- ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation
- A cura di Bruno Bertaccini, Luigi Fabbris, Alessandra Petrucci
The role of the extra-man play actions in elite water polo matches: which elements lead to a good shot?
- Alessandro Lubisco
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-461-8.21
In water polo, two teams comprised of six outfield players and a goalkeeper compete for four quarters of 8 minutes’ real play in a playing area of 30x20m. Each team has 30 seconds to complete an action. A frequent situation thought to be very significant to the final result of a match is the extra-man play action. After a major foul a player is sent out of play for 20 seconds. The attacking team, with a series of passes and player movements must quickly try to disrupt the defence and enable a shot. And defence has to work on coordination of movement between players so that the attack finds it difficult to score too easily. Coaches dedicate a lot of time to training their team to attack and defend in an extra-man situation. This paper investigates the issue of extra-man play actions in detail. A study is performed into data from the 2020 European men’s water polo championships, whose aim is to identify whether man-up play actions have any elements that lead to a good shot, meaning a ball in the goal even if it is saved. Several characteristics were recorded on each extra-man play action, but only few of them seem to influence its outcome. This may be explained by the fact that the outcome of a play action is not only linked to the execution of a strategy, but it is influenced by factors which may not all be measured.
- Keywords:
- water polo analytics,
- match analysis,
- tactical indicators,
- logistic regression,
University of Bologna, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3440-7867
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Titolo del capitolo
The role of the extra-man play actions in elite water polo matches: which elements lead to a good shot?
Autori
Alessandro Lubisco
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-461-8.21
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation
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BOOK OF SHORT PAPERS of the on-site conference
Curatori
Bruno Bertaccini, Luigi Fabbris, Alessandra Petrucci
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
Copyright
© 2021 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-461-8
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978-88-5518-461-8
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978-88-5518-462-5
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Proceedings e report
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2704-601X
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2704-5846