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

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783030993337
ISBN (Print)9783030993320
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference / 5th International Conference of Computer Science in Sports Conference (PACSS) -
Duration: 30 Aug 202131 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
PublisherSPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

Conference9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference / 5th International Conference of Computer Science in Sports Conference (PACSS)
Abbreviated titlePACSS
Period30/08/2131/08/21

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