Recording of our recent club technical presentation meeting with Mark Finney, Ezequiel Pastor Ruiz, Daniel Pérez López, Ikhlaq Hussain, Masood Ajaib.
SUMMARY –
Player performance analysis at Birmingham Futsal Club
The danger of measuring everything
Collect data, process it, decisions made on data, measure those decisions
Are we measuring the right things?
What was our starting point in terms of what to measure?
Lost ball, lost ball own half, recovered ball, recovered ball opposition half, shots, shots on target.
Practicalities of time when collecting, processing and analysing data (alongside full-time work commitments and family) given the amateur sport status of futsal in the UK.
Assists vs big chances created
The double-tick approach: balance statistical information with input from specific coaching knowledge.
The problem of measuring shots.
Goalkeepers: pass completion ratio and how less passes completed may be a good thing if the goalkeeper is more adventurous in seeking out attacking options. Pass completion would always be close to 100% for goalkeepers playing short against a half court press.
Expected goals (xG) analysis in futsal. Is there anyone out there who has done this? There is a lot in football due to large data sets but I am not aware of this being applied in futsal.
Adjusted figures: need to account for different amount of time on the court.
Cannot compare a backman (sierra / closer) with the pivot statistically.
Problems of small (unreliable) data sets.