Gender differences in technical-tactical behaviour of La Liga Spanish football teams

  1. CLAUDIO ALBERTO CASAL 1
  2. JOSÉ LUÍS LOSADA 2
  3. RUBÉN MANEIRO 3
  4. ANTONIO ARDÁ 4
  1. 1 Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
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    Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir

    Valencia, España

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  2. 2 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

  3. 3 Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
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    Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02jj93564

  4. 4 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

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Revista:
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE

ISSN: 1988-5202

Ano de publicación: 2021

Volume: 16

Número: 1

Páxinas: 37-52

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.14198/JHSE.2021.161.04 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Outras publicacións en: Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE

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Resumo

The aim of this study was to identify differences in technical-tactical behaviour between the men and women first division football teams of the Spanish league, to this end 68 matches corresponding to 2016/17 season were analysed. A comparative analysis of the medians was carried out using the Mann-Whitney U-tests were conducted as post hoc tests. The size effect of this test was calculated and, finally, we performed a grouping of the variables through the clustering bootstrapping technique in both groups. We have detected statistically significant differences (p <0.01) regarding all accurate passes, in favour of men, as well as a greater number of yellow cards. In female football, a greater number of picking up free balls, interceptions, lost balls, recoveries and challenges are produced. Finally, in women's football a greater number of attacks are also carried out, both positional and counterattacks than in men. The clustering analysis allowed us to identify that in male football, the circumstance of receiving a red card is closely related to the number of goals conceded and most of the shots on goal are achieved by positional attacks. In the case of women's football, ball possession on own half is closely related to the number of losses. Data proves the existence of technical-tactical differences between male and female football of the La Liga teams. Such detailed analysis could be useful for gender-specific training information for optimal preparation. However, more research is warranted to establish the main gender differences and characterize women's football.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of Generalitat Valenciana proyect: Análisis observacional de la acción de juego en el fútbol de élite (Consellería d´Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport) during the period: 2017-2019 (GV2017/044). We also acknowledge the support of Universidad Católica de Valencia “San Vicente Mártir” project: Estudios en el deporte de élite desde los Mixed Methods: técnicas de análisis de estudios comparativos, during the period 2018 [Grant UCV2017/230-002].

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