International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport

2001 - 2025

Current editor(s): Peter O'Donoghue

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Volume 25, issue 4, 2025

It is not (all) about running faster, opponent also plays; the effect of opposition team formation on running performance in professional soccer match-play pp. 595-609

Toni Modric, Christopher Carling, Carlos Lago-Peñas, Hugo Sarmento, Sime Veršić, Frederika Pajonková and Damir Sekulic

Quantification of workload and characterisation of key performance factors in elite adolescent female volleyball players using machine learning pp. 610-626

Théo Bouzigues, Robin Candau, Sami Äyrämö, Olivier Maurelli and Jacques Prioux

Average and peak external demands according to opposition quality and opposition pace across a full season in semi-professional, male basketball players pp. 627-638

Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao, Hugo Salazar, Aaron Scanlan and Sergio L. Jiménez-Sáiz

Update on the evolution of World Cup soccer: men and women pp. 639-652

Kevin Norton

Perception of professional Portuguese soccer players about the replacement of leadership with the season underway – a qualitative study pp. 653-674

Honorato Sousa, Hugo Sarmento, Élvio R. Gouveia and Filipe Manuel Clemente

Exploring the relationship and agreement of asymmetry between lateral jump and change of direction in young tennis players pp. 675-686

Athos Trecroci, Stefano Mantegazza and Damiano Formenti

Using the wisdom of crowds in sports: how performance analysis in football can benefit from the information enclosed in betting odds pp. 687-706

Fabian Wunderlich

Associations between internal and external load parameters and match outcomes in men’s volleyball: a machine learning approach pp. 707-722

Ricardo Franco Lima, Rabiu Muazu Musa, Henrique de Oliveira Castro and Filipe Manuel Clemente

How the new substitute option influenced the Chinese Soccer Super League pp. 723-739

Pengyu Pan, Honglin Song, Miaoqi Huang, Tianbiao Liu and Daniel Memmert

High-intensity action profiles between phases of play for an Australian A-League association football team pp. 740-752

Darryl E. Hands, Xanne A. K. Janse de Jonge, G. C. Livingston and Nattai Borges

Elite U17 football players’ physical parameters: focus on contextual variables during training and matches pp. 753-767

László Kádár, László Révész, Sándor Sáfár, Gábor Géczi, József Bognár and István Csáki

Retrospective epidemiological study on musculoskeletal injuries in amateur football athletes in Greece pp. 768-789

Konstantinos Vassis, Ioannis Misiris, Athanasios Siouras, Savvas Spanos, Filippos Kasiotis, Zacharias Dimitriadis, Dimitrios Tsaopoulos and Ioannis A. Poulis

The effects of VAR interventions on self-rated mental fatigue and self-rated performance of football referees pp. 790-807

Roy David Samuel, Chris Englert, Itay Basevitch and Yair Galily

Performance metrics that matter: assessing winning and losing teams in women’s Rugby union pp. 808-821

Mikaela J. Callinan, Jonathan D. Connor, Wade H. Sinclair and Miguel-Ángel Gómez

The effects of smartphone use during play on performance and enjoyment among recreational golfers pp. 822-838

Db le Roux, L Carstens, C Walburgh and C Werth

Volume 25, issue 3, 2025

Volleyball: similar game for men and women? Factors characterising successful performance in Olympic Games 2021 regarding genders pp. 373-385

Sotirios Drikos, Ali Fatahi, Rozhin Molavian, Shihab Aldin Ahmed Al-Ryami, Konstantinos Sotiropoulos and Karolina Barzouka

Tackle characteristics associated with suspected concussion in female varsity rugby union: a case-control video analysis study pp. 386-404

Isla J. Shill, Jean-Michel Galarneau, Sharief Hendricks, Brent E. Hagel, Carolyn A. Emery and Stephen W. West

Investigating successful kickout performance in senior inter-county Ladies Gaelic Football pp. 405-418

Aoife McColgan, Jonathan Bradley, Odharnaith McKenna, Adam Byrne, Laura Twomey, David Gaul and Denise Martin

Technical performance differences in elite Olympic recurve archers pp. 419-429

Mohsen Shafizadeh and Keith Davids

Linear skating speed key performance indicators in ice hockey: global or cohort-dependent? pp. 430-445

Victoria Bendus, Cory Kennedy, William Marshall and Brian D. Roy

Analysing elite European basketball players’ performances according to travel demands, game schedule and contextual factors pp. 446-461

Pierpaolo Sansone, Daniele Conte, Lorenzo Gasperi, Aaron T. Scanlan and Miguel Angel Gomez-Ruano

Youth soccer team’s match dynamics with and without the ball when in both conditions of advantage and disadvantage pp. 462-478

Caito A. Kunrath, Bruno L. S. Bedo, Rodrigo Aquino, Lorenzo Laporta, Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa, Duarte Araújo and Thiago Leonardi

Match internal load in wheelchair basketball games – an exploratory study pp. 479-488

Bruna Barboza Seron, Emanuel Messias Oliveira de Carvalho, Elaine Cappellazzo Souto, Diego Hilgemberg Figueiredo, Diogo Hilgemberg Figueiredo and Márcia Greguol

Evaluating aerial duel ability of football players using height-adjusted Elo rating model pp. 489-502

Jongwon Kim and Sehyeong Kim

Aerobic and anaerobic performance, ability to repeat sprints, and fatigue development during a basketball game-based drill: correlational study pp. 503-514

Karel Hulka, Matej Strniste, Michal Hruby, David Bernatik and Jan Bělka

Evaluating the impact of contextual variables on jump shot success in professional basketball: a notational analysis approach pp. 515-527

Jack Patterson, Scott W. Talpey, Mathew O’Grady and Russell Rayner

Expert and novice soccer goalkeepers’ visual perception: a practical-coaching approach eye-tracking pp. 528-542

Katarzyna Piechota, Zbigniew Borysiuk, Dariusz Zmarzły, Michael Jonek and Edyta Majorczyk

Achieving while looking forward: variables influencing performance in the transitory career phases of professional women’s handball pp. 543-561

Orsolya Herr and Alexandra Köves

Classifying and quantifying team playing styles in the Australian Football League pp. 562-579

Samuel J Moffatt, Ritu Gupta, Neil French Collier and Brad S Keller

Relationship between key offensive performance indicators and match running performance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 pp. 580-594

Luís Branquinho, Elias de França, José E. Teixeira, Eduardo Paiva, Pedro Forte, Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli-Santos and Ricardo Ferraz

Volume 25, issue 2, 2025

An expected shot outcome model for points in elite Gaelic football pp. 175-189

Kevin McDaid, Kevin McGuigan, Jack McDonnell and Kieran Collins

Performance dynamics in professional padel: winners, forced errors, and unforced errors among men and women players pp. 190-206

Rafael Conde-Ripoll, Iván Martín-Miguel, Diego Muñoz and Adrián Escudero-Tena

Performance trajectories of Italian professional cyclists: an analysis of the influence of youth performance on professional success pp. 207-217

Luca Filipas, Sara Vecchi, Roberto Codella, Gennaro Boccia and Paolo Riccardo Brustio

Own goals in football: do they occur randomly or exhibit systematic patterns? pp. 218-238

Saumya Mehta, Justus Schlenger, Daniel Memmert and Fabian Wunderlich

Data variables related to wins and losses of game in different scenarios in the WNBA 2023 season pp. 239-255

Yuxuan Deng, Binjie Luo, Fanchao Lin, Xiaofei Xu and Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

Decoding futsal offensive game moments: an in-depth qualitative study with expert coaches pp. 256-270

M. Rodrigues, A. Ramos, N. Leite, J.n Ribeiro, D. Araújo and B. Travassos

The effects of time pressure and numerical unbalance on football players’ interpersonal coordination and movement uncertainty pp. 271-289

Giancarlo Demétrio, Marcelo Rochael, Felipe A Moura, Bruno L S Bedo and Gibson Moreira Praça

Physical fitness, psychological characteristics, and game performance in youth male soccer players of different levels of competition pp. 290-304

Marios Koudellis, Costantinos Tsouloupas, Marios Christou, George Aphamis, Gregory C. Bogdanis and Christoforos D. Giannaki

The complexity of agility testing in water polo: Reliability and validity analysis of sport-specific protocols pp. 305-319

Marcell Fridvalszki, János Matlák, Levente Rácz, Dávid Fekete, Donatella Dudás, Zsófia Tróznai, Dorina Annár, Katinka Utczás and Leonidas Petridis

Golden score period in high-level judo competitions: the effect of the scores and penalties at the real contest time pp. 320-331

Bayram Ceylan, Furkan Öztürk, Hasan Basri Taşkin and Şükrü Serdar Balci

Corner Kick Characteristics: A Case Study of the 2020/21 Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) Premiership Season pp. 332-355

James Goodman, Kyle Ferguson and Kyle Paradis

Super sprint triathlon performance progression in young state and national standard Australian triathletes pp. 356-371

Glauber Scattolini Correa, Anna Lorimer, Evelyne Rathbone, Annette Eastwood and Justin Keogh

Volume 25, issue 1, 2025

Perturbations in elite female soccer matches: a conceptual and practical method to analyse variability and regularity between field zones and the spatial development of phase transitions pp. 1-18

Thomas Kisil Marino, Luciano Basso, Ryland Morgans, Umberto Cesar Corrêa and Alexandre Moreira

Effects of tennis racket swingweight on forehand speed and accuracy in youth players pp. 19-34

Gabriel Nicolau Llull and Gabriel Delgado García

Analysing short-term training load distribution in elite European basketball: an exploration under six head coaches pp. 35-46

Hugo Salazar, Enrique Alonso Pérez-Chao, Luka Svilar and Julen Castellano

Technical and tactical performance in professional female futsal players: a descriptive analysis depending on teams level and playing group pp. 47-58

Diego Hernán Villarejo García, Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, Markel Rico-González, José Pino-Ortega, Sebastián Del Rosso and Daniel Puche-Ortuño

Golf shot performance analysis: the effects of ground slope on weight transfer and shot characteristics pp. 59-68

Nejla Gerçek, Selda Uzun, Yaşar Tatar, İhsan Gencay Asan, Havva Burçe Göçmez and Muhammed Yusuf Kahraman

Reliability of a kinetic and kinematic assessment procedure for kicks in combat sports pp. 69-80

Johan Robalino, Túlio Sérvio José da Silva, Sávio Fernandes, Emerson Franchini, Bruno Mezêncio and Jacielle C. Ferreira

Are the peak accelerations and decelerations registered during the pro-agility test replicated during matches and training sessions? pp. 81-91

Hugo Silva, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Paulo Roriz and Rui Marcelino

Relationship between physical fitness parameters and match time motion performance in international footballers with cerebral palsy pp. 92-107

Iván Peña-González, Matías Henríquez, Juan José García-Hernández and Manuel Moya-Ramón

Match physical performance profiles in professional football: a comparative analysis among players’ positions in the European five top leagues pp. 108-128

Julen Castellano, Xabier Huarte and David Casamichana

Distribution pattern analysis of passing and receiving locations during the 2022 FIFA World Cup using the measure of spatial entropy pp. 129-143

Xiuyuan Xiong, Kuiying Deng, Jiale Wu and Yixiong Cui

Movement characteristics of international and elite domestic netball players during match-play pp. 144-161

Lois Mackay, Ben Jones, Cameron Owen, Thomas Sawczuk, Ryan White, Katie Denton and Sarah Whitehead

The influence of substitution strategies on the physical match performance of elite female field hockey players pp. 162-173

Martinique Sparks