The objective of this study was to verify the effects of the away goal rule on the possession of the ball and goals scored in the final stages of the Brazilian Football Cup. We analyzed 48 official matches of the Brazilian Cup in 2016 and 2017, when the away goal rule was used, and 2018 and 2019, when the respective rule was no longer used. The data collected from each match were the score of the game and the t...
This study aimed to investigate the influence of the defending players' positioning on the service outcomes. Thirty-nine sequences of play involving serves were selected from nine games of a Professional Championship of volleyball held in Brazil. They characterized three main situations: (a) aces (serves that the ball hit the ground of the opponent's court without being touched by any defending player) (n = 13)...
The aim of this study was to investigate the volleyball setter’s decisionmaking on tipping, based on spatiotemporal variables of interaction between players and between players and the game environment. The sample consisted of 172 sequences of 20 volleyball games from 6 male and 10 female teams. The actions selected for analysis were 86 tips and 86 sets (control group), both made by the setters. From the player...