Kyoto and Shiga Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
Online ISSN : 2435-8835
Print ISSN : 2187-7866
Survey on the performance of Bhutan national football team
Development of a scale for evaluating problems during football games
Hiroaki MatsuyamaTaisuke NakamuraYoshimasa Suda
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2018 Volume 34 Pages 1-9

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Performances of the Bhutan National Football Team and the National U-19 in the 2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup and the 2011 AFC U-19 Championship were examined by using an assessment scale. The scale was developed for quantifying problems in soccer games to improve team performance. The results indicated the following. Analysis of the technical aspects by using the scale indicated that the national team players and U-19 players had a lower rate of successfully passing the ball, compared to their opponents. Moreover, the ratio of their losing the ball was higher. Regarding tactical aspects such as the rate of controlling the ball and the number of kicks, the national team and U-19 players were lower than their opponents. Concerning physical strength, the number of national team and U-19 players that retired from games 15 minutes before the end due to muscular fatigue was larger than their opponents, and they often lost points in the last 15 minutes of games because of loss of physical strength. Regarding psychological aspects, both national team and U-19 players often made misjudgments due to losing their composure and were dismissed from the field. Moreover, they often lost points in the first 15 minutes of games due to excessive tension and loss of concentration. Also, when they successively lost points, they could not recognize the changes in game patterns and be more careful. These results suggest that the teams could not dominate the games because they were inferior to their opponents in all four aspects assessed by the scale: technical, tactical, physical strength, and psychological.

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