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Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?

The aim of the study was to examine the impact of the positional role and the individuality on the technical match performance in professional soccer players. From official match data of the Bundesliga season 2018/19, technical performance [short (<10 m)/medium (10–30 m)/long (>30 m) passes, d...

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Autores principales: Forcher, Leon, Forcher, Leander, Härtel, Sascha, Jekauc, Darko, Wäsche, Hagen, Woll, Alexander, Gross, Timo, Altmann, Stefan
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9197445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35712183
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813206
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author Forcher, Leon
Forcher, Leander
Härtel, Sascha
Jekauc, Darko
Wäsche, Hagen
Woll, Alexander
Gross, Timo
Altmann, Stefan
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Forcher, Leander
Härtel, Sascha
Jekauc, Darko
Wäsche, Hagen
Woll, Alexander
Gross, Timo
Altmann, Stefan
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description The aim of the study was to examine the impact of the positional role and the individuality on the technical match performance in professional soccer players. From official match data of the Bundesliga season 2018/19, technical performance [short (<10 m)/medium (10–30 m)/long (>30 m) passes, dribblings, ball possessions] of all players who played during the season were analyzed (normative data). Five playing positions (center back, full back, central midfielder, wide midfielder and forward) were distinguished. As the contextual factor tactical formation is known to influence match performance, this parameter was controlled for. Further, those players who played at minimum four games in at least two different playing positions were included in the study sample (n = 13). The technical match performance of the players was analyzed in relation to the normative data regarding the extent to which the players either adapted or maintained their performance when changing the playing position. When switching playing positions, positional role could explain 3–6% of the variance in short passes and ball possessions and 27–44% of the variance in dribblings, medium passes, and long passes. Moreover, we observed large interindividual differences in the extent to which a player changed, adapted, or maintained his performance. In detail, five players clearly adapted their technical performance when changing playing positions, while five players maintained their performance. Coaches can use these findings to better understand the technical match performance of single players and further, to estimate the impact of a change in the positional role on the technical performance of the respective player.
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spelling pubmed-91974452022-06-15 Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player? Forcher, Leon Forcher, Leander Härtel, Sascha Jekauc, Darko Wäsche, Hagen Woll, Alexander Gross, Timo Altmann, Stefan Front Psychol Psychology The aim of the study was to examine the impact of the positional role and the individuality on the technical match performance in professional soccer players. From official match data of the Bundesliga season 2018/19, technical performance [short (<10 m)/medium (10–30 m)/long (>30 m) passes, dribblings, ball possessions] of all players who played during the season were analyzed (normative data). Five playing positions (center back, full back, central midfielder, wide midfielder and forward) were distinguished. As the contextual factor tactical formation is known to influence match performance, this parameter was controlled for. Further, those players who played at minimum four games in at least two different playing positions were included in the study sample (n = 13). The technical match performance of the players was analyzed in relation to the normative data regarding the extent to which the players either adapted or maintained their performance when changing the playing position. When switching playing positions, positional role could explain 3–6% of the variance in short passes and ball possessions and 27–44% of the variance in dribblings, medium passes, and long passes. Moreover, we observed large interindividual differences in the extent to which a player changed, adapted, or maintained his performance. In detail, five players clearly adapted their technical performance when changing playing positions, while five players maintained their performance. Coaches can use these findings to better understand the technical match performance of single players and further, to estimate the impact of a change in the positional role on the technical performance of the respective player. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9197445/ /pubmed/35712183 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813206 Text en Copyright © 2022 Forcher, Forcher, Härtel, Jekauc, Wäsche, Woll, Gross and Altmann. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Forcher, Leon
Forcher, Leander
Härtel, Sascha
Jekauc, Darko
Wäsche, Hagen
Woll, Alexander
Gross, Timo
Altmann, Stefan
Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?
title Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?
title_full Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?
title_fullStr Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?
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title_short Does Technical Match Performance in Professional Soccer Depend on the Positional Role or the Individuality of the Player?
title_sort does technical match performance in professional soccer depend on the positional role or the individuality of the player?
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9197445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35712183
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813206
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