A study on coaching methodology of rugby football
-Analysis of French cognitive structures on rugby football positions-
1998 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 65-75
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1998 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 65-75
This study is a comparison of cognitive structures of rugby football positions in ]apan with that in France. First, it applies multidimensional scaling (INDSCAL: Individual Differences Scaling) to French cognitive structures of rugby football positions. Thirty-nine French rugby players are served as subjects. The result by INDSCAL shows three dimensions which were identified as follows: (1) a dimension of formation, (2) a dimension of scrum-lineout, (3) a dimension of get and keep the ball. The third dimension; “get and keep the ball" is a new dimension and will be important when arranging players in the best ‘hit' position.
Second, in the cluster analysis, this study divides 15 rugby football positions into 4 clusters by weight of INDSCAL common stimulus space.
In conclusion, “getting and keeping the opportunity of attack" is highly priority in considering the division of rugby football positions over everything in France. Coaching method in rugby in Japan needs this important factor, indeed, to construct more effective coaching method.
