Competitive balance in male european rink hockey leagues

Jordi Arboix-Alió; Bernat Buscà; Joan Aguilera-Castells; Azahara Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe; Guillem Trabal; Javier Peña

doi:10.5672/apunts.2014-0983.es.(2021/3).145.05

Competitive balance in male european rink hockey leagues

Títol traduït de la contribució: Balanç competitiu a les lligues europees masculines d’hoquei sobre patins

Jordi Arboix-Alió, Bernat Buscà, Joan Aguilera-Castells, Azahara Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, Guillem Trabal, Javier Peña

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L’interès en l’equilibri competitiu dels diferents esports d’equip ha anat en augment
els últims anys. Tot i així, encara hi ha poques investigacions referents a esports
minoritaris com l’hoquei sobre patins. Per aquest motiu, l’objectiu de l’estudi va ser
quantificar el balanç competitiu de diferents lligues europees professionals d’hoquei
sobre patins (Espanya, Portugal, Itàlia i França) i comparar-ne els resultats. La mostra
va estar composta per un total de 7394 partits (2284 a la lliga espanyola, 1996 a la
lliga portuguesa, 1794 a la lliga italiana i 1320 a la lliga francesa) entre les temporades
2009-2010 i 2018-2019. Per determinar el balanç competitiu, es va calcular la diferència de punts acumulada (DPA) i es va utilitzar una anàlisi de variància ANOVA amb
post hoc de Tukey. Els resultats van mostrar que la lliga francesa és el campionat més
equilibrat (68.94%±6.39), seguit de la lliga espanyola (71.93%±10.77). Les lligues
portuguesa (75.31%±5.48) i italiana (75.16%±8.55) van mostrar valors DPA més
alts, els quals indicaven un avantatge més significatiu d’alguns equips. L’anàlisi del
balanç competitiu pot proporcionar una millor comprensió d’aquest efecte en l’hoquei
patins. Aquesta mètrica pot ser útil per a entrenadors i professionals en el disseny de
plans d’entrenament i per ajudar les federacions a comprendre la igualtat competitiva
de cada lliga. En aquest sentit, en alguns casos, pot ser necessari plantejar canvis
en el format de competició amb l’objectiu de fer-la més equilibrada i emocionant.

Títol traduït de la contribució	Balanç competitiu a les lligues europees masculines d’hoquei sobre patins
Idioma original	Anglès
Pàgines (de-a)	33-38
Nombre de pàgines	6
Revista	Apunts. Educacion Fisica y Deportes
Número	145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5672/apunts.2014-0983.es.(2021/3).145.05
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - de jul. 2021

Keywords

anàlisi de rendiment
avantatge competitiu
esports d’equip
esports minoritaris
hoquei sobre patins
incertesa en els resultats

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