The structure of the effective group tactics: from narratives of prominent ball game players

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350750
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: AIDA Hiroshi 筑波大学, 体育系, 教授 (90241801)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUJIMOTO Hajime 筑波大学, 体育系, 助教 (30454862) ; YAMADA Eiko 筑波大学, 体育系, 助教 (80611110)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アクティヴ・インタビュー / コンビネーションプレー / 即興性の排除

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to clarify the structure of the effective group tactics by applying knowledge obtained from the practical wisdom of prominent ball game players. To accomplish this, we conducted active-interviews with internationally-acclaimed defensive handball players and qualitatively analyzed narratives. The results were as follows:
1） Group defensive tactics among prominent players appear to make an opposing team reduce the choices and to remove improvisation in response to sudden situational changes.
2) It is necessary for defenders to continually adjust the action according to interactions with players and opponents, especially during off-the-ball defensive situation.

Free Research Field

ハンドボールコーチング論