ABSTRACT
There are many sources of information about time-motion analysis. These include Reilly’s (2003) chapter on work-rate and physical demands within Williams and Reilly’s (2003) text book on Science and Soccer. Bangsbo’s (1993) book on physiology of intermittent high intensity activity in soccer contains two excellent chapters describing how performance analysis techniques have been used to develop an understanding of the physiological demands of soccer match play. Interested readers are encouraged to read these and other material on time-motion analysis. However, like all other areas of performance analysis, the nature of time-motion analysis has changed dramatically in recent years. Therefore, the purpose of the current chapter is to provide an up-to-date survey of time-motion analysis techniques and their applications. In particular, the use of automatic player-tracking technology has provided a more efficient and accurate means of summarising the movement patterns of players in sport. Another recent area of interest has been speed agility quickness requirements of sports. These need to be understood by those developing speed agility quickness training programmes.
This chapter is structured to present systems which relate to different types of sports. Time-motion analysis can be used to analyse tactical, technical and physical aspects of these activities.
