Team Performance Analysis and Dynamical System Theory

Dynamical system theory has been recently used in collective performance analysis. In this field of research, studying interpersonal coordination allow to point some underlying structures of the pro- duced performance, and has been conducted for dyadic sports (like squash and tennis) and for team sport (like basketball). Using calculation of the relative phase between dyads of players or between the two teams, results emphasize the powerfulness of tools of the dynamical systems theory to highlight pro- files of play, particularly in term of space-time patterns. The different methods used, the main results obtained and some of the debates related to this new way of analyzing performance are introduced and illustrated. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG : Analyse der Mannschaftsleistung und die Theorie der dynamischen Systeme Die Theorie der dynamischen Systeme wird seit Kurzem fur die Leistungsanalyse in Mannschaftssport- arten angewandt. In diesem Rahmen versucht die vorliegende Untersuchung der interpersonellen Koor- dination, die der Leistung zugrundeliegenden Strukturen zu erfassen. Analysen wurden fur dyadische Sportarten (Squash und Tennis) und in geringerem Mase auch in Mannschaftssportarten (Basketball) durchgefuhrt. Basierend auf Berechnungen der relativen Zeit zwischen Spielergruppen oder zwischen zwei Mannschaften verdeutlichen die Ergebnisse der unterschiedlichen Studien den Nutzen des dynami- schen Ansatzes, um Spielprofile, besonders in Form von raum-zeitlichen Mustern aufzudecken. Die benutzten Methoden, die Hauptergebnisse und die mit dieser neuen Form der Analyse verbundenen Diskussionen werden vorgestellt und illustriert.

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