In Defence Of The Corner, A A Great Deal-maligned Set Piece Football
Even lower rates, have been reported by Borrás et al. (21.8%), Sainz de Baranda et al. (23.77%), and Sánchez-Flores et al. (17.two%). This is a set-piece corner kick routine that relies on a excellent ball into the box and the intelligent movement of attacking players. It is the first to execute a detailed analysis of the synchronised runs (‘routines’) produced by the attacking players that define offensive corner strategies. Second, we show how the roles of individual defenders (marking man-to-man or zonally) can be inferred directly from data. Specificity is the probability of appropriately classifying an individual whose correct status...