Kinesiology, Vol. 47. No. 2., 2015.
Original scientific paper
Long corner kicks in the english premier league: deliveries into the goal area and critical area
Craig Pulling
orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-2021
; Department of Adventure Education and Physical Education, University of Chichester, England, United Kingdom
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate long corner kicks within the English Premier League that entered either the goal area (6-yard box) or the critical area (6-12 yards from the goal-line in the width of the goal area) with the defining outcome occurring after the first contact. A total of 328 corner kicks from 65 English Premier League games were analysed. There were nine goals scored from the first contact (2.7%) where the ball was delivered into either the goal area or the critical area. There was a significant association between the area the ball was delivered to and the number of attempts at goal (p<.03), and the area the ball was delivered to and the number of defending outcomes (p<.01). The results suggest that the area where a
long corner kick is delivered to will influence how many attempts at goal can be achieved by the attacking team and how many defensive outcomes can be conducted by the defensive team. There was no significant association between the type of delivery and the number of attempts at goal from the critical area (p>.05). It appears as though the area of delivery is more important than the type of delivery for achieving attempts at goal from long corner kicks; however, out of the nine goals observed within this study, seven came from an inswinging delivery. From an attacking perspective, coaches should reflect on what determines a successful corner kick.
Keywords
performance analysis; notational analysis; soccer
Hrčak ID:
150546
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2015.
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