Performance Analysis of Sport IX

Derek M. Peters is Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester, UK. He is a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow (2008) and is accredited by the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) for Interdisciplinary Research. He is the Treasury of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport, Professor II in the Faculty of Health & Sport Sciences at the University of Agder in Norway, Visiting Professor to the Lithuanian Sports University in Kaunas, Lithuania and Editor-in-Chief of both Basketball Research and the Graduate Journal of Sport, Exercise & Physical Education Research. Peter O'Donoghue is a Reader at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. He was Chair of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport and is General Editor of the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport. His research interests include racket sport performance and opposition effects in sports performance.

PART 1 Performance Analysis and Coaching 1. The role of Performance Analysis in elite Netball competition structures 2. Soccer Match Analysis – Qualitative study with first Portuguese League coaches 3. Coach behaviour analysis within elite youth soccer 4. Performance Analysis in Professional Football: Player and Coach Perspectives 5. Behaviour of academy soccer coaches during training sessions PART 2 Soccer 6. Influence of Environmental Temperature on Home Advantage in Qatari International Soccer Matches 7. First goal and home advantage at different levels of play in professional soccer 8. Home advantage in derby and non-derby matches of Premier Brazilian National Football League, played from 2007 to 2011 seasons 9. Regular patterns of play in the counterattack of the FC Barcelona and Manchester United football teams 10. The influence of manipulating the defensive playing method on collective synchrony of football teams 11. Effect of small-sided games on the physical performance of young football players of different ages and levels of practice PART 3 Rugby 12. Scoring team performance in rugby union 13. Tackling Effectiveness In Professional Rugby League 14. Defence performance analysis of rugby union in Rugby World Cup 2011: network analysis of the turnover contributors 15. Tackling in Super 15 Rugby 2011 16. The effect of game location on positional profiles of a professional rugby union team during a competitive season PART 4 Team Games 17. Performance analysis of kicking and striking skills in Gaelic sports 18. Diversity and efficiency of the space creation dynamics in basketball teams: age effect 19. Defensive strategy and critical match episodes in basketball game: analysing the teams’ success 20. Momentum in netball shooting PART 5 Racket Sports 21. The effect of changing the scoring system on game related activity in squash 22. Consistency of Key Performance Indicators for Men’s Singles Tennis Match: Analysis from 2005 to 2011 Grand Slams 23. The importance of inter-shot time of ground strokes in tennis 24. Male positive affect elucidates mixed-doubles badminton tournament rank 25. Distribution of stroke and footwork types in top-level men’s and women’s table tennis 26. Momentum in tennis matches in Grand Slam tournaments PART 6 Individual Sports 27. Performance Analysis of Show Jumping Strategy during British Eventing 23. Errors in judging Olympic boxing performance: false negative or false positive? 29. Analysing individual performance in golf using the ISOPAR Method 30. Evidence of Chaos in Indoor Pedaling Motion using Non-linear Methods 31. The Efficacy of Judging within Trampolining 32. Characterisation of the Current Level of Performance in Individual Competitions in Rhythmic Gymnastics 33. A preliminary investigation into the effects of jumping saddle design on rider posture 34. The effects of rider specific Pilates on rider position from a lateral view: a six week study PART 7 Systems 35. Use of barcode scanning for notational analysis 36. Using spatial metrics to characterize behaviour in small-sided games 37. Application of Three Time Motion Analysis Systems in Semi-Professional Soccer Match Play PART 8 Movement Analysis 38. A exploratory evaluation of measures of space creation and restriction in soccer 39. Analysis of team and player performance using recorded trajectory data 40. Running performance analysis in basketball using recorded trajectory data 41. Time-motion analysis of Pádel players in two matches of the 2011 Pro Tour