Kick It to Me, or Maybe Not – How Player Roles Affect AFL Possessions

Zachery Born; Jason Weber; Ajmal Mian; Jacqueline Alderson

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99333-7_4

Kick It to Me, or Maybe Not – How Player Roles Affect AFL Possessions

Zachery Born, Jason Weber, Ajmal Mian, Jacqueline Alderson

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of different player roles on possession events in Australian Rules Football by applying natural language processing techniques. Possession events, represented as vectors, were optimized using the novel technique of cosine similarity using a skip-gram neural network, and then applied to identify the optimal player for a kick or a handball at different locations on the field. The results showcase preferred possession order by player roles in all AFL field zones to optimize the likelihood of scoring and minimize the likelihood of turnover.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030993337
ISBN (Print)	9783030993320
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99333-7_4
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference / 5th International Conference of Computer Science in Sports Conference (PACSS) - Duration: 30 Aug 2021 → 31 Aug 2021

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Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Publisher	SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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Conference	9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference / 5th International Conference of Computer Science in Sports Conference (PACSS)
Abbreviated title	PACSS
Period	30/08/21 → 31/08/21

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Born, Z, Weber, J , Mian, A & Alderson, J 2022, Kick It to Me, or Maybe Not – How Player Roles Affect AFL Possessions. in Proceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland, 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference / 5th International Conference of Computer Science in Sports Conference (PACSS), 30/08/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99333-7_4

Kick It to Me, or Maybe Not – How Player Roles Affect AFL Possessions. / Born, Zachery; Weber, Jason ; Mian, Ajmal et al.
Proceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG, 2022. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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