Metz had a chance to win and apparently, they were unlucky and did not win due to a missed shot in the final seconds.
However, 59:57 min. before that shot, a lot happened and there were a lot of chances to win.
How can we influence the course of the game by evaluating the performance of each player and determining how much time that player will spend in the game in different combinations of lineups?
We will try to explain this on three levels, watching the match using HE:App
1. Evaluating the performance of a single player
2. Evaluating the impact of that player on attack efficiency
3. The influence of that player on the result depending on which teammates he plays with
SINGLE PLAYER EVALUATION:
The most banal evaluation of a player’s performance is to monitor the player’s efficiency and evaluate the goals scored by increasing their playing time, and to react to failures by removing that player from the game.
Metz players scored 27 goals from 53 attacks in this match, ie they had an efficiency of 51%.
Almeida de Paula scored 4 goals from 6 attempts in this match, which is an efficiency of 67%
What would have happened if?
We know that in handball we can’t say, “If only Almeida de Paula had shot, Metz would have scored 36 goals,” but we can conclude that her performance was good.
It is interesting that Almeida de Paula was 23 attacks in the game, according to which she was the third right-handed back player in terms of the number of attacks in which she participated behind Kanor 26 and Nocandy 39, and ahead of Horaček 14 and Mičijević 7.
EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PLAYER ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ATTACK
A better way to evaluate a player’s performance is to observe their impact on team performance.
This kind of evaluation is good during the match because we can help the team win the game if we know which players have a positive effect on overall efficiency, regardless of their individual statistics.
It is also useful in planning a team development strategy and team tactics.
In this match, the team was most efficient when Almeida de Paula played, and maybe the victory would not depend on whether they scored or not the last shot if she played more.
THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PLAYER ON THE RESULT DEPENDING ON WHICH TEAMMATES HE PLAYS WITH
As handball is a collective sport, the most important thing is to know which combinations of players are the most effective.
There are often matches in which a player has good individual statistics, but the team is more efficient when another player plays in his position.
And vice versa.
In this match, all combinations of back players in which Almeida de Paula played on the left-back and Nocandy in the center back were significantly more efficient than all other combinations of 9m players used by the coach.
65% or 13 goals from 20 attacks is the efficiency of the team in that combination of back players, and any of the other combinations of back players is less than 50%.
CONCLUSION
Watching the match with the help of HE:App it is not difficult to conclude that it is a pity that the coach did not know this information during the match because we believe that Almeida de Paula would not be only the third of the five right-handed back players in terms of the number of attacks in which she participated.
Her individual statistic was above average.
When she was in the game, the team was significantly more efficient than all the other players.
When the coach combined her with Nocandy and any player on the right back player and pivot, the team was more efficient than all the other players combinations.
Maybe then the last shot 3 sec. before the end would not be crucial
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