Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Biomedical Human Kinetics, sa.3, ss.67-71, 2011 (ESCI)
Study aim: To assess the frequency, timing, zone and player category of fouls and of aggressive behaviour in profes-sional football. Material
and methods: Video recordings of 17 matches played by one team out of 18
of the Turkish Football SuperLeague with all other teams were analysed with the use of observational
foul analysis form. The following criteriawere considered: time, score of the match, zone, players’ position and foul category. The fouls were analysed in 6 periods of a match, 15 min each. Foul location in the football field was analysed in four zones according to player’s positions: Defence, Defence mid-zone, Offensive mid-zone and Attack. Results: Eleven out
of 17 analyzed
matches 11 were
won, 3 were
lost and 3
were even. A
total of 652
fouls wererecorded, mean numbers of fouls per match amounting to 24.2,
87.0 and 41.7 in won, lost and even matches, respec-tively. Most of
the fouls (50.8%)
were committed by
middle zone players
mostly in the
defensive and offensive middle zones (33.9%). Only 1.2% of all fouls were
unintentional, 11% were intentional, hostile, the other ones wereintentional, instrumental. Conclusions: The fouls could be attributed to the social learning theory that values the environmental factor in the cognitive process of
aggression. The presented
results may be of help
to football coaches
and sport psychologiststeaching players how
to control aggression and how
to play the
game wit minimum harm
while increasing theirperformanceand methods: Video recordings of 17 matches played by one team out of 18
of the Turkish Football SuperLeague with all other teams were analysed with the use of observational
foul analysis form. The following criteriawere considered: time, score of the match, zone, players’ position and foul category. The fouls were analysed in 6 periods of a match, 15 min each. Foul location in the football field was analysed in four zones according to player’s positions: Defence, Defence mid-zone, Offensive mid-zone and Attack. Results: Eleven out
of 17 analyzed
matches 11 were
won, 3 were
lost and 3
were even. A
total of 652
fouls wererecorded, mean numbers of fouls per match amounting to 24.2,
87.0 and 41.7 in won, lost and even matches, respec-tively. Most of
the fouls (50.8%)
were committed by
middle zone players
mostly in the
defensive and offensive middle zones (33.9%). Only 1.2% of all fouls were
unintentional, 11% were intentional, hostile, the other ones wereintentional, instrumental. Conclusions: The fouls could be attributed to the social learning theory that values the environmental factor in the cognitive process of
aggression. The presented
results may be of help
to football coaches
and sport psychologiststeaching players how
to control aggression and how
to play the
game wit minimum harm
while increasing theirperformance to player’s