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Table 6 Relationships between observation items and types of information collected (Grehaigne et al. 1997)

From: Review of the tactical evaluation tools for youth players, assessing the tactics in team sports: football

Observation items

Information collected

Received balls (RB)

Involvement of the player in the team’s play

Conquered balls (CB)

Defensive capacities of the player

Offensive balls (OB)

Player’s capacity of making significant passes to his or her partners (offensive capacities)

Successful shots (SS)

Player’s offensive capacities

Volume of play (PB)

General involvement of the player in the game

Lost balls (LB)

A small number reflects in good adaptation to the game