Two Test Matches have been completed in the 2010-2011 Ashes Series. The Series is offering some excellent examples of the importance of batting partnerships as foundations for winning performance. I have been collecting information about batting partnerships from Cricinfo‘s excellent coverage of the matches. At present there is a very clear pattern of performance. Twenty-two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’
Partnerships, Performance and Probability
Posted in Australia, Coaching, Performance, Performance Analysis, tagged 2008, 2010, Batting Partnerships, Cricinfo, Cricket, Performance, Perth, probability, South Africa, The Ashes, UCNISS on 8 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Performance at Sea Level and at Altitude at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa
Posted in Performance, Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 1995, 2010, Altitude, Donald MacLeod, FIFA World Cup, Michael Hamlin, Points Scored, Ronan O'Carroll, Ross Tucker, Rugby Union, RWC 1995, Sea Level, South Africa, Sport Performance, UCNISS on 29 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I monitored the performance of teams at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. I was interested in goal scoring performance at sea level and altitude and summarised the data in Goals Scored at 2010 FIFA World Cup Venues. Watching the 2010 Football World Cup took me back to the 1995 Rugby World Cup [...]
Discipline + Defence + Red Shirts: A Winning Formula at the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, byfer, Defence, Discipline, Goals Conceded, Goals Scored, La Roja, Martin Atrill, Red Cards, Red Shirts, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Winning Formula, World Cup, wvs, Yellow Cards on 13 July, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 2010 FIFA World Cup web site has some fascinating information about Spain’s performance at the tournament. In this post I want to draw attention to Spain’s: Discipline Defence as characteristics of a winning team. There is something about their kit I would like to share too. I believe their discipline and defence were exceptional. [...]
Semi Finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Outputs
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Association Football, Castrol Index, Football, Germany, Netherlands, Outputs, Semi Final, Soccer, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Uruguay on 8 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote a post before the semi finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The post noted some of the inputs going into these two games from the four teams involved. The outputs of the games were: Higher ranked teams (FIFA Ranking May 2010) won both games The team that scored first won both games [...]
Semi Finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Inputs
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Altitude, Association Football, FIFA Ranking, Football, Games Won, Germany, Goals Scored, Netherlands, Performance, Raphaelpecheco, Red Cards, Referees, Sea Level, Semi Final, Soccer, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Uruguay, World Cup, Yellow Cards on 6 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Going into the semi final games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, these are some of the performance characteristics of the four teams remaining. Alphabetical Team Germany Netherlands Spain Uruguay Alphabetical and Group Position Team Qualifying Group Position Germany 1 Netherlands 1 Spain 1 Uruguay 1 FIFA Ranking May 2010 Team FIFA Rank May 2010 [...]