The PlayerScore: A Systematic Game Observation Tool to Determine Individual Player Performance in Team Handball Competition

In team handball, the individual match performance of each player is essential for winning games; however, a validated match analysis system is still lacking. Consequently, the aim of the study was to justify (1) the different relevant variables and their scoring within the individual match analysis...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2023-02, Vol.13 (4), p.2327
Main Authors: Wagner, Herbert, Hinz, Matthias, Melcher, Kevin, Radic, Vanja, Uhrmeister, Jörn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business metrics
Competition
Games
Informed consent
intra-rater reliability
match statistics
rating
Reliability analysis
Tactics
Team handball
Teams
Tournaments & championships
validity
Variables
Variance analysis
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Summary:In team handball, the individual match performance of each player is essential for winning games; however, a validated match analysis system is still lacking. Consequently, the aim of the study was to justify (1) the different relevant variables and their scoring within the individual match analysis (PlayerScore), (2) to determine the intra-rater reliability and validity of the PlayerScore, and (3) to determine the influence of the rater in relation to their degree of expertise level. Six games (three games each of Spain and Brazil, one game twice) of the 2021 World Championship were analyzed by six different raters. The PlayerScore was calculated for each field player of Spain and Brazil in all seven analyzed games. We found a high intra-rater reliability (ICC = 0.97) for the two rated games (Spain against Germany), a highly significant difference (p < 0.001) between the summarized team PlayerScore of Spain and Brazil, as well as significant differences (p < 0.001) for the factor “game” and “rater” (p < 0.05), but no significant interaction for “game × rater” (p = 0.90) in the two-way repeated measures ANOVA. We conclude that the PlayerScore is a reliable and valid rating tool to determine the individual players’ performance in team handball; however, the raters should have sufficient experience in the different techniques and tactics in team handball.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13042327