Poelarends, B.H. (Berend) (2015) FIFA world cup 2006 the Relation between Social Network Structures and Team Performance. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
In soccer, winning a match is determined by the number of goals scored by a team. However, which team processes determines the outcome and what is the part of the individual in a team? In response to the need for understanding this relationship better, and because of the promising new insights that can be gathered with the use of social network analysis (SNA), this study employed SNA as a tool to investigate the relation between different social network variables (i.e. Density, Intensity, Centrality In, Centrality Out and Centrality) and the performance outcome based on the structure of passes between soccer players. SNA is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between players. This study used the passing data from the Féderation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Championship 2006, in total 26 matches were used with a total number of 52 opponents with a total of 19162 passes. Performance was measured by number of goals scored and amount of shots on target. Generally, a higher network density was related to more goal scoring opportunities and a better performance. Therefore, coaches and trainers would do well to develop strategies to improve the network density by improving the cohesion of a team.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Poel, H.J. de |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2022 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2022 13:49 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3105 |
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