performance; home advantage; result. AbstractCorrespondence/correspondencia: Miguel Pic Universidad de la Laguna. Spain Email: pic.aguilar.90@ull.edu.es El objetivo principal del presente estudio fue la identificación de indicadores de rendimiento en boxeo y su incidencia sobre el concepto de ventaja de jugar en casa (HA), entre otras variables. Fueron seleccionados combates profesionales del ranking Europeo (N=522) dando lugar a 1044 unidades de análisis. Fueron aplicados análisis ANOVA y T-student para determinar la influencia de la diferencia entre boxeadores en: a) calidad, calculada mediante el número de combates ganados, calidad del oponente, tiempo de inactividad, entre otros indicadores; b) altura y c) edad, en función del resultado obtenido y la localización del combate. También empleada esta como variable influyente en el resultado final. Mediante análisis multivariantes (modelo CHAID) la diferencia de calidad entre los boxeadores era la variable más determinante (p <.000) para alcanzar el resultado final, pero también se mostró predictiva en relación a la localización del combate (p<.006). El estudio permitió desvelar efectos determinantes para el rendimiento en boxeo mediante el cruce de variables y técnicas de análisis. Sugerir a entrenadores y practicantes de boxeo a una revisión profunda de sus tareas de entrenamiento en función de la localización de sus compromisos y las características de los boxeadores, es avanzar en la especificidad de cada combate. Calcular porcentajes de riesgo asumibles por boxeadores profesionales para conseguir éxito en boxeo profesional está entre las aplicaciones práctic...

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Quality, height, age and home advantage in boxing. [Calidad, altura, edad y la ventaja de boxear en casa].

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2018

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“…Evidently, this officiating component is vital for home advantage in individual sports. This could explain why significant home advantage has been observed in wrestling (Gayton and Langevin, 1992), even at high school level, but not international tennis or golf Nevill et al, 1997). It would appear that the potential for biased officiating in subjectively judged events predicted by Ansorge and Scheer (1988) is confirmed in terms of home advantage.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Some evidence of home advantage has been identified in crosscountry running (McCutcheon, 1984), wrestling (Gayton and Langevin, 1992) and World Cup alpine skiing (Bray and Carron, 1993). In contrast, once quality of athlete had been accounted for, home advantage was not found to be a major influence on performance in individual 'grand slam' tennis or 'major' golf tournaments .…”

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Modelling home advantage in the Summer Olympic Games

Balmer

Nevill

Williams

2003

Journal of Sports Sciences

110

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Home advantage in team games is well proven and the influence of the crowd upon officials' decisions has been identified as a plausible cause. The aim of this study was to assess the significance of home advantage for five event groups selected from the Summer Olympic Games between 1896 and 1996, and put home advantage in team games in context with other sports. The five event groups were athletics and weightlifting (predominantly objectively judged), boxing and gymnastics (predominantly subjectively judged) and team games (involving subjective decisions). The proportion of points won was analysed as a binomial response variable using generalized linear interactive modelling. Preliminary exploration of the data highlighted the need to control for the proportion of competitors entered and to split the analysis pre-and post-war. Highly significant home advantage was found in event groups that were either subjectively judged or rely on subjective decisions. In contrast, little or no home advantage (and even away advantage) was observed for the two objectively judged groups. Officiating system was vital to both the existence and extent of home advantage. Our findings suggest that crowd noise has a greater influence upon officials' decisions than players' performances, as events with greater officiating input enjoyed significantly greater home advantage.

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“…Moreover, no study has investigated home advantage in fencing or taekwondo isolated from other sports. Despite the low volume of publications concerning home advantage in combat sports, all of them confirmed an advantage of competing at home compared to competitions away, even when the competitions were between school wrestling teams from the same country [7,8]. The only study considering combat sports in the context of the Olympic Games [4] was conducted more than 10 years ago and included only boxing, considering data from Olympic Games between Athens 1896 and Atlanta 1996.…”

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“…Despite the introduction of technological apparatuses (e.g., body protectors in taekwondo, video replay in judo) to decrease refereeing errors in combat sports, referees still have an important influence in the outcome of these sports, as they can stop the combat in specific moments, affecting the match outcome. Few studies have investigated home advantage in combat sports, including boxing [5], judo [6], wrestling [7,8], and only one study [4] considered a combat sport during the Olympic Games. Moreover, no study has investigated home advantage in fencing or taekwondo isolated from other sports.…”

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confidence: 98%