Keith Lyons Keith Lyons Centre for Performance Analysis Centre for Performance Analysis University of Wales Institute University of Wales Institute Cardiff Cardiff Australian Contributions Australian Contributions to the Analysis to the Analysis of of Performance in Football Performance in Football
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Australian Contribution To The Analysis Of Football
A presentation made at a World Congress of Football in Sydney, Australia. It was the start of my attempt to map a sociology of knowledge in performance analysis.
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Keith LyonsKeith LyonsCentre for Performance AnalysisCentre for Performance Analysis
University of Wales Institute University of Wales Institute CardiffCardiff
Australian Contributions Australian Contributions to the Analysis to the Analysis
ofofPerformance in FootballPerformance in Football
IntroductioIntroductionnIntroductioIntroductionn1. Aim of Paper2. A Distinctive Australian Contribution
3. Australian Rules Football4. Conceptual Issues5. Methodological Issues6. Empirical Issues7. History of Ideas8. Summary and Conclusion
1. Aim of Paper2. A Distinctive Australian Contribution
3. Australian Rules Football4. Conceptual Issues5. Methodological Issues6. Empirical Issues7. History of Ideas8. Summary and Conclusion
1. Aims of the Paper1. Aims of the Paper
To celebrate ‘early’ Australian To celebrate ‘early’ Australian research.research.
To counter ‘scholarly astigmatism’.To counter ‘scholarly astigmatism’.
To discuss performance analysis issues.To discuss performance analysis issues.
To do so in the context of a ‘history To do so in the context of a ‘history of ideas’ approach.of ideas’ approach.
2.2. A Distinctive Australian A Distinctive Australian ContributionContribution
Almost forty years of published Almost forty years of published work.work.
Practical and applied work.Practical and applied work.
All football codes All football codes
It is obvious that the content of It is obvious that the content of training will depend upon training will depend upon
intelligent analysisintelligent analysis of the of the
individual performanceindividual performance of players of players
during during a large number of gamesa large number of games..
Nettleton and Sandstrom (1963: 21)Nettleton and Sandstrom (1963: 21)
How to Chart Movement?How to Chart Movement?
Assign one observer to each player.Pen and paper notation.Pre-printed proforma.Five minute segments.Extract “general patterns of effort”
Nettleton and Sandstrom (1963)
It is suggested that the skill It is suggested that the skill performance of the player is performance of the player is charted in a similar manner to charted in a similar manner to his movements over the playing his movements over the playing area.area.
Nettleton and Sandstrom (1963: 29)Nettleton and Sandstrom (1963: 29)
Jaques & Pavia (1974)Jaques & Pavia (1974)
Distance covered by different players in different positions.
Time spent standing, walking, jogging and running.
Variation in amount, type and intensity of effort.
Each player filmed with Each player filmed with videotape camera.videotape camera.