Correlation between ball possession and correct pass in Soccer: Does more ball possession mean quality of ball pass?
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study has compared ball possession and correct pass, in the Soccer first league from Spanish Championship (2016/2017), Argentine Championship (2016) and Brazilian Championship (2016). Moreover, we evaluated a possible correlation between the same variables, with the same groups. The sample was composed by tree teams classified at the annual ranking of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics – IFFHS/2015. Data analyses were presented by descriptive statistics and ANOVA, with Dunn ´s Post Hoc, between groups. Also, Pearson ´s Correlation between ball possession and correct pass was done for each group. Our results did not show significant differences between the groups for ball possession. However, we found significant differences for correct pass between Spanish Championship versus Argentine Championship and between Argentine Championship versus Brazilian Championship. Also, we found a perfect correlation between ball possession and correct pass in the Argentine Championship, a good correlation in the Spanish Championship and a reasonable correlation in the Brazilian Championship. To conclude we agree on the fact that more studies are necessary, in order to make other comparisons, and apply other variables to determine better markers of success in high performance soccer teams.
Downloads
Article Details
This magazine is available in open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
References
Braz, T. V. & Borin, J. P. (2009). Análise quantitativa dos jogos de uma equipe profissional da elite do futebol mineiro. Revista da Educação Física/UEM, 20(1), 33-42. Disponível: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevEducFis/article/viewArticle/5840
Castellano, J., Casamichana, D. & Lago, C. (2012). The Use of Match Statistics that Discriminate Between Successful and Unsuccessful Soccer Teams. Journal of Human Kinetics, 31(1), 139–147. Disponível: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2012.31.issue--1/v10078-012-0015-7/v10078-012-0015-7.xml
Hughes, M. & Franks, I. (2005). Analysis of passing sequences, shots and goals in soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(5), 509–514. Disponível: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640410410001716779
Jones, P. D., James, N. & Mellalieu, S. D. (2004). Possession as a performance indicator in soccer. International Journal of Perfomance Analysis of Sport, 4(1), 98-102. Disponível: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwic/ujpa/2004/00000004/00000001/art00010
Lago-Ballesteros, J. & Lago-Peñas, C. (2010). Performance in team sports: identifying the keys to success in soccer. Journal of Human Kinetics, 25, 85-91. Disponível: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2010.25.issue--1/v10078-010-0035-0/v10078-010-0035-0.xml
Lago, C. (2009). The influence of match location, quality of opposition, and match status on possession strategies in professional association football. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27(13), 1463–1469. Disponível: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640410701836887
Lago, C. (2007). Are winners different from losers? Performance and chance in the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 7(2), 36-47. Disponível: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/24748668.2007.11868395
Lago-Peñas, C. & Lago-Ballesteros, J. (2011). Game location and team quality effects on performance profiles in professional soccer. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 10, 465-471. Disponível: http://www.jssm.org/vol10/n3/7/v10n3-7text.php
Lago-Peñas, C., Lago-Ballesteros, J., Dellal, A. & Gómez, M. (2010). Game-related statistics that discriminated winning, drawing and losing teams from the Spanish soccer league. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 9(2), 288–293. Disponível: http://www.jssm.org/gecjssm-09-288.xml.xml
Lago-Peñas, C. & Dellal, A. (2010). Ball Possession Strategies in Elite Soccer According to the Evolution of the Match-Score: the Influence of Situational Variables. Journal of Human Kinetics, 25(1), 93–100. Disponível: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2010.25.issue--1/v10078-010-0036-z/v10078-010-0036-z.xml
Paulis, J. C., Rodriguez, A. P. y Pastor, D. A. (2009). Transiciones en la posesión del balón en fútbol : de lo posible a lo probable. Revista de Entrenamiento Deportivo, 1(95), 75–81. Disponível: http://www.revista-apunts.com/es/hemeroteca?article=1300
Sgrí², F., Aiello, F., Lipoma, M. (2016). Offensive strategies in the European Football Championship 2012. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 123(3), 792–809. Disponível: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0031512516667455
Szwarc, A. (2004). Effectiveness of Brazilian and German teams and the teams defeated by them during the 17th Fifa World Cup. Kinesiology, 36(1), 83-89.
Temponi, G. M. T. & Silva, C. D. (2012). Análise de indicadores quantitativos de vitórias e derrotas na Copa do Mundo FIFA 2010. Revista Brasileira de Futebol, 5(1), 42-46. Disponível: http://www.seer.ufv.br/seer/rbf/index.php/RBFutebol/article/view/97