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Success-Score in Professional Soccer – Is there a sweet spot in the analysis of space and ball control? Cover

Success-Score in Professional Soccer – Is there a sweet spot in the analysis of space and ball control?

International Journal of Computer Science in Sport
Volume 22 (2023): Issue 2 (August 2023)
By: David Brinkjans,  Daniel Memmert,  Yannik Paul and  Jürgen Perl  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcss-2023-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1684-4769
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Language: English
Page range: 77 - 97
Published on: Oct 26, 2023
Published by: International Association of Computer Science in Sport
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR,
BALL POSSESSION,
DOMINANT REGIONS,
FOOTBALL,
EFFICIENCY.
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Databases and data mining,
Computer sciences, other,
Sports and recreation,
Physical education,
Sports and recreation, other

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