Hacia la búsqueda de estructuras regulares en la observación del fútbol

Conventional soccer analysis focuses mostly on elementary statistics and field plots that provide information about, for example, the frequency and spatial distribution of player's passes, shots on goal, and defence style. But the performance of soccer players is often guided by strategies and tactics that result in repeated patterns of behavior. In this paper we propose the detection of T-patterns through the use of THEME software, and later of the record of soccer games using frames as conventional units of time. The number, frequency and complexity of patterns detected indicates that behaviour of soccer players is much more structured that the human eye can detect. This patterning was found to exist on different levels with highly complex time structures extending over considerably long time periods

Humanities · Educational methodologies and cognitive development · Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies · Philosophy · Sports Performance and Training