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Computational Metrics for Soccer Analysis

Connecting the dots

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Filipe Manuel Clemente

    1. Delegação da Covilhã, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal

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  2. João Bernardo Sequeiros

    1. Delegação da Covilhã, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal

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  3. Acácio Correia

    1. Delegação da Covilhã, Instituto de Telecomunicações Delegação da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal

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  4. Frutuoso G. M Silva

    1. Delegação da Covilhã, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

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  5. Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins

    1. Departamento de Educação, Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, IIA, RoboCorp, ASSERT, Coimbra, Portugal

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  • Describes the best algorithms to measure collective behavior in soccer and other team sports
  • Explains how computational metrics based on geo-referencing can be used to identify collective properties of the teams
  • Clarifies the importance of using the dots to identify patterns
  • Explores the metrics in experimental cases of soccer
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Brief Review About Computational Metrics Used in Team Sports

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 1-6

  3. How to Use the Dots to Analyze the Behavior and the Collective Organization

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 7-13

  4. Individual Metrics to Characterize the Players

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 15-31

  5. Metrics to Measure the Center of the Team

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 33-42

  6. Measuring the Dispersion of the Players

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 43-53

  7. Measuring the Tactical Behavior

    • Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros, Acácio F. P. P. Correia, Frutuoso G. M. Silva, Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins
    Pages 55-78

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 79-79
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About this book

This book provides an account of the use of computational tactical metrics in improving sports analysis, in particular the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data in soccer. As well as offering a practical perspective on collective behavioural analysis, it introduces the computational metrics available in the literature that allow readers to identify collective behaviour and patterns of play in team sports.

These metrics only require the bio-dimensional geo-referencing information from GPS or video-tracking systems to provide qualitative and quantitative information about the tactical behaviour of players and the inter-relationships between teammates and their opponents. Exercises, experimental cases and algorithms enable readers to fully comprehend how to compute these metrics, as well as introducing them to the ultimate performance analysis tool, which is the basis to run them on. The script to compute the metrics is presented in Python.

 The book is a valuable resource for professional analysts as well students and researchers in the field of sports analysis wanting to optimise the use of GPS trackers in soccer. 

Reviews

“I truly believe that the information generated in this way should be highly valuable for soccer coaches, in particular to improve the tactical behavior of a team.” (Christian Meyer, SIAM Review, Vol. 61 (4), December, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Delegação da Covilhã, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal

    Filipe Manuel Clemente, João Bernardo Sequeiros

  • Delegação da Covilhã, Instituto de Telecomunicações Delegação da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal

    Acácio Correia

  • Delegação da Covilhã, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Frutuoso G. M Silva

  • Departamento de Educação, Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, IIA, RoboCorp, ASSERT, Coimbra, Portugal

    Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins

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