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Towards soccer pass feasibility maps: the role of players’ orientation

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dc.contributor.author Arbués Sangüesa, Adrià
dc.contributor.author Martin, Adrian
dc.contributor.author Fernández, Javier
dc.contributor.author Haro Ortega, Gloria
dc.contributor.author Ballester, Coloma
dc.date.accessioned 2023-09-15T12:01:10Z
dc.date.available 2023-09-15T12:01:10Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Arbués-Sangüesa A, Martín A, Fernández J, Haro G, Ballester C. Towards soccer pass feasibility maps: the role of players’ orientation. J Sports Sci. 2021;39(24):2772-85. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1959176
dc.identifier.issn 0264-0414
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57891
dc.description.abstract Once player tracking has been established as one of the main data sources in soccer, many challenges have emerged for data scientists, who attempt to recognize patterns from 2D trajectories in order to build tools that might help coaches to improve the performance of their teams. For instance, pass models predict where the ball should go next during pass events. However, existing models are mainly fed with players’ location and prior data, hence omitting critical pieces of information such as players’ body orientation. This paper presents a computational model to obtain pass feasibility maps, where player orientation is exploited and analysed. As a matter of fact, orientation proves to be crucial when modelling field-of-view and correct positioning of players, since it limits the potential receiving area of all candidates. Different proposals are given to evaluate the proposed pass feasibility map, reaching 0.46 and 0.79 in Top1 and Top3 accuracy, respectively, with a + 0.2 boost obtained after merging positional data with orientation.
dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by MICINN / FEDER UE (Funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades) under Grants PGC2018-098625-B-I00 and FJCI-2017-31758, European Comission, HORIZON 2020 under grant 777826 NoMADS, and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Redes Temáticas de Investigación) under grant RED2018-102511-T.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Sports Sciences. 2021;39(24):2772-85.
dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 06 Aug 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02640414.2021.1959176.
dc.title Towards soccer pass feasibility maps: the role of players’ orientation
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1959176
dc.subject.keyword Player orientation
dc.subject.keyword soccer analytics
dc.subject.keyword pass feasibility
dc.subject.keyword pass maps
dc.subject.keyword computational model
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/777826
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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