Big data and tactical analysis in elite soccer: future challenges and opportunities for sports science
German Sport University Cologne
Abstract
Until recently tactical analysis in elite soccer were based on observational data using variables which discard most contextual information. Analyses of team tactics require however detailed data from various sources including technical skill, individual physiological performance, and team formations among others to represent the complex processes underlying team tactical behavior. Accordingly, little is known about how these different factors influence team tactical behavior in elite soccer. In parts, this has also been due to the lack of available data. Increasingly however, detailed game logs obtained through next-generation tracking technologies in addition to physiological training data collected through…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.31
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- 100%
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- 144
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2Topics & keywords
- Big data
- Computer science
- Elite
- Data science
- Obstacle
- Sports science
- Management science
- Knowledge management